Sandy McCarthy

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Sandy McCarthy (Born June 15, 1972, in Toronto, Ontario), is a Mi'kmaq Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing.

[edit] Playing career

Sandy McCarthy was selected 52nd overall, in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He was selected as the 3rd choice of the Calgary Flames on June 22, 1991. He began playing hockey in Junior C with Midland and Tier II Junior A 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 IHLs Salt Lake Golden Eagles. 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. He remains an unrestricted free agent.

[edit] Career statistics

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989-90 Laval Titan QMJHL 65 10 11 21 269 14 3 3 6 60 1990-91 Laval Titan QMJHL 68 21 19 40 297 13 6 5 11 67 1991-92 Laval Titan QMJHL 62 39 51 90 326 1992-93 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 77 18 20 38 220 -- -- -- -- -- 1993-94 Calgary Flames NHL 79 5 5 10 173 7 0 0 0 34 1994-95 Calgary Flames NHL 37 5 3 8 101 6 0 1 1 17 1995-96 Calgary Flames NHL 75 9 7 16 173 4 0 0 0 10 1996-97 Calgary Flames NHL 33 3 5 8 113 -- -- -- -- -- 1997-98 Calgary Flames NHL 52 8 5 13 170 -- -- -- -- -- 1997-98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 14 0 5 5 71 -- -- -- -- -- 1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 67 5 7 12 135 -- -- -- -- -- 1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 0 1 1 25 6 0 1 1 0 1999-00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 6 5 11 111 -- -- -- -- -- 1999-00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 13 0 0 0 9 -- -- -- -- -- 2000-01 New York Rangers NHL 81 11 10 21 171 -- -- -- -- -- 2001-02 New York Rangers NHL 82 10 13 23 171 -- -- -- -- -- 2002-03 New York Rangers NHL 82 6 9 15 81 -- -- -- -- -- 2003-04 Boston Bruins NHL 37 3 1 4 28 -- -- -- -- -- 2003-04 New York Rangers NHL 13 1 0 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- NHL Totals 736 72 76 148 1534 23 0 2 2 61