Tom Fitzgerald (ice hockey)
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| Born |
August 28, 1968 Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
New York Islanders Florida Panthers Colorado Avalanche Nashville Predators Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 17th overall, 1986 New York Islanders |
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| Playing career | 1988–2006 | ||
Thomas James Fitzgerald (born August 28, 1968) is an American retired professional ice hockey player who played seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League. He currently serves as assistant general manager of the New Jersey Devils. He won the Stanley Cup in 2009 as an director of player development with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Fitzgerald played his high school hockey at Austin Preparatory School in Reading MA, he then went on to play college hockey for Providence College and was selected by the New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft (1st round, 17th overall). He turned pro in 1988 with the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate Springfield Indians, and in 1990 was one of the key players who led Indians to the Calder Cup championship.
He played parts of five seasons for the Islanders and became the first player in NHL playoff history to score two shorthanded goals on the same minor penalty, against the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 2, 1993, which also equaled the NHL record for shorthanded goals by a player in one game. He was selected as one of the original Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. Although he has been cast as a defensive forward in the NHL, he had his best scoring years in Miami and was one of the leaders in Florida's 1996 Stanley Cup run. In those 1995–96 playoffs, Fitzgerald scored the decisive goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a 58-foot slapshot that found its way past Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso.
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