Tim Sweeney (ice hockey)

Tim Sweeney
Born April 12, 1967 (1967-04-12) (age 44)
Boston, MA, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Calgary Flames (19901992)
Boston Bruins (1992–1993)
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (19931995)
Boston Bruins (19951997)
New York Rangers (1997–1998)
National team  United States
NHL Draft 122nd overall, 1985
Calgary Flames
Playing career 1989–1999

Timothy Paul Sweeney (born April 12, 1967) is a former American ice hockey player who played in the NHL. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and played in college for Boston College (1985–89).

He was selected 122nd overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames.

After college, he played for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the IHL, and then in the NHL for the Calgary Flames, the Boston Bruins, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the New York Rangers. Sweeney left his legacy on the NHL by being recognized as the only player to play for only these four clubs during his career. His last professional season was 1998–99, for the Providence Bruins of the AHL.

In his first year after college, the 1989–90 season, he won the International Hockey League's Ken McKenzie Trophy for Rookie of the Year.

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