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Tom Walsh (D)

Worcester Sharks

Biography

2007-08 with Worcester: Final Stats – 76 games played, 36 points (6 goals, 30 assists), 28 penalty minutes, -9 rating … Finished tops among Sharks’ defensemen with 41 points and 30 assists … Recorded an assist on 4/4 vs. Portland … Had a goal and assist on 3/30 at Providence, earning third star honors … Extended point streak to three games with an assist on 3/22 vs. Albany … Scored goal in second-consecutive game in dramatic fashion against Bridgeport (3/21). The goal came with less than three seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at four. The heroic effort earned him third star of the game honors … Scored Sharks’ first goal of the game in 4-2 win over Bridgeport on 3/19 … Extended point streak to four games with an assist vs. San Antonio (3/12) … Scored third goal of the season at Providence (3/9) … Assisted on both goals in Sharks’ 3-2 shootout loss to Lowell (3/8) … Picked up an assist vs. Albany (3/7) … Had an assist for second-consecutive game vs. Norfolk (3/2) … Tallied an assist at Albany (3/1) … Had an assist on Devin Setoguchi’s power play goal against Springfield (2/24) … Scored second goal of season in first period at Norfolk (2/15) … Picked up an assist on 2/10 at Hershey … Tallied an assist on Riley Armstrong’s first goal of the game at Lowell (2/6) … Picked up an assist in thrilling shootout win at Springfield (1/26) … Credited with an assist on a beautiful pass to Derek Joslin with less than one minute remaining in regulation at Springfield (1/21) … Joslin found the back of the net to tie the score and the Sharks ended up winning 3-2 in overtime … Recorded an assist vs. Providence (1/19) on a last-second first period goal by Tomas Plihal … Picked up an assist on the first goal of the game vs. Albany (1/12) … Had a four-game assist streak from 12/30-1/5 … In that time, tallied five assists in games vs. Lowell, Manchester, Hershey, and Providence … Credited with an assist in a 4-3 shootout win over Providence (1/5) … Tallied an assist vs. Hershey (1/2) … Picked up an assist vs. Manchester (12/31) in the Sharks’ 3-2 win over the Monarchs … Recorded a pair of assists vs. Lowell (12/30) … Scored first goal of season at Manchester (12/16) … Recorded two assists 11/17 vs. Portland … Recorded three assists 11/9 at San Antonio.

2006-07 with Worcester & Fresno (ECHL): Made professional debut with Worcester on 10/6 at Portland … Earned first point of season with assist on 10/15 at Lowell … Assigned to Fresno (ECHL) on 10/16 … Recalled to Worcester on 11/27 … Reassigned to Fresno (ECHL) on 12/16 … Recalled to Worcester on 2/21 … Played 43 games with Fresno (ECHL), compiling nine points (2g, 7a) and 26 penalty minutes … Earned selection to the 06-07 ECHL All-Star game … Scored first AHL goal with 23-seconds remaining, to force overtime vs. Norfolk on 3/3/07 … Also had two assists in same game ,,, Calder Cup Playoffs (Worcester): Scored two goals and added an assist in Game Four of the Atlantic Division Semifinals vs. Manchester, a 3-2 victory on 4/25 … Earned an assist on the game-tying goal vs. Manchester in Game Six on 4/28.