Jim O'Brien (ice hockey)

Jim O'Brien (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Center
shoots = Right cite web | url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=97817 |title=Jim O'Brien | publisher= [http://hockeydb.com The Internet Hockey Database] |accessdate=2007-06-24 ]
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 184
nickname =
nationality = US
birth_date = birth date and age|1989|1|29
birth_place = Maplewood, MN, USA
career_start = TBA
career_end =
team = Ottawa Senators
league = NHL
prospect_league = WHL
prospect_team = Seattle Thunderbirds
halloffame =

James O'Brien (born January 29, 1989 in Maplewood, Minnesota)American ice hockey center who was drafted 29th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. [ cite web| url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11095&hubname= | title=2007 NHL Draft Tracker | publisher=TSN |accessdate=2007-06-22] O'Brien played defense before switching in high-school to "play as a power-forward center-ice man"cite web| url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=f9550e91-2508-4209-b85b-ec33359c77d3| title=Senators go college route| publisher=Ottawa Citizen | accessdate=2007-06-24 ] His final Central Scouting rank was 38th.

O'Brien played in university hockey last season due to an exception; he was the youngest player in US college ice hockey, at 17 years old. cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/cp/hockey/070622/h062271A.html | title= Ottawa uses first-round pick on University of Minnesota center Jim O'Brien | publisher=CBC | accessdate=2007-06-23 ] He was picked by Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray because "size matters". O'Brien is a strong skater, he blocks shots and he is a penalty killer. cite web | url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jim_o'brien |title=Jim O'Brien | accessdate=2007-06-24]

It is the third year in a row that the Senators have picked a US-born player. cite web | url=http://www2.ottawasenators.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=hockey/hockeyNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=2712 | title=Senators select O'Brien with top pick | publisher=Ottawa Senators |accessdate=2007-06-23 ] They picked Nick Foligno 28th overall during the 2006 NHL Draft, [cite web| url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00080212| title=Nick Foligno |publisher= [http://hockeydb.com The Internet Hockey Database] | accessdate=2007-06-24 ] and Brian Lee ninth overall in 2005. [ cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=83000 | title=Brian Lee |publisher= [http://hockeydb.com The Internet Hockey Database] | accessdate=2007-06-24 ]

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*Hockeydb|97817|Jim O'Brien


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