Jay Pandolfo
American ice hockey player and coach
Jay Paul Pandolfo (born December 27, 1974) is an American college ice hockey coach and former professional forward. He is currently the head coach of the Boston University Terriers.
He spent most of his National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils before playing the 2011–12 season with the New York Islanders and the 2012–13 season with the Boston Bruins. His younger brother Mike was also once a member of the Devils organization, and played briefly in the NHL.
Playing career
Pandolfo grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts and played hockey for Burlington High School, where he graduated in 1992.
He was a member of the Burlington Hockey and Skating Association's Massachusetts state champion team in 1989 for the Bantam age group. This team went on to place fifth in the US National tournament in Chicago.
Pandolfo was drafted by the New Jersey Devils 32nd overall in the 1993 NHL entry draft after his first season at Boston University. Pandolfo would play three more seasons as a star player at BU. He played 133 games there, scoring 78 goals and 89 assists for 167 points. In his last season, he led Hockey East in goals with 38 and was named to the NCAA All-American Team, as well as being named the Hockey East Player of the Year.
It took Pandolfo two more seasons to become a regular with New Jersey, and his first full season in 1998–99 was one of his two best, scoring 14 goals and 27 points in 70 games.
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