Tom Askey

Tom Askey
Born	(1974-10-04) October 4, 1974 Tonawanda, NY, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim HIFK Jokerit HC Fribourg-Gottéron HC Alleghe Nottingham Panthers
NHL Draft	186th overall, 1993 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career	1996–2008

Thomas Arthur Askey (born October 4, 1974 in Tonawanda, New York) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as their eighth-round pick, #186 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Askey has played 7 NHL games with the Mighty Ducks. He signed with HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga for the 2005-06 season, and was traded to Jokerit in January 2006. After Jokerit failed to make the playoffs, Askey transferred to HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss Nationalliga A. In the late summer of 2006, Askey signed with the Kalamazoo Wings of the United Hockey League in a return to the town where he and his family makes its off-season home. He moved to the Serie A league in Italy for Hockey Club Alleghe before moving to the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League for the end of the 2007/08 season, helping them to win the Challenge Cup.

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	Sv%
1996–97	Baltimore Bandits	AHL		40	17	18	2	2239	140	1	3.75	88.7%
1997–98	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		32	10	16	4	1752	104	3	3.56	89.6%
1997–98	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		7	0	1	2	273	12	0	2.64	89.4%
1998–99	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		53	21	22	3	2893	131	3	2.72	91.8%
1998–99	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		0
1999–00	Houston Aeros	IHL		13	4	7	1	727	33	0	2.72	89.2%
1999–00	Kansas City Blades	IHL		13	3	5	3	658	43	0	3.92	86.6%
2000–01	Rochester Americans	AHL		29	15	8	4	1671	71	1	2.55	90.5%
2001–02	Rochester Americans	AHL		34	16	15	3	2048	86	3	2.52	90.1%
2002–03	Rochester Americans	AHL		16	3	8	4	895	49	0	3.28	89.1%
2003–04	Rochester Americans	AHL		21	10	8	3	1273	48	1	2.26	91.9%
2004–05	Rochester Americans	AHL		20	10	6	2	1118	46	1	2.47	91.8%
2005–06	HIFK	SM-liiga		37
2005–06	Jokerit	SM-liiga		37	17	7	11	2159	88	4	2.51	92.2%
2006–07	Kalamazoo Wings	UHL		45	27	15	2	2572	110	3	2.57	91.2%
2007–08	Hockey Club Alleghe	Serie A		11	4	5	2				3.23	89.7%
2007–08	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL		37	24	9	4				2.45	92.3%
NHL reg. season totals				7	0	1	2	273	12	0	2.64	89.4%
AHL reg. season totals				245	102	101	25	13,889	675	13	2.92	90.4%

Awards

• Hap Holmes Memorial Award (with Mika Noronen) in 2001

External links

• Tom Askey's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Tom Askey's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Tom Askey profile at Eurohockey.com