Tom Askey | |||
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Born |
Tonawanda, NY, USA |
October 4, 1974 ||
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 |
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National team | United States | ||
NHL Draft | 186th overall, 1993 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
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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.
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.