This article is about the former ice hockey player. For his son, the current ice hockey player, see Jimmy Vesey.

James Edward Vesey, Sr. (born October 29, 1965) is an American former ice hockey player, who currently works as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a Division II-III Hobey Baker award winner at Merrimack in 1988. He played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins between 1988 and 1991. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1988 to 1995, was spent in the minor leagues. His son, Jimmy, is currently playing in the NHL with the New York Rangers.

Biography

Vesey was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in the Charlestown neighborhood.[citation needed] As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.[1]

He attended Merrimack college in 1984 and played there for 4 years. In his second year he became an all American for the first time having a 61 point season. During the next two seasons he was part of two ECAC championships teams in 1987 and 1988. He was also an All American in both of those seasons as well. In his final year at Merrimack he was named captain. The team made their first ever appearance in the NCAA division 1 tournament in 1988. They went on to pull off a huge upset over Northeastern in the first round. Before ultimately losing to eventual state champions Lake Superior in the quarterfinals. Vesey was named the Division II-III Hobey Baker Award winner in 1988[2] after having a 95 point season with 40 goals and 55 assists. He left Merrimack as the program leader in assists and points and still holds both records to this day.

Drafted 155th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, he went to play eleven games for the Blues, scoring a goal and two assists. He signed with the Boston Bruins in 1991 and played four games for them, scoring no points.[citation needed]

His elder son, Jimmy Vesey, is an NHL player and was selected 66th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and currently plays for the New York Rangers. A younger son, Nolan, plays for the University of Maine and was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2014.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1982–83 Christopher Columbus High School HS-MA — 29 36 65 — — — — — —
1983–84 Christopher Columbus High School HS-MA 21 39 48 87 — — — — — —
1984–85 Merrimack College ECAC 2 33 19 11 30 28 — — — — —
1985–86 Merrimack College ECAC 2 32 29 32 61 67 — — — — —
1986–87 Merrimack College ECAC 2 35 22 36 58 57 — — — — —
1987–88 Merrimack College ECAC 2 40 40 55 95 95 — — — — —
1988–89 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 1 1 2 7 — — — — —
1988–89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 76 47 46 93 137 4 1 2 3 6
1989–90 St. Louis Blues NHL 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1989–90 Peoria Rivermen IHL 60 47 44 91 75 5 1 3 4 21
1990–91 Peoria Rivermen IHL 58 32 41 73 69 19 4 14 18 26
1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1991–92 Maine Mariners AHL 10 6 7 13 13 — — — — —
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 71 38 39 77 42 6 2 5 7 4
1993–94 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 60 20 30 50 75 — — — — —
1994–95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 41 10 10 20 62 — — — — —
IHL totals 295 156 171 327 418 28 6 19 25 53
NHL totals 15 1 2 3 7 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Merrimack hockey history https://www.themackreport.com/p/merrimack-hockey-history


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vesey
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