Tim Kennedy (ice hockey)
Tim Kennedy ( born April 30, 1986 in Buffalo, New York ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since March 2013 at the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League.
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Career
Tim Kennedy began his career as a hockey player with the Sioux City Musketeers, for which he was active from 2003 to 2005 in the United States Hockey League. He was then in the sixth round as a total 181 players selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 by the Washington Capitals, who submitted his NHL rights to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a draft pick.
After the attacker was from 2005 to 2008 for the team of Michigan State University on the ice, he was on 1 June 2008 committed by the Sabres, for which he, on 27 December 2008 game against the New York Islanders made his debut in the National Hockey League announced. However, the rest of the season spent the links Sagittarius at their farm team in the American Hockey League, the Portland Pirates.
The entire 2009/10 season he spent in the NHL squad of Sabres and scored in 78 games of the regular season ten goals and 16 assists. He also ran in six playoff games, and scored a goal and setting up two more before. In the summer of 2010, his contract extension was negotiated before the NHL arbitration. Early August 2010 voted the Sabres initially the proposal by the court, but bought himself on August 4, under the contract for 333,000 dollars out. On 30 August, Kennedy signed as a free agent contract with the New York Rangers, but got a regular place in the NHL squad of Rangers and was therefore in the AHL with the Hartford Wolf Pack used.
On 26 August 2011, shortly before the trade deadline, the New York Rangers gave his rights in a transfer from business to the Florida Panthers to commit Bryan McCabe. The management of the Panthers sent Kennedy to the farm team for the Rochester Americans in the AHL. 26 January 2012 it transferred the Florida Panthers in exchange for defender Sean Sullivan to the San Jose Sharks. There, however, he mainly played for the Worcester Sharks in the AHL and only came in February 2013 at a total of 13 operations in San Jose. In addition, he was in three play-off games for the NHL team on the ice.
In July 2013 Kennedy signed a two -way one-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Internationally
Kennedy represented the United States at the 2010 World Cup in Germany. He came in all six games for use. His only goal he scored while the 10-0 victory over Kazakhstan in the first game of the relegation round. The Americans occupied at the end of the tournament with 16 teams on the 13th Place.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 USHL Second All-Star Team
- 2007 NCAA Division I Championship with Michigan State University
- 2007 NCAA Championship All- Tournament Team
- 2008 CCHA Second All-Star Team
- 2009 AHL All- Rookie Team
- 2013 AHL All- Star Classic
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 2010
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )