Tim Sheehy (ice hockey) explained

Tim Sheehy
Fullname:Timothy Kane Sheehy
Nationality:American / Canadian
Birth Place:Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
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Timothy Kane Sheehy (born September 3, 1948) is a Canadian-American ice hockey player.

Early life

Sheehy was born in Fort Frances, Ontario. He played hockey at Falls High School before joining the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team. Sheehy, who has dual citizenship, also played for the American national team 1969 and 1971 World Championships as well as the 1972 Winter Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.

Career

Sheehy was signed by the World Hockey Association's New England Whalers after the Olympics and later also played 433 games for the WHA Edmonton Oilers and Birmingham Bulls before moving on to the National Hockey League where he played a total of 27 games for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers before retiring from professional hockey in 1980.

Sheehy was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997.

Personal life

Sheehy is the nephew of National Football League player Bronko Nagurski.[1] His younger brother, Neil Sheehy, also played in the NHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1962–63International Falls High SchoolHS-MN
1963–64International Falls High SchoolHS-MN
1964–65International Falls High SchoolHS-MN
1965–66International Falls High SchoolHS-MN21 56 42 98
1967–68Boston CollegeECAC30 27 30 57 6
1968–69Boston CollegeECAC26 19 41 60 36
1969–70Boston CollegeECAC24 28 40 68 20
1970–71United States National TeamIntl40 23 34 57 38
1971–72United States National TeamIntl41 37 42 79 51
1972–73New England WhalersWHA78 33 38 71 3015 9 14 23 13
1973–74New England WhalersWHA77 29 29 58 227 4 2 6 4
1974–75New England WhalersWHA52 21 13 34 18
1974–75Edmonton OilersWHA29 8 20 28 4
1975–76Edmonton OilersWHA81 34 31 65 174 2 2 4 0
1976–77Edmonton OilersWHA28 15 8 23 4
1976–77Birmingham BullsWHA50 26 21 47 44
1977–78Birmingham BullsWHA13 4 2 6 5
1977–78Detroit Red WingsNHL15 0 0 0 0
1977–78Kansas City Red WingsCHL16 2 6 8 4
1977–78New England WhalersWHA25 8 11 19 1413 1 3 4 9
1978–79Springfield IndiansAHL49 9 19 28 17
1978–79Utica MohawksNEHL21 14 12 26 21
1979–80Hartford WhalersNHL12 2 1 3 0
1979–80Cincinnati StingersCHL10 4 5 9 44 2 2 4 0
1979–80Springfield IndiansAHL52 25 21 46 10
WHA totals433 178 173 351 15839 16 21 37 26
NHL totals27 2 1 3 0

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1969United StatesWC10 1 4 5 8
1971United StatesWC10 1 2 3 6
1972United StatesOLY6 4 1 5 0
1972United StatesWC-B
Senior totals26 6 7 13 14

See also

Awards and honors

AwardYear
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament First Team1968
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team1968–69
AHCA East All-American1968–69
1969–70
All-ECAC Hockey First Team1969–70

Notes and References

  1. Web site: In Boston College's Tim Sheehy the U.S. finally has the - 01.20.69 - SI Vault . sportsillustrated.cnn.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110114151043/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082005/index.htm . 2011-01-14.