John Curry (ice hockey)

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
183 lb (83 kg/13 st 1 lb)
AHL Team Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Born February 27, 1984(1984-02-27),
Shorewood, Minnesota, U.S.
Pro career 2007 – present

John Curry (born February 27, 1984, in Shorewood, MN, U.S.) is an American ice hockey goaltender.

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[edit] Family

John Curry is the oldest child of parents Steve and Kathy Curry. He has one younger sister, Megan Curry, who recently graduated from Breck School and is now attending Amherst College.

[edit] Early playing career

John Curry played for the Breck School Mustangs, where he compiled a 1.80 GAA as team captain and MVP in his senior season of 2001–02. After graduating from Breck, Curry attended a year at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, during which he achieved a 1.46 GAA and a .920 save percentage, and was named a New England Prep School West First Team All-Star.

[edit] Boston University

After high school, Curry received offers to play for numerous Division III colleges, yet enrolled at Boston University as a walk-on third-string goaltender. In his freshman year at BU, Curry played only the final 5:10 against Niagara University, filling in for starter Sean Fields in a 5–1 victory. In the 2004–05 season, Curry became the first-string goalie, posting an 18–11–3 in-conference record, participating in his first NCAA tournament, and winning his first Beanpot final, 3–2, over Northeastern University. As a junior, Curry was named to the RBK All-American second team and was a first-team Hockey East All-Star. He started in 36 of 37 games, attaining a 24–8–4 record that included a 12-game winning streak from December 30, 2005 to February 13, 2006. The team went on to win the Hockey East Championship and Curry played in another NCAA tournament. For the season he garnered awards including Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (four times), Player of the Week, and Goaltender of the Month. Curry was named assistant captain of the Terriers in the 2006–2007 season, his final season, yet again improving his performance statistically to date and standing out as a key player in the clutch. He again won the Beanpot final, posting a career Beanpot record of 5–0 and setting a record .985 save percentage in his final tournament. He went on to win both the Beanpot MVP and the Beanpot's Eberly Award for goaltending. In 2007, Curry was also named a finalist for college hockey's top-player, the Hobey Baker Award, while winning Hockey East Player of the Year and getting the Hockey East Three-Stars award.

[edit] Professional career

Curry was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2007. He is expected to compete with David Brown for the starting goaltending job on the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins in the 2007–08 season. As of October 2007, under contract to play the 2007–2008 season in the ECHL with the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Minor League affiliate of the Calgary Flames.

With the injury to Marc Andre Fleury, WBS starter Ty Conklin was called up to the Penguins at the end of November 2007, opening the door for Curry to start in WBS. He has shone thus far, in December 2007 he was named AHL Rookie of the Month, posting a GAA of 1.42 and .939% save percentage.

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV %
2003–04 Boston University Hockey East 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.00 1.000
2004–05 Boston University Hockey East 33 18 11 3 1949 65 3 2.00 .922
2005–06 Boston University Hockey East 37 24 8 4 2166 81 3 2.24 .918
2006–07 Boston University Hockey East 36 17 10 8 2154 72 7 2.01 .928
2007–08 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 6 4 1 0 342 16 0 2.81 .905
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 3 1 2 0 180 8 0 2.66 .901

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