height_ft death_date birth_date career_start death_place shoots draft_year image_size image name weight_lb birth_place draft_team draft played_for career_end position height_in article_title
5 6 january 2011 24 march 1982 2005 providence , ri , usa left 2001 230px tom cavanagh manchester monarchs.jpg tom cavanagh 180 warwick , ri , usa san jose sharks 182nd overall san jose sharks 2011 center 10 tom cavanagh -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

tom cavanagh -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

thomas garrett cavanagh -lrb- march 24 , 1982 -- january 6 , 2011 -rrb- was an american professional ice hockey center who most recently played with the springfield falcons of the american hockey league .
he was drafted by the san jose sharks in the sixth round , 182nd overall , of the 2001 nhl entry draft .
after playing four seasons at harvard university , he was signed to a professional contract by the sharks organization .
cavanagh made his national hockey league debut with san jose near the end of the 2007 -- 08 season and recorded an assist on his first shift .
his shift to open the game was alongside jeremy roenick and joe thornton .
the following season , he scored his lone nhl goal march 28 , 2009 , a backhand shot past phoenix coyotes goaltender ilya bryzgalov .
