Playing career

Falloon was drafted 2nd overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He was the first ever draft pick in the history of the San Jose Sharks organization. Ray Whitney, his teammate with the WHL's Spokane Chiefs, was the Sharks' second pick. The Sharks had thought the pair would be a natural scoring combination, but that didn't pan out. After playing in San Jose for four years, Falloon was traded November 16, 1995 to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for LW Martin Spanhel, a first round draft choice in the 1996 Entry Draft and a third round draft choice. (These picks were later transferred to the Phoenix Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres and used to acquire Danny Briere and Mike Martone, respectively).

He was traded January 17, 1998 to the Ottawa Senators along with Vaclav Prospal and a second round draft choice, in exchange for Alexandre Daigle, the first overall draft pick in 1993. He later played for both the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins.

After 2000, he was no longer an active NHL player. After playing for Davos in Switzerland for the 2000-2001 season, Falloon returned home to play in his hometown, for the Foxwarren Falcons - a team from the tiny North Central Hockey League in western Manitoba. Not surprisingly, he has been a top scorer in the league. With the Falcons, he helped them win six straight league championships from 2001-02 to 2006-07 (the Falcons also won without Falloon in 2000-01). This string of championships was broken in 2007-08 by the Roblin Northstars.

As the second overall pick, Falloon will probably always be remembered as the 'consolation prize' in the 1991 draft, since No. 1 pick Eric Lindros was easily the most coveted player available that year. Still, Falloon was considered a talented prospect in his own right, and the Sharks expected him to be one of the building blocks of their young franchise in the coming decade. Falloon delivered decent returns as a rookie, notching 59 points in 1991-92, but never topped that production for the remainder of his career, and is widely regarded as a draft bust. Later in his career Falloon became known more for his lack of conditioning which earned him the nickname "Fat Balloon".

Falloon was named Memorial Cup Tournament MVP in 1991 with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL.

He played 575 career NHL games, scoring 143 goals and 179 assists for 322 points.

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988-89	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		72	22	56	78	41		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		71	60	64	124	48		6	5	8	13	4
1990-91	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		61	64	74	138	33		15	10	14	24	10
1991-92	San Jose Sharks	NHL		79	25	34	59	16		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	San Jose Sharks	NHL		41	14	14	28	12		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	San Jose Sharks	NHL		83	22	31	53	18		14	1	2	3	6
1994-95	San Jose Sharks	NHL		46	12	7	19	25		11	3	1	4	0
1995-96	San Jose Sharks	NHL		9	3	0	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		62	22	26	48	6		12	3	2	5	2
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		52	11	12	23	10		14	3	1	4	2
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		30	5	7	12	8		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	Ottawa Senators	NHL		28	3	3	6	8		1	0	0	0	0
1998-99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	17	23	40	20		4	0	1	1	4
1999-00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		33	5	13	18	4		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		30	4	9	13	10		10	1	0	1	2
2000-01	HC Davos	NLA		43	12	26	38	49		4	1	0	1	2
NHL totals				575	143	179	322	141		66	11	7	18	16

[ Source: Wikipedia ]