Jay Caufield

Jay Caufield
Born (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 237 lb (108 kg; 16 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins
Minnesota North Stars
New York Rangers
AHL
New Haven Nighthawks
IHL
Toledo Goaldiggers
Flint Spirits
Kalamazoo Wings
Muskegon Lumberjacks
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1985–1994

John Jay Caufield (born July 17, 1960) is an American former NHL right winger. Caufield was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, area about a mile outside Lansdale borough. He graduated from North Penn High School.

Playing career

In the 1979-80 hockey season he played junior hockey for the Milton Flyers of the OHA-B. The next season he later attended Hibbing Community College in 1980 where he played hockey. Following the season he went to the University of North Dakota where he played football and 1 hockey game during the 1984-85 season. He later signed with the New York Rangers in 1985 and was assigned to the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.

He played 13 games with the Rangers in the 1986–87 season, accumulating 45 penalty minutes.

The Rangers traded Caufield prior to the 1987–88 season, when he played 65 games for the Kalamazoo Wings.

With the Pittsburgh Penguins, Caufield played most of five seasons, including on their 1991–92 Stanley Cup-winning team. He averaged nearly four penalty minutes a game, and in 194 games with Pittsburgh he scored three goals. He was demoted to the IHL for 1993–94 and retired at the end of the season.[1]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985–86 Toledo Goaldiggers IHL 30 5 4 9 54 — — — — —
1985–86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 40 2 3 5 40 1 0 0 0 0
1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 13 2 1 3 45 3 0 0 0 12
1986–87 Flint Spirits IHL 12 4 3 7 59 — — — — —
1986–87 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 13 0 0 0 43 — — — — —
1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1987–88 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 65 5 10 15 273 6 0 1 1 47
1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 1 4 5 285 9 0 0 0 28
1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 37 1 2 3 123 — — — — —
1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 23 1 1 2 71 — — — — —
1990–91 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 3 1 0 1 18 — — — — —
1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 50 0 0 0 175 5 0 0 0 2
1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 26 0 0 0 60 — — — — —
1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 45 2 3 5 176 4 0 0 0 18
NHL totals 208 5 8 13 759 17 0 0 0 42

Later life

After he retired as a hockey player, Caufield made a brief appearance as the Penguins' goalie, Brad Tolliver, in the hockey-themed action film Sudden Death. He also became a personal trainer, working extensively with Mario Lemieux during his NHL comebacks. Currently, Caufield works as an analyst on Root Sports Live: Penguins Post Game, which appears on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10232
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