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Jimmy Vesey

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

North Reading Native Jimmy Vesey Helps USA Take Gold at World Junior Championship

Team USA beat Sweden for the gold medal in the IIHF World Junior Championship.

North Reading native Jimmy Vesey helped Team USA beat Sweden 3-1 in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship to claim the gold medal, according to NESN.com. Forward Jimmy Vesey is a Harvard student and was one of three ECAC Hockey players on Team USA, according to the Harvard Men's Ice Hockey page, GoCrimson.com. Team USA won the gold in Russia for the first time since 2010. Vesey played in all of the tournament games for Team USA. He started as the 13th forward, but was moved up to the first line in the final three games, GoCrimson.com said. Throughout the event he had five points on a goal and four assists.  Vesey, son of former Bruin Jim Vesey, broke the single-season scoring record in the history of the Eastern…

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High School Senior Two Points Away from Breaking Hockey Scoring Record and NRHS Graduate Drafted By Nashville Predators

Monday, July 2, 2012

NRHS Graduate Drafted By Nashville Predators

Jimmy Vesey was drafted in the third round.

North Reading High School graduate Jimmy Vesey was picked in the third round of the NHL draft. The Nashville Predators will own his rights for the next five years. Vesey, son of former Bruin Jim Vesey, started skating when he was 4-years-old and began playing hockey at age six. He has played througout his life, and earlier this year he broke the single-season scoring record in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. He was recently drafted in the third round, 66th overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Predators.  "I went to the draft with my family so I heard my name called and it was the best feeling in the world," he said. The Nashville Predators own his rights for the next five years, meaning that if he goes pro in that time, he will play for…

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High School Senior Two Points Away from Breaking Hockey Scoring Record and North Reading High School

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