Playing career

Fahey was drafted in the 8th round, 212th overall, by the San Jose Sharks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Before becoming a professional hockey player, Jim was a member of the Dorchester, MA (Greater Boston Youth Hockey League), Tier 2 National Championship Midget Team in 1996, and subsequently a standout at Catholic Memorial High School, winning MVP awards while leading his school to four straight state championships. He went on to become a star at Northeastern University, where he finished his career with the single season defense scoring record for the Huskies as a First Team All-American and Hobey Baker Award finalist. During his draft year, he was featured in a segment with his idol, Raymond Bourque, in a feature for NHL on Fox.

Following his college career, in the 2003 season, after spending some time with San Jose's AHL farm team in Cleveland, Fahey was recalled to the Sharks and was selected San Jose's rookie of the year. Despite spending nearly half the season in the minor leagues, he led all rookie NHL defenseman in scoring.

In the 2004 season, Fahey battled with pneumonia, and after recording only two points in fifteen games, was sent down to Cleveland, where he played for the remainder of that season, and has seen only sporadic NHL duty since.

Fahey has also played in international competitions, like the 2003 IIHF Men's World Championships. He has been named to the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team.

Fahey re-signed to a one-year contract worth US$500,000; on July 15, 2006. Prior to the 2006-07 NHL season, Fahey was traded with Alexander Korolyuk to the New Jersey Devils for Vladimir Malakhov and a conditional first round pick.

On July 27, 2007, Fahey signed with the Chicago Blackhawks and spent the full year with the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL. On March 26, 2008, Fahey signed with German team, the Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL.

On July 6, 2010, after two seasons with Krefeld, Fahey signed a one-year contract with fellow DEL team, Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. However, only three weeks later on July 24, Fahey terminated his agreement with the Ice Tigers due to personal reasons and remained in America.

Fahey also has a degree in real estate development from Northeastern University.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998-99	Northeastern University	HE		32	5	13	18	34		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Northeastern University	HE		36	3	17	20	62		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Northeastern University	HE		36	4	23	27	48		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Northeastern University	HE		39	14	32	46	50		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	Cleveland Barons	AHL		25	3	14	17	42		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	San Jose Sharks	NHL		43	1	19	20	33		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		32	1	18	19	64		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	San Jose Sharks	NHL		15	0	2	2	18		2	0	0	0	0
2004-05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		69	4	22	26	146		—	—	—	—	—
2005-06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		21	0	2	2	14		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	New Jersey Devils	NHL		13	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Lowell Devils	AHL		28	0	9	9	37		—	—	—	—	—
2007-08	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		65	0	12	12	109		12	1	3	4	18
2008-09	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL		47	5	16	21	83		7	1	1	2	6
2009-10	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL		50	4	20	24	38		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				92	1	24	25	67		2	0	0	0	0

International

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003	United States	WC	6	1	0	1	2
Senior int'l totals			6	1	0	1	2

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team	1998-99
All-Hockey East Second Team	2000-01
All-Hockey East First Team	2001-02
AHCA East First-Team All-American	2001-02
Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist	2001-02

[ Source: Wikipedia ]