Brian Fahey (ice hockey)

Brian Fahey ( born March 2, 1981 in Glenview, Illinois ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is under contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League the highest since August 2013.

Career

Brian Fahey began his career as a hockey player in the U.S. National Team Development Program, for which he American Hockey League was active from 1997 to 1999 in the Junior League United States Hockey League and North. Then he attended for four years, the University of Wisconsin, for their hockey team he played in parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In his first year of college, he was awarded the election to the All- Rookie Team of the WCHA, whereupon the Colorado Avalanche chose him in the NHL Entry Draft in 2000 in the fourth round as a total of 119 players. Subsequently, however, the Avalanche took him not under contract, so he for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies aground in the ECHL from 2003 to 2005. In parallel, the defense also came to some stakes in the American Hockey League for the Worcester IceCats and the Hershey Bears. In the 2003 /04 season, he was selected as player of the Boardwalk Bullies in the ECHL All- Rookie Team.

In the season 2005/ 06 Fahey was first mainly in the American Hockey League for the Iowa Stars on the ice. However, parallel, he completed three more games in the ECHL for the Idaho Steelheads. He spent the following two years in the AHL Chicago Wolves team with which he won the Calder Cup in the 2007/ 08 season. In the 2008 /09 season he joined the Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL. Previously, he had won in the preseason with his partner New York Rangers the Victoria Cup. It was followed by a year at the AHL Team Lake Erie Monsters before the former youth international was signed by the Washington Capitals. For the Capitals in seven games, he prepared a goal in the National Hockey League in the 2010/11 season. The majority of the playing time he spent in the AHL but again, at Washington's farm team Hershey Bears and participated for this at the AHL All-Star Classic. In the season 2011/12 he ran on in the AHL for the Rockford IceHogs.

For the season 2012/13 the Americans were obliged Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League from.

Internationally

For the U.S., Fahey took part in the U18 World Youth Championship in 1999. During the tournament in six games, he scored a goal.

Awards and achievements

  • 2000 WCHA All- Rookie Team
  • 2004 ECHL All- Rookie Team
  • 2008 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
  • 2008 Victoria Cup win with the New York Rangers
  • 2011 AHL All- Star Classic

Statistics

(End of season 2011 /12)

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