Jack Duffy (ice hockey)

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Jack Duffy
Born (1970-09-25) September 25, 1970 (age 53)
Northford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Right
Played for Yale
Knoxville Cherokees
Las Vegas Thunder
Chicago Wolves
NHL Draft 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft
New York Islanders
Playing career 19891996

Jack Duffy (born September 25, 1970) is an American ice hockey coach and former defenseman who was an All-American for Yale. [1]

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Career

Duffy began attending Yale University in the fall of 1989, joining a program that had slowly improving over the course of the 1980s. [2] Duffy was not a big scorer for the Bulldogs, but he was instrumental in getting Yale's defense to allow fewer goals in each of his four seasons. He was able to help Yale to a winning record as a junior while producing at a point per game pace. he was named team captain for his senior season and, while the results were still positive, the team stalled a bit and wasn't able to build on their modest success. Duffy was named an All-American and began his professional career the following year.

Duffy split time between leagues in 1994 but was impressive enough to find himself in the IHL for the entirety of 1994–95. He played one more year at that level before deciding to retire as a player. He immediately turned to coaching, returning to Connecticut to work with the Greenwich Skating Club, but took several years off after starting a family. When his daughter Hayley began playing hockey, he returned to coaching. Duffy was the assistant coach of the boys hockey team at Greenwich High School for two seasons. In July 2020, head coach Chris Rurak died suddenly at the age of 47. A few months later, Duffy agreed to take over as head coach. [3]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1986–87 North Branford High School CT–HS
1987–88 North Branford High School CT–HS
1988–89 Choate Rosemary Hall US–Prep
1989–90 Yale ECAC Hockey 2616748
1990–91 Yale ECAC Hockey 29481248
1991–92 Yale ECAC Hockey 273242774
1992–93 Yale ECAC Hockey 318172560
1993–94 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 1917818
1993–94 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 336152173310110
1994–95 Chicago Wolves IHL 69311149830334
1995–96 Chicago Wolves IHL 58111128360114
NCAA totals113165571230
IHL totals1465293419990448

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1991–92 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1992–93 [4]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1992–93 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. "YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. "Former Yale player Jack Duffy named head coach of the Greenwich boys hockey team". Game Time Connecticut. October 17, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.