Less than a month ago, Charlestown sent three of its own to the National Hockey League—with one going just across 93 to play for the Bruins.
Back in April, helpful reader Kevin Kelly sent in these stats, describing the town's embarrassment of riches when it comes to hockey.
Check the list. That's a lot of Townie hockey careers.
NHL Stats:
| NAME | TEAM | G | A | PTS |
| *Keith Yandle | PHX (2-time All Star) | 42 | 143 | 185 |
| Mike Fidler | CLE, MIN, HART (271 games) | 84 | 97 | 181 |
| Jack O'Callahan | CHI, NJ (389 games) | 27 | 104 | 131 |
| *Jimmy Hayes | CHI | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Jim Vesey | STL, BOS (15 games) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Paul O'Neil | VAN (6 games) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Whelton | WIN (2 games) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Leagues:
| NAME | LEAGUE | G | A | PTS |
| Paul O’Neil | WHL, PHL, AHL, ACHL | 338 | 350 | 688 |
| Jim Vesey | IHL, AHL | 200 | 217 | 417 |
| Mike Powers | IHL | 129 | 162 | 291 |
| *Ray Ortiz | CHL, ECHL, SPHL | 72 | 108 | 180 |
| Jack O’Callahan | AHL, Olympic Team | 33 | 112 | 145 |
| Keith Yandle | AHL, QMJHL | 32 | 100 | 132 |
| Billy Nolan | ECHL | 54 | 75 | 129 |
| *Dan McGoff | ECHL, CHL, Holland | 27 | 86 | 113 |
| Joe Fidler | AHL, PHL, France | 47 | 57 | 104 |
| Mark Fidler | ACHL | 45 | 53 | 98 |
| Mike Fidler | CHL, AHL | 38 | 41 | 79 |
| Ed Considine | QMJHL, ACHL, IHL | 12 | 55 | 67 |
| *Jimmy Hayes | NAHL, USHL, AHL | 19 | 43 | 62 |
| Bill Whelton | CHL, AHL | 10 | 51 | 61 |
| Paul Wilkins | NEJHL, NEHL, EHL | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Michael Dobie | NEJHL | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| Brian Yandle | ECHL, AHL | 11 | 34 | 45 |
| Richie Hart | AHL, IHL, NAHL, PHL | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| Billy Cotter | AHL, ACHL | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Dan Considine | OJHL | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Sean Farley | BHL | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Jack Wilkins | CAHL | NSA | ||
| Bob Reardon | CAHL | NSA | ||
| Steve Cedorchuk | NEHL | NSA |
College Stats:
| NAME | COLLGE | G | A | PTS |
| #Jimmy Vesey | Merrimac | 110 | 134 | 244 |
| Mark Fidler | BU | 77 | 101 | 178 |
| Tom Cullity | Penn/Vermont | 84 | 77 | 161 |
| Bob Reardon | BC | 57 | 76 | 133 |
| #Jack O’Callahan | BU | 18 | 102 | 120 |
| Mike Anthony | Connecticut | 49 | 55 | 104 |
| Kevin McGonagle | Wesleyan | 44 | 58 | 102 |
| Brian Yandle | New Hampshire | 31 | 68 | 99 |
| #Mike Fidler | BU | 46 | 48 | 94 |
| Tommy DeRosa | St. A’s/Tufts | 41 | 51 | 92 |
| Joe Fidler | BC/Northeastern | 38 | 51 | 89 |
| Billy Cotter | BU | 30 | 54 | 84 |
| #Jimmy Hayes | BC | 42 | 39 | 81 |
| Mike Powers | BC | 29 | 37 | 66 |
| Billy Nolan | BC | 25 | 32 | 57 |
| Richie Hart | BC | 12 | 43 | 55 |
| #Paul O’Neil | BU | 35 | 19 | 54 |
| Alexa Hingston | St. Anslem | 20 | 32 | 52 |
| Brittany Murphy | Connecticut | 23 | 25 | 48 |
| #Bill Whelton | BU | 10 | 37 | 47 |
| Ray Ortiz | Northeastern | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| Kendall Junta | St. Anslem | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| Shane Coleman | Fitchburg St. | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| *#Kevin Hayes | BC | 10 | 29 | 39 |
| Kasey Cedorchuk | St. A’s/Northeastern | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| Sean Farley | BC | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| John Murphy | Tufts | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| Steve Cedorchuk | BC | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Paul Wilkins | Northeastern | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Ralph Goodwin | Merrimac | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| Ed Reardon | BC | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Jim Mahoney | New England College | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Bud Yandle | BC | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Mike Devlin | Northeastern | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| *John Humphrey | Southern NH | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Dan McGoff | BU | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| *Mike Settipani | Southern NH | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Nigro | St. Anslem | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| *John Caldwell | Harvard | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Still active
# NHL draft pick
There are no statistics available on-line for Michael Quinn (Holy Cross); Charlie McCarthy and Rod O’Connor (BC); Joe O’Neil and John Ryle (St. Anslem); Bobby Harty and Bobby Gould (Norwich); Sean Sullivan (Stonehill); Tom O’Neil (Suffolk); Matt O’Neil (Amherst); Mark Chardavoyne (Bowdoin); Joe Craven (Massachusetts Maritime); Tim Hamano (Bates); John Whelan (Williams); Chuck Hayes (Lowell); Mike O’Callahan (Babson); Tim O’Connell (Merrimac); Richie O’Neil and Allen Jarasitis (BU); Jim Hingston and Mike O’Donnell (North Adams State); Dan Campbell, Billy Tryder, Jack Woods and Paul Anthony (Salem State); Sean Darragh (Army); Ken Guittar (Westfield St.); Joseph Campbell, Jim Godding, Bob Cuneo and Richie Craven (Boston State); John Tibbetts and Jim Tibbetts (Providence); Jason Smith (Fitchburg State); and Jack Kelly (Dartmouth).
Joseph
10:12 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Hockey Town, USA
Joe
10:35 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Paul Kelly is originally from Charlestown as well.
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20120713/SPORTS01/707139902/0/CURR04
Kevin Kelly
11:01 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Paul had a very impressive career as well. His stats of 181 goals and 151 assists (332 points) at the USHL, ECHL, CHL and FHL levels has beed added to my permanent archive. Thanks for the info.
julie
2:42 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012
There's still way more than that. Especially if you count high school. Kerry Brennan played at University of Southern Maine & Michelle Kane & Meaghan Murray at New England College
Kevin Kelly
5:40 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012
I also added Michelle Kane's 15 goals and 14 assists at N. E. College to the archives. If anyone knows of other "Townie" hockey players, please let me know and I'll try and add their stats as well. Thanks Julie.
The Workingman
7:45 am on Saturday, July 21, 2012
Dont forget Aaron Titcomb Second leading goal scorer as a defense man at Brewster Academy attending Salisbury CT this winter playing now for another List maker Brian Yandle on Pro Evolution ... Games going on now if you need your hockey fix for 10 bucks watch some great talented kids from New England and Canada in the Chowder Cup ..http://www.proamhockey.com/schedule-s12690 Pro evolution ( http://www.proevolutionhockey.com/ ) plays today at Noon then Sunday The playoffs and Championships
The Workingman
12:37 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Jack O'Callahan of Charlestown & 1980 'Miracle on Ice' team turns 55 today! Happy Birthday! Jack #Townies
Jack OC
12:09 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Belated thanks on the Happy Birthday...
55... wow..
Quite a list and a lot of goals from 1 square mile...
Jack OC