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JOE FINLEY
Left Wing/Defense • Height: 6’8” • Weight: 247 • Shoots: Left
Born: June 29, 1987 (Edina, Minn.)
Drafted: Capitals’ first-round choice, 27th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2004-05 Sioux Falls USHL 55 3 10 13 181 - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 North Dakota WCHA 43 0 3 3 96 - - - - - - - - - -
2006-07 North Dakota WCHA 41 1 6 7 72 - - - - - - - - - -
2007-08 North Dakota WCHA 43 4 11 15 79 - - - - - - - - - -
2008-09 North Dakota WCHA 27 2 8 10 56 - - - - - - - - - -
A defenseman throughout his career, moved to forward in the summer of 2009.
2008-09
Played 27 games as a senior at North Dakota (WCHA), missing part of the season
due to injury … An assistant captain … Posted 10 points (2g-8a) and a +5 rating
… Finished his career sixth all-time in penalty minutes for North Dakota with 303
… Enjoyed a three-game point streak from 1/9—1/16 (1g-2a) … Had a career-high
four points 1/23 vs. Denver (1g-3a) … Named to the WCHA All-Academic team for
the third straight season.
Career
2007-08: Played all 43 games as North Dakota reached the NCAA Frozen Four for
the third consecutive season … Ranked second among Sioux defensemen with
four goals and fourth with 15 points, both career highs … 14 of his points came
in conference play, ranking sixth among WCHA defensemen in points … His 79
PIM ranked second on the team … Led the team in plus/minus at +24 … Named
to the WCHA All-Academic team. 2006-07: Played 41 games for North Dakota …
Scored his first collegiate goal and dished out six assists … Racked up 72 PIM …
Led the team with a +19 plus/minus rating … WCHA Defensive Player of the Week
Hershey AHL 1 0 0 0 7 - - - - - - - - - -
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for the week ending in March 6, following a three-assist game at St. Cloud State
(3/3) … Fighting Sioux advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four … Named to the WCHA
All-Academic team. 2005-06: Played in 43 of 46 games as a freshman, helping
North Dakota reach the NCAA Frozen Four.
Junior Career
2004-05: Played in 55 games for Sioux Falls (USHL) following a two-year high
school career with Edina (Minn.) … Played for Team World in the 2005 USHL
Prospects/All-Star Game.
NHL Transactions
Capitals’ first-round choice, 27th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft.
Personal
Majored in management at North Dakota … Considers Chris Pronger his hockey
hero … Top hockey memory is a third-period comeback against Wisconsin in 2007-
08 to advance to the Frozen Four … Also played football and golf while growing up
… Considers Usain Bolt the most exciting athlete and Larry Fitzgerald his favorite
athlete … An avid fisherman.