Craig Janney

Craig Harlan Janney (born September 26, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League from 1987–88 until 1998–99, when blood clots ended his career prematurely.

Craig Janney
Born (1967-09-26) September 26, 1967
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
San Jose Sharks
Winnipeg Jets
Phoenix Coyotes
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Islanders
National team  United States
NHL Draft 13th overall, 1986
Boston Bruins
Playing career 19871999

Playing career

Known as an excellent puck-distributing center, Janney averaged nearly one point per game in his NHL career. Janney was drafted in the first round, 13th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, and also played in the 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1991 Canada Cup and the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships for Team USA.

Prior to his NHL career, Janney attended Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut before attending Deerfield Academy. Janney played for the Boston College Eagles during his collegiate years, and he also played on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team that finished seventh at the Calgary Olympic Games, where he had six points in five Olympic contests.

In 1992, the Boston Bruins traded Janney with Stephane Quintal to the St. Louis Blues for Adam Oates. Two years later, the St. Louis Blues signed restricted free agent Petr Nedvěd who was in a contract dispute with the Vancouver Canucks. An arbitrator awarded the Canucks a second round draft pick along with Craig Janney. Both teams were not satisfied with the decision and the Canucks traded Janney back for Jeff Brown, Bret Hedican and Nathan LaFayette. In 1995, the St. Louis Blues traded Janney to the San Jose Sharks for Jeff Norton and a conditional draft pick. One year later, Janney was traded to the Winnipeg Jets for Darren Turcotte and a second round draft pick.[1]

In 2004, Craig Janney was honored as having "The Softest Hands in Hockey" by the NHL Alumni Board. On February 13, 2007 Janney was named the interim head coach of the Lubbock Cotton Kings of the CHL. He would finish the season, but the Lubbock Cotton Kings would cease operations at the end of the 2007 season.

Recently, Janney has been appearing on NESN for Hockey East coverage. He currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, former model Kim Janney and daughter Barrette Janney.

Janney is a 1996 inductee of the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85Deerfield AcademyHS-Prep173533686
1985–86Boston CollegeHE341314278
1986–87Boston CollegeHE372855836
1987–88United StatesIntl522644706
1987–88Boston BruinsNHL1579160236101611
1988–89Boston BruinsNHL621646621210491321
1989–90Boston BruinsNHL55243862418319222
1990–91Boston BruinsNHL772666928184182211
1991–92Boston BruinsNHL5312395120
1991–92St. Louis BluesNHL2563036260660
1992–93St. Louis BluesNHL842482106121129110
1993–94St. Louis BluesNHL691668842441340
1994–95St. Louis BluesNHL82570
1994–95San Jose SharksNHL275152010113474
1995–96San Jose SharksNHL7113496226
1995–96Winnipeg JetsNHL1371320061230
1996–97Phoenix CoyotesNHL771538532670334
1997–98Phoenix CoyotesNHL681043531260330
1998–99Tampa Bay LightningNHL384182210
1998–99New York IslandersNHL181454
NHL totals 760 188 563 751 170 120 24 86 110 53

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1985 United States WJC 7 4 2 6 0
1986 United States WJC 3 1 1 2 2
1987 United States WC 10 1 0 1 0
1988 United States OG 6 3 1 4 2
1991 United States CC 8 4 2 6 0
1994 United States WC 7 2 5 7 0
Junior totals 10 5 3 8 2
Senior totals 31 10 8 18 2

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-Hockey East First Team 1986–87 [3]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1986–87 [4]
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1987 [5]

References

  1. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2505
  2. http://www.enfieldathletichof.org/1996class.html
  3. "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dave Pasin
Boston Bruins first round draft pick
1986
Succeeded by
Glen Wesley
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Scott Harlow
Hockey East Scoring Champion
1986–87
Succeeded by
David Capuano
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