Tom McCarthy (ice hockey b. 1960)
Encyclopedia
Tom McCarthy is a retired professional ice hockey
player who played 460 games in the National Hockey League
. He played for the Minnesota North Stars
and Boston Bruins
.
. He had 69 goals for the Oshawa Generals
in the 1978–79 season.
In the 1979 NHL Entry Draft
, he was chosen in the first round (tenth overall) by the Minnesota North Stars
. He was selected to play in the 1983 NHL All-Star Game and finished the season with 39 goals. He went on to play seven seasons for the North Stars and two for the Boston Bruins
, finishing his career with 178 goals and 399 points. He had 12 goals and 38 points in the playoffs.
by U.S. authorities, he ended up serving part of his sentence at Leavenworth Penitentiary
Federal Prison. After being transferred to a Canadian prison to complete his sentence, he was released in 1998.
.
He coached the Huntsville Otters of the OPJHL.
McCarthy also coached the Trenton Golden Hawks of the OJHL.
On June 27, 2011 McCarthy was named head coach of the North Bay Trappers Junior "A" Hockey Club of the NOJHL,
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played 460 games in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. He played for the Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
and Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
.
Playing career
He was the number 1 overall pick in the 1977 OMJHL Midget Draft, making him one of two players drafted ahead of Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...
. He had 69 goals for the Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League...
in the 1978–79 season.
In the 1979 NHL Entry Draft
1979 NHL Entry Draft
The 1979 NHL Entry Draft took place on August 9, 1979, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League teams selected 126 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1978–79 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those...
, he was chosen in the first round (tenth overall) by the Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
. He was selected to play in the 1983 NHL All-Star Game and finished the season with 39 goals. He went on to play seven seasons for the North Stars and two for the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
, finishing his career with 178 goals and 399 points. He had 12 goals and 38 points in the playoffs.
Legal trouble
After he retired he became involved with drug dealer Carl Thompsen. His activities ended up with McCarthy receiving a sentence of five years and ten months for conspiracy to traffic drugs in 1994. As he was considered an illegal alienAlien (law)
In law, an alien is a person in a country who is not a citizen of that country.-Categorization:Types of "alien" persons are:*An alien who is legally permitted to remain in a country which is foreign to him or her. On specified terms, this kind of alien may be called a legal alien of that country...
by U.S. authorities, he ended up serving part of his sentence at Leavenworth Penitentiary
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
The United States Penitentiary , Leavenworth was the largest maximum security federal prison in the United States from 1903 until 2005. It became a medium security prison in 2005.It is located in Leavenworth, Kansas...
Federal Prison. After being transferred to a Canadian prison to complete his sentence, he was released in 1998.
Later life
After release from prison, he became a junior hockey coach in Mississauga, OntarioMississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
.
He coached the Huntsville Otters of the OPJHL.
McCarthy also coached the Trenton Golden Hawks of the OJHL.
On June 27, 2011 McCarthy was named head coach of the North Bay Trappers Junior "A" Hockey Club of the NOJHL,
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Kingston Canadiens | OMJHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | North York Rangers North York Rangers The North York Rangers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from North York, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Division Hockey, but they were also a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-Richmond Hill:... |
OPJHL | 43 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Oshawa Generals Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League... |
OMJHL | 62 | 47 | 46 | 93 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Oshawa Generals | OMJHL | 63 | 69 | 75 | 144 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Minnesota North Stars Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
68 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||
| 1980–81 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 62 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1981–82 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 40 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 1983–84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 66 | 39 | 31 | 70 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1984–85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 44 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 25 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL | 68 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1986–87 1986–87 AHL season The 1986–87 AHL season was the 51st season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league institutes awarding one point in the standings, for an overtime loss... |
Moncton Golden Flames Moncton Golden Flames The Moncton Golden Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Moncton, New Brunswick, playing home games at the Moncton Coliseum. The team operated in the American Hockey League between 1984 and 1987, as a minor league affiliate of the Calgary Flames and the Boston Bruins... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 1987–88 1987–88 AHL season The 1987–88 AHL season was the 52nd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned shootout, but continues to award points for an overtime loss... |
Maine Mariners Maine Mariners The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Portland, Maine, USA at the Cumberland County Civic Center.-History:... |
AHL | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 460 | 178 | 221 | 399 | 330 | 68 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 67 | ||||