Jody Shelley

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 235
team = San Jose Sharks
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|2|7|mf=y
birth_place = Thompson, MB, CAN
draft =
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draft_team =
career_start = 1998
former_teams = Columbus Blue Jackets

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Jody Shelley (born February 7, 1976 in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada) is an ice hockey player in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks.

Playing career

Shelley started 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. Jody Shelley was originally signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames on September 1, 1998, but never played for them. 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. On January 29, 2008, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks for a 6th round draft pick in 2009. He re-signed with San Jose in the off-season.

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.

Records

*Currently holds the all time record in penalty minutes (420) for the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL.
*Also, he currently holds the single season record for penalty minutes (357) for the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL
*Holds single-game penalty minutes record for the San Jose Sharks. (41)

Career statistics

				Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
2000–01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		1	0	0	0	0	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
2001–02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		52	3	3	6	1	206		-	-	-	-	-	-
2002–03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		68	1	4	5	-5	249		-	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		76	3	3	6	-10	228		-	-	-	-	-	-
2004–05	JYP	SM-liiga		11	0	1	1	-	20		3	0	0	0	-	25
2005–06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		80	3	7	10	-4	163		-	-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		72	1	1	2	-6	125		-	-	-	-	-	-
6th Season	Career	NHL		349	11	18	29	-24	981		-	-	-	-	-	-

References

*nhlprofile|8462535
*hockeydb|26815
* [http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/362 Hockey Fights - Jody Shelley]