Jody Shelley

Jody Shelley
Born (1976-02-07) February 7, 1976
Thompson, MB, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Columbus Blue Jackets
San Jose Sharks
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19982013

Jody Shelley (born February 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career he played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers. He was known as an enforcer and had the most regular season major penalties for fighting since he joined the league; when he retired – on August 9, 2013 – he had 173. Shelley rejoined the Columbus Blue Jackets in August 2013 when he was named a broadcast associate and team ambassador. In May 2014 he became the Blue Jackets TV color analyst alongside Jeff Rimer. [1]

Early life

Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Shelley moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia when he was 12 for his father to work at a tin mine in East Kemptville, Nova Scotia.[2] He attended Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School, graduating in 1994. He was involved in a number of competitive sports in his high school years, including hockey, swimming, and soccer, as well as a brief stint on the volleyball team.

Playing career

Shelley began playing hockey when he was young in the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association until his midget year. He moved away from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia when he was 18 to play for the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Shelley then played 19 games for Dalhousie University before being signed by the Saint John Flames in the AHL to make his pro debut. Jody Shelley was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames on September 1, 1998, but never played for them. He played until 2000 with Saint John.

Almost 2 years later, on August 17, 2000, he was signed as a free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets and played one game for them in the 2000–01 season. During that one game, he had ten minutes in penalties. After that, he played fairly regularly as the Blue Jackets' enforcer averaging over 200 minutes in penalties a season. He fought Bob Probert in each of the three periods in a 21 Blue Jackets loss to the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on January 10, 2002.[3] The three fights by the same two adversaries in a single NHL match would next be achieved fourteen years later when Evander Kane and Alex Petrovic did it on February 9, 2016.[4] During the 2003–04 NHL season, he got into a career-high 30 fights. He played five-and-a-half seasons for the Blue Jackets.

On January 29, 2008, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks for a sixth-round draft pick in 2009 and he re-signed with the Sharks in the off-season. In a 2008 regular season match against the Dallas Stars, Sean Avery hit Brad Lukowich and after the incident, Shelley and Avery began to throw water and Gatorade at each other while jawing at each other.[5]

Jody Shelley as a San Jose Shark in 2010.

Two years after joining San Jose, on February 12, 2010, Shelley was traded by the Sharks to the Rangers for a conditional sixth-round draft pick.

On July 1, 2010, Shelley signed a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.[6]

On September 20, 2011, Shelley was suspended for the remainder of the preseason and 5 regular season games for boarding Darryl Boyce.[7]

On August 9, 2013, with no NHL contract offers following the expiration of his deal with the Flyers, he announced his retirement from professional hockey and joined the team he started his NHL career with (the Blue Jackets) on a front office job.

International play

During the 2004–2005 NHL Lockout, Shelley played for the JYP in the Finnish SM-Liiga. He played 11 games in the regular season with no goals, one assist and 20 penalty minutes. During the playoffs he played 3 games with no points and 25 penalty minutes.

Personal life

On July 11, 2004, Jody married fiancée, Mandy Shelley (née Thompson) of Laurelville, Ohio. They met in Columbus, Ohio while he was playing for the Blue Jackets.[8] In November 2008, they had their first son named Owen.

In addition to Shelley's duties on Blue Jackets broadcasts, he represents the club as a team ambassador where he will spearhead the organization of the Blue Jackets Player Alumni Association. [9]

Shelley hosts the Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health in his hometown of Yarmouth every summer which raises money for hospital equipment.[10]

The Town of Yarmouth declared July 13, 2013, as Jody Shelley Day, and honoured Shelley by renaming Cottage Street as Jody Shelley Drive, and also renumbering the Mariners Centre, the local winter sports facility, as 45 Jody Shelley Drive, after his jersey number.

Records

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95Halifax MooseheadsQMJHL72101222194701112
1995–96Halifax MooseheadsQMJHL50131932319602236
1996–97Halifax MooseheadsQMJHL59251944420176612125
1997–98Dalhousie UniversityAUAA1961117145
1997–98Saint John FlamesAHL1811250
1998–99Johnstown ChiefsECHL51121729325
1998–99Saint John FlamesAHL800046
1999–00Saint John FlamesAHL221459330002
1999–00Johnstown ChiefsECHL3691726256
2000–01Syracuse CrunchAHL69178357500021
2000–01Columbus Blue JacketsNHL100010
2001–02Columbus Blue JacketsNHL52336206
2001–02Syracuse CrunchAHL22358165
2002–03Columbus Blue JacketsNHL68145249
2003–04Columbus Blue JacketsNHL76336228
2004–05JYPFNL1101120300025
2005–06Columbus Blue JacketsNHL803710163
2006–07Columbus Blue JacketsNHL72112125
2007–08Columbus Blue JacketsNHL3100044
2007–08San Jose SharksNHL311679160002
2008–09San Jose SharksNHL7022411610000
2009–10San Jose SharksNHL3603378
2009–10New York RangersNHL2124637
2010–11Philadelphia FlyersNHL5822412720002
2011–12Philadelphia FlyersNHL3001164
2012–13Philadelphia FlyersNHL10000
NHL totals 627 18 36 54 1538 9 0 0 0 4

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