Taras Foremsky

Taras Foremsky (born February 15, 1980) is a former Canadian ice hockey forward from Calgary, Alberta.
==Junior and college==
Calgary born Foremsky began his hockey career in his local league, the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), where he spent three seasons plying his trade with four different teams putting up 212 points. The 2001-02 season was a bleak one for Foremsky only playing 10 games for Merrimack College of the NCAA. One year on and Foremsky had joined up with the Mount Royal College Cougars of the Alberta College's Athletic Hockey Conference (ACAC) posting 70 points in 28 games for the Cougars, leading the league in points, being picked for the first all-star team, receiving League MVP and setting a new league record for goals in a season.
==Going pro==
At the end of the successful 2002-03 season Foremsky was given a short-term contract with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL grabbing 1+3 from 6 regular season games. The following years would hold uncertainty for Foremsky, who would represent 7 teams in 3 seasons, starting with Hassfurt in Germany before moving back to North America and the CHL with San Angelo and Fort Worth. The 2004/05 season would be more successful than those that it had proceeded, with Foremsky suiting up for the Torino Bulls of the Serie A, for whom he finished 2nd in goals, assists, points and penalty minutes for the team. The 2005/06 season would again be unsettled, with Foremsky playing in the UHL (Flint Generals), SPHL (Jacksonville Barracudas) and CHL (Memphis Riverkings).
==Move to the U.K.==
In 2006 Foremsky arrived in Peterborough to play for the Phantoms where he would set the league alight scoring 136 Pts. in 48 games, somehow finding time to rack up 102 penalty minutes. Foremsky also dominated the play-offs scoring 17 points in 7 games. His end of season plaudits included, top points scorer in EPL, top points scorer in League, Cup and Play-offs for Peterborough and selected for the EPL All-Star 1st Line 2006/07. It seemed as though the good times were going to keep on rolling for Taras and the Phantoms with Foremsky scoring 34 points in the first 14 games. But after a mid-game, dressing room dispute with head coach Phil David, Foremsky left through 'mutual consent'. Official Release, Published November 4, 2007. Although it did not take long for Foremsky to attract interest from other clubs and was snapped up by eventual regular season champions Guildford Flames on November 10. Official Release, Published November 10, 2007.. Foremsky got off to a slow start at the Flames, finding it hard to gel with line mates, but once he found his mark he quickly established himself as a fan-favourite and was instrumental in the Flames regular season championship title. He scored 22+33 in 34 regular season games, being voted Supporters Club Player of the Year Supporters Club Hall of Fame, Published March, 2008, an extrodinary achievement considering he missed over 2 months of the Flames season. Foremsky then re-signed for another year with Guildford in early May., Official Release, Published May 2, 2008 National News Article, Published May 5, 2008 After another slow start to the season Foremsky's production picked up as the months progressed but missed out on games due to the Flames carrying an extra import. Despite this Foremsky finished the season as the teams highest goal scorer on 33 goals. This was enough to earn him a second supporters club player of the year award from the fans. With major changes on the way in the summer the Flames were going to rebuild Official Release, Published April 13, 2009, where at this point led Foremsky to the decision to retire to run his family's butcher shop in Canada.
===Playing record===
Year by Year Record
Includes Play-Offs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes. All Stats from either Peterborough Phantoms' or Guildford Flames' websites 
Club 	Year 	League 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
Crowsnest Pass 	1998-99 	AJHL 	?? 	25 	27 	52 	??
Crowsnest Pass 	1999-00 	AJHL 	?? 	10 	13 	23 	??
Bow Valley Eagles 	1999-00 	AJHL 	57 	34 	32 	66 	132
Calgary Canucks 	2000–2001 	AJHL 	32 	18 	31 	49 	68
Fort Saskatchewan 	2000-01 	AJHL 	13 	9 	13 	22 	10
Merrimack College 	2001-02 	NCAA 	10 	0 	1 	1 	0
Mount Royal College 	2002-03 	ACAC 	28 	38 	32 	70 	44
Pensacola Ice Pilots 	2002-03 	ECHL 	10 	3 	1 	4 	8
Hassfurt ERC 	2003-04 	GerOb 	18 	10 	6 	16 	80
San Angelo Saints 	2003-04 	CHL 	9 	1 	1 	2 	6
Fort Worth Brahmas 	2003-04 	CHL 	20 	3 	5 	8 	6
Torino Bulls 	2004-05 	Serie A 	34 	10 	12 	22 	55
Flint Generals 	2005-06 	UHL 	12 	2 	0 	2 	6
Jacksonville Barracudas 	2005-06 	SPHL 	17 	5 	14 	19 	12
Memphis Riverkings 	2005-06 	CHL 	31 	5 	8 	13 	22
Peterborough Phantoms 	2006-07 	EPL 	55 	55 	98 	143 	126
Peterborough Phantoms 	2007-08 	EPL 	14 	10 	24 	34 	41
Guildford Flames 	2007-08 	EPL 	40 	27 	39 	66 	51
Guildford Flames 	2008-09 	EPL 	53 	33 	37 	70 	78
Totals (Multiple Seasons)	Totals (Multiple Seasons)	Totals (Multiple Seasons)	GP 	G 	A 	Pts.	PiMs
AJHL Totals 	AJHL Totals 	AJHL Totals 	- 	96 	116	212 	-
CHL Totals 	CHL Totals 	CHL Totals 	60 	9 	14 	23 	34
EPL Totals 	EPL Totals 	EPL Totals 	152	125	198	323 	296
==External references==
==External links==
* Guildford Flames Profile
* Hockeydb.com Profile
* eurohockey.net Profile
==References==
* http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=taras%20foremsky&w=all&s=int
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Category:Retired in 2009
Category:Born in 1980
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Category:Canadian ice hockey players