Timothy Sheehy (ice hockey)

For other persons named Timothy Sheehy, see Timothy Sheehy (disambiguation).

Timothy Sheehy

Personal information

Full name

Timothy Kane Sheehy

Nationality

American / Canadian

Born

September 3, 1948 (age 68)
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada

Medal record

Timothy Kane "Tim" Sheehy (born September 3, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ontario and raised in nearby International Falls, Minnesota) is a retired ice hockey player. Sheehy played Minnesota high school hockey for International Falls before joining the Boston College men's ice hockey team. Sheehy, who has dual citizenship, also played for Team USA at the 1969 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship as well as the 1972 US Olympic hockey team that surprisingly won the Silver Medal at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games.

Playing career

Sheehy was signed by the World Hockey Association's New England Whalers after the Olympics and later also played 433 games for the WHA Edmonton Oilers and Birmingham Bulls before moving on to the National Hockey League where he played a total of 27 games for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers before retiring from professional hockey in 1980.

Sheehy was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. Sheehy is the nephew of legendary National Football League player Bronko Nagurski.^[1] His younger brother Neil Sheehy also played in the NHL.

Award	Year
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament First Team	1968
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team	1968–69
AHCA East All-American	1968–69
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1969–70
AHCA East All-American	1969–70

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ken Dryden	ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 1969–70	Succeeded by Bruce Bullock

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