Justin Harney

Justin Harney
Born (1977-11-14) November 14, 1977 (age 47)
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Defenseman
Shot Right
Played for Wheeling Nailers
Charlotte Checkers
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Lowell Lock Monsters
Saint John Flames
Iserlohn Roosters
ERC Ingolstadt
Kassel Huskies
Playing career 1996–2007

Justin Harney is an American former ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for St. Lawrence.[1]

Career

Harney's college career began in the fall of 1996 and he began playing full-time for St. Lawrence as a freshman. As an underclassman, Harney provided steady production from the blueline but he was unable to help the Saints win many games. Things changed during his junior year; Harney's offensive numbers more than doubled while SLU won more than twice as many games as the year before.[2] Harney helped the Larries reach the ECAC Hockey championship game and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992. As a senior, Harney was named team captain and led the Saints to one of their best seasons in history. While his offensive numbers declined slightly, Harney led the team to a first place finish in the conference standings and then won the 2000 ECAC championship. St. Lawrence received the second eastern seed and were advanced into the national quarterfinals. They faced down Boston University in an epic 4-overtime match and won the game to send the Saints into just their second Frozen Four over the previous 38 seasons. The team's run ended in the national semifinals with Harney being named an All-American for the year.

After graduating, Harney signed professionally with the Pittsburgh Penguins' organization but ended his first year in the Anaheim Mighty Ducks farm system. By the end of his second season as a pro, Harney had spent time with six different teams. He decided to head to Europe for his third season and spend the succeeding five years playing in Germany. Harney retired in 2007.

A year after ending his playing career, Harney began attending the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. After graduating in 2010, he became the director of Sales and Marketing for Professional Nursing Placement Services. As of 2021, he continues to work in the same position.[3]

Personal life

Both of Justin's older brothers played college hockey as well. Joe, for Boston College, and Jake for St. Lawrence.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Omaha Lancers USHL — — — — — — — — — —
1996–97 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 35 0 14 14 38 — — — — —
1997–98 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 33 2 10 12 58 — — — — —
1998–99 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 38 5 21 26 48 — — — — —
1999–00 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 37 4 18 22 77 — — — — —
2000–01 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 34 7 13 20 43 — — — — —
2000–01 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 14 0 1 1 12 — — — — —
2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 23 3 10 13 18 5 0 1 1 2
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 10 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 11 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 55 6 36 42 66 3 0 0 0 4
2002–03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 50 4 25 29 144 — — — — —
2003–04 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 44 3 8 11 66 9 0 3 3 34
2004–05 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 47 2 9 11 94 2 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Kassel Huskies DEL 47 9 12 21 115 5 2 4 6 6
2006–07 Kassel Huskies Bundesliga 51 6 13 19 82 10 2 4 6 22
NCAA totals 143 11 63 74 221 — — — — —
ECHL totals 112 16 59 75 127 8 0 1 1 6
AHL totals 40 0 5 5 20 — — — — —
DEL totals 188 18 54 72 419 16 2 7 9 40

Awards and honors

Award Year
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 1999, 2000 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1999–00 [5]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1999–00 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Saint Hockey Record Book 2015-16" (PDF). St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Justin Harney". Linked In. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  5. ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman
1999–00 		Succeeded by