Tom Askey
American ice hockey goaltender

Tom Askey

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American ice hockey goaltender
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Sports
Birth:
4 October 1974(Tonawanda, USA)
Star sign:
Libra
Education:
Ohio State University
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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 spent four seasons with Ohio State University of the CCHA from 1992/93 to 1995/96 improving his game every year. In 1996 he joined the Mighty Ducks organisation, playing for their affiliate Baltimore Bandits, sharing the duties in net with Mike Bales.

Askey has appeared in 7 NHL games with the Mighty Ducks. After Guy Hebert went down with an injury on March 8th, Askey was called up from Cincinnati to serve as the back up behind Mikhail Shtalenkov for the remainder of the season. He made his NHL debut on March 13, 1998 againt the Dallas Stars. Askey had two more appearances versus Colorado and Phoenix replacing Shtalenkov in net and stopping all 17 shots before getting his first start against Calgary in a 3-3 tie on April 5th, 1998 stopping 32 shots. He came in relief once again on April 9th against the Sharks allowing one goal. He had two more starts tying the Avalanche 2-2 with 23 saves on April 13th and losing to the Blues 3-5 making 20 saves on April 19th.

He saw Play Off action in April 1999 replacing Guy Hebert in Game 1 halfway through the second period against the Detroit Red Wings, losing the Game 3-5.

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%

Play Offs

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA Sv%
1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 1 30 2 0 4.00 81.8%

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