Paul Fenton (ice hockey)
Paul John Fenton ( born December 22, 1959 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He is currently working as an Assistant General Manager of the Nashville Predators.
Career
Fenton first played for four years from 1978 to 1982 at Boston University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association without shine with great performances. Ungedraftet he joined the 1982/83 season in the International Hockey League with the Peoria Prancer. There he impressed with a 111 -point season, which earned him a nomination for the Second All-Star team in the league and winning the Ken McKenzie Trophy for the best American rookie. As a further consequence submitted to it, the Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League a professional contract for the season 1983/84.
The Whalers put the Americans in the first season exclusively in their American Hockey League farm team in Binghamton Whalers. It was not until the 1984/85 season, the left winger managed the leap into the NHL roster, but could be there as well as in the following season, it established itself and was repeatedly sent back to the AHL. There he was appointed at the end of the game year 1985/86 to the First All -Star Team. In the summer of 1986, the defensive striker joined as a free agent with the New York Rangers, where he also was able to work out but for now just a regular place in the squad of the farm teams. In two seasons, he ran in only eight games on the Rangers in the NHL. As part of the NHL Waiver Draft in October 1987, it chose the Los Angeles Kings from. The Kings Fenton managed a place in the tribe squad of NHL teams to get where he played well into the 1988/89 season, before he was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets, who submitted him after almost exactly two years to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In Winnipeg he had in the season 1989/90, his best NHL season with 50 points in 80 games. The Maple Leafs sent him after only three months to the Washington Capitals, the further transferred him to the Calgary Flames on the same day. Thus Fenton stood during the 1990/91 season with four NHL franchises under contract and ran on for three of these. In August 1991, Fenton moved again. This time back to the Hartford Whalers, but sent him shortly after the start of the season to the San Jose Sharks newly established. There he finished after the 1991/92 season at the age of 32 years of his career.
After his playing career end pledged him the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a scout. In this position he remained for three years before he was appointed chief scout. During his five year tenure in Anaheim, he was involved among other things, the obligations of Paul Kariya and Steve Rucchin via Drafts and Teemu Selanne of. For the 1998/99 season Fenton took over the post of player personnel director at the newly established Nashville Predators, he exercised for eight years. Prior to 2006/ 07, on 5 June 2006 he was promoted to assistant general manager.
Internationally
Fenton participated with the U.S. national team at the World Ice Hockey Championships in 1985 and 1989. A medal he could not win it. Overall, he played 19 games in which he recorded seven points.
Awards and achievements
NHL stats
Family
His son PJ is also ice hockey player and was in the fifth round, selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2005 162 position by the San Jose Sharks, the last NHL club his father.