Journey to the NHL with Kent Manderville; NHLer and Olympic Medalist

Send us Fan MailIn this podcast you will hear Kent’s journey to the NHL. The ups and downs of minor hockey, Junior and  College. Kent Manderville was drafted 24th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft and played for Cornell University from 1989–91. While in school Manderville also played for Canada in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in 1990 and 1991, winning the gold medal in both years.Kent left Cornell after two season to join the Canadian national team and played in the 1992 Winter Olympics where he helped the team to win the silver medal.  Following the Olympics he turned pro and joined the Toronto Maple Leafs, who had obtained his rights from Calgary in a trade, for the remainder of the 1991–1992 season.Kent played in 646 regular season NHL games, scoring 37 goals and 67 assists for 104 points, picking up 348 penalty minutes. He played in 67 NHL playoff games registering 3 goals and 3 assists.[3]On March 12, 1997, he scored a hat trick in a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins.After his NHL career, he played three seasons for Timrå IK of the Elitserien in Sweden from 2003 to 2006. His final hockey season (2006-2007) was spent with the Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga in Finland. After four years in Northern Europe he retired in 2007 and was accepted to attend law school at the University of Ottawa. He deferred admission for a year and then ultimately decided to decline the offer, instead opting to complete his Cornell University Bachelor of Science degree. He was an analyst for televised Ottawa Senators games during the 2007-08 season. In the week of June 23, 2008, he presented the sportscast for A-News at 6 and 11 pm.He has also passed all three Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams and was awarded the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in September, 2020. He is now Director of the Hockey Family Office (www.hockeyfamilyoffice.com) which provides wealth management for hockey professionals.Stay up to date with everything at https://www.petefry.net/