Jeremy Shaffer Roenick (/ˈroʊnɪk/; born January 17, 1970) is an
American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority
of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 8th
overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, for
whom he played from 1988-1996. Roenick subsequently played for the
Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose
Sharks over the course of his 20 NHL season career. He also
represented Team USA in numerous international tournaments. On
November 10, 2007, he became the third American-born player (Joe
Mullen and Mike Modano were the first two) to score 500 goals.After
retiring in 2009, Roenick joined NBC Sports as a hockey analyst in
2010, before being fired in 2020 for inappropriate sexual comments
made about colleague Kathryn Tappen.After retiring in 2009, Roenick
joined NBC Sports as a hockey analyst in 2010, before being fired in
2020 for inappropriate sexual comments made about colleague Kathryn
Tappen.Roenick began playing hockey at age four when the parents of a
playmate persuaded Roenick's parents to put Jeremy in a hockey program
so that their child would be with someone he knew. The son of a Mobil
oil district coordinator, Jeremy constantly moved around the
Northeastern United States, joining new hockey teams with each
stop.[citation needed] As a youth, Roenick played in the 1982 Quebec
International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team
from Middlesex County, Connecticut, and in the 1983 tournament with
the Washington Capitals minor ice hockey team.Roenick then moved to
Fairfax, Virginia, where he traveled to play for the bantam-level New
Jersey Rockets, who had won back-to-back national championships in
1984â€"85 and 1985â€"86. At age 14, Roenick was required to take a
flight from Dulles Airport to Newark, New Jersey, on a weekly basis to
make the Rockets' games. Roenick helped the Rockets to a state
championship, registering 300 points in only 75 games. After one year
of traveling for hockey, the Roenick family would move back to
Massachusetts, where Jeremy enrolled at Thayer Academy. Roenick played
on the same line as future NHL line-mate Tony Amonte; the two went on
to win two League Championships. Jeremy Roenick Top Movies & Young Movies