Shot Left Height 1.91 m Position Winger Role Ice hockey player Career end 2004 | Name Sandy McCarthy Career start 1992 Playing career Weight 102 kg | |
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Born June 15, 1972 (age 51)
Toronto, ON, CAN ( 1972-06-15 ) Played for Calgary Flames (1993–1998)
Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–1999)
Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)
Carolina Hurricanes (2000)
New York Rangers (2000–2003)
Boston Bruins (2003–2004)
New York Rangers (2004) NHL Draft 52nd overall, 1991
Calgary Flames Similar People Darren Langdon, Donald Brashear, Krzysztof Oliwa, Chris Simon, Peter Worrell | ||
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Sandy McCarthy (born June 15, 1972) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins.
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- Playing career
- Personal life
- Transactions
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Tie domi vs sandy mccarthy jan 7 1997
Playing career
Sandy McCarthy was selected by the Calgary Flames in the third round (52nd overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He began playing hockey in the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League with the Midland Centennials and the Central Junior A Hockey League for the Hawkesbury Hawks. As a power forward, McCarthy played for the QMJHL Laval Titan in the 1989–90 season before being drafted by the Calgary Flames. He played one last season with the Titan. His next stop was during the 1992–93 season for the IHL's Salt Lake Golden Eagles. Sandy throughout his career with the Flames played the role as the enforcer, with many major fights.
As his time in the NHL went on he switched from his role as a power forward in junior hockey to more of a pressure player, offensively as well as defensively.
He would stay in Calgary for the next five years before being traded, in 1998, to the Tampa Bay Lightning, for a short stay. His next stop was with the Philadelphia Flyers for the next two seasons then a brief stint for the Carolina Hurricanes. McCarthy would then move on to the New York Rangers in August 2000 where he would have score a career season high 11 goals. The next season, he would score a career high in points with 23. He was then signed by the Boston Bruins during the summer of 2003 then was claimed off waivers at the 2004 trade deadline by the Rangers.
In 2012, McCarthy was inducted into the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame in Barrie, ON.
In his 735 games, 15 season NHL career, McCarthy recorded 72 goals, 76 assists and 1554 penalty minutes. In his 11 seasons in the NHL he made just over 7 million dollars, increasing his yearly amount each year he played.
Personal life
McCarthy is partly of Black Canadian and First Nations descent. McCarthy being of Mi'kmaq descent, this being one of Canada's official First Nations.
Born in Toronto, McCarthy moved to Barrie, Ontario as a young boy and lived across the street from the rink in Allandale. He now lives in Woodstock, New Brunswick and is an assistant coach of the Woodstock Slammers of the Maritime Hockey League.