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Born	February 7, 1976 (age 33),; Thompson, MB, CAN
Height; Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m); 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team; F. teams	San Jose Sharks; Columbus Blue Jackets
Pro career	1998 – present

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. He is an enforcer. During the 2003–04 NHL season, he got into a single season record 30 fights.

[edit] Early life

He moved from Thompson, Manitoba when he was young to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He graduated Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Charity

Jody Shelley hosts the Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health in his hometown of Yarmouth every summer which raises money for hospital equipment.

[edit] 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)
His number (25) was retired from the Halifax Mooseheads.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL	72	10	12	22	194	7	0	1	1	12
1995–96	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL	50	13	19	32	319	6	0	2	2	36
1996–97	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL	59	25	19	44	420	17	6	6	12	125
1997–98	Saint John Flames	AHL	18	1	1	2	50	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	51	12	17	29	325	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Saint John Flames	AHL	8	0	0	0	46	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Saint John Flames	AHL	22	1	4	5	93	3	0	0	0	2
1999–00	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	36	9	17	26	256	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	69	1	7	8	357	5	0	0	0	21
2000–01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	1	0	0	0	10	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	52	3	3	6	206	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	22	3	5	8	165	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	68	1	4	5	249	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	76	3	3	6	228	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	JYP	FNL	11	0	1	1	20	3	0	0	0	25
2005–06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	80	3	7	10	163	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	72	1	1	2	175	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	31	0	0	0	44	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	San Jose Sharks	NHL	31	1	6	7	91	6	0	0	0	2
2008–09	San Jose Sharks	NHL	70	2	2	4	116	1	0	0	0	0
NHL totals			481	14	26	40	1232	7	0	0	0	2

[edit] References

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