One of the best puckhandlers and playmakers in the NHL, Craig Janney has averaged nearly a point per game in a little over 13 years of big league play. His creativity and knack for fooling defenders with an ability to find the open man made him one of the highest-scoring forwards in the 1990s.Born In Hartford, Connecticut, Janney first gained fame as a high school star with Denfield Academy. He was chosen to play with the U.S. national team at the 1985 World Junior championships where he scored six points in seven games. He entered Boston College the next year, played again at the World juniors, and was drafted in first round, 13th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. During the first year after being drafted, Janney exploded for 81 points in 37 games for Boston College. He was named to the Hockey East first all-star team and the NCAA East first All-American all-star team. The Bruins were anxious to get him into uniform but the Bruins felt that a year with the U.S. national team would be of greater benefit to him. Janney was one of the top scorers on the team during the 1987-88 pre-Olympic exhibition games. He played strongly at the Calgary Olympics, scoring six points in five matches although the team finished a disappointing seventh.Following the Olympics, Janney stepped into the Boston lineup and averaged more than a point per game during the last 15 games of the season. He also played well and was a key factor in the Bruins' march to the 1988 Stanley Cup final where they succumbed to Edmonton. Although Janney's production was not as high as expected in 1988-89, his downtime was attributed to getting acclimatized to the long NHL season. He experienced injury problems in 1989-90 but was hot in the playoffs as the Bruins reached their second Stanley Cup final in three years.Janney seemed to establish himself as a regular with 92 points in 1990-91 but his play was, at times, indifferent. He helped Team USA reach the Canada Cup final in 1991 and started the 1991-92 season in Boston. Later in the year he was traded to the St. Louis Blues for another playmaker, Adam Oates. It was hoped he would form a deadly partnership with Brett Hull and revitalize his career. In 1992-93 he registered a personal-high 106 points but was unable to sustain that offensive pace. In March 1994 he was traded to Vancouver as compensation for the Blues signing restricted free agent Petr Nedved. Janney refused to report and sat out a week until the two teams reached an agreement whereby he was traded back to St. Louis for a package of players.Janney played well for the fourth place U.S. team at the 1994 World Championships but clashed with new St. Louis coach Mike Keenan in 1994-95. He was traded to San Jose where he spent parts of two seasons then shipped to the Winnipeg Jets late in 1995-96. He entered the record books that year as one of the last Jets as the team was transferred to Phoenix in the off-season. On the Coyotes, Janney's offensive magic clicked in spurts with power forward Keith Tkachuk. In January 1999 he was traded to the New York Islanders where he played 18 regular season matches before retiring. taken from www.legendsofhockey.net

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Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM		Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1984-1985	Deerfield Academy	USHS-Prep	17	33	35	68	6	|
	USA U20	WJC-20	7	4	2	6	0	|
1985-1986	Boston College	NCAA	34	13	14	27	8	|
	USA U20	WJC-20	3	1	1	2	2	|
1986-1987	Boston College	NCAA	37	28	55	83	6	|
	USA	WC	10	1	0	1	0	|
1987-1988	Boston Bruins	NHL	15	7	9	16	0	|	Playoffs	23	6	10	16	11
	Team USA	International	52	26	44	70	6	|
	USA	OG	6	3	1	4	2	|
1988-1989	Boston Bruins	NHL	62	16	46	62	12	|	Playoffs	10	4	9	13	21
1989-1990	Boston Bruins	NHL	55	24	38	62	4	|	Playoffs	18	3	19	22	2
1990-1991	Boston Bruins	NHL	77	26	66	92	8	|	Playoffs	18	4	18	22	11
	USA	CC	8	4	2	6	0	|
1991-1992	Boston Bruins	NHL	53	12	39	51	20	|
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	25	6	30	36	2	|	Playoffs	6	0	6	6	0
1992-1993	St. Louis Blues	NHL	84	24	82	106	12	|	Playoffs	11	2	9	11	0
1993-1994	St. Louis Blues	NHL	69	16	68	84	24	|	Playoffs	4	1	3	4	0
	USA	WC	7	2	5	7	0	|
1994-1995	St. Louis Blues	NHL	8	2	5	7	0	|
	San Jose Sharks	NHL	27	5	15	20	10	|	Playoffs	11	3	4	7	4
1995-1996	San Jose Sharks	NHL	71	13	49	62	26	|
	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	13	7	13	20	0	|	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
1996-1997	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	77	15	38	53	26	|	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	4
1997-1998	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	68	10	43	53	12	|	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	0
1998-1999	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	38	4	18	22	10	|
	New York Islanders	NHL	18	1	4	5	4	|

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