Matt Foy

Matthew Foy (born May 18, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Dundas Real McCoys in the Allen Cup.

Playing career Born in Oakville, Ontario, Foy was drafted by the Minnesota Wild 175th overall in the 2002 NHL entry draft. He began his hockey career with Merrimack College in the NCAA. From there he moved on to the Ottawa 67's of the OHL. In the 2002–03 season with the 67's Foy formed one of the most dominating tandems in the history of the OHL with teammate Corey Locke. He spent the majority of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons with the Houston Aeros, Minnesota's top farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL). In the 2007–08 season, he was with the Wild all season and played 28 games, scoring four goals with four assists and 28 penalty minutes.

On July 14, 2008, Foy was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues to a one-year contract. He was subsequently assigned to the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen to begin the 2008–09 season. On March 11, 2009, after receiving a six-game suspension for leaving the bench to fight the Aeros' John Scott, Foy left the Rivermen, with the team citing "personal reasons". He only played 4 games during the season after being stricken by a sports hernia in training camp.

On September 28, 2009, Foy signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League. Foy was injured on the opening night of the 2009–10 season and was later granted leave by the CHL in mid November. He returning to finish in 7 games with the Sundogs for 3 assists before succumbing to season-ending injury on February 13, 2010.

Foy came back after sitting out the 2010–11 season and signed with the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL, enjoying his highest offensive output since the 2006-07 season when he led Houston with 27 goals and 50 points.

On July 4, 2012 it was announced that Foy has signed a one-year contract with six time German champion Eisbären Berlin. In the next 3 years, he played for Berlin and scored 75 points and 33 goals in 130 games.

For the 2015–16 season, he left the DEL with Berlin and signed a contract with the Eispiraten Crimmitschau from the DEL2, where he appeared in 31 games and accumulated 34 points and 52 penalty minutes. After that season, he returned to Ontario.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Mississauga Senators U18 AAA GTHL 2000–01 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 47 43 49 92 30 — — — — — 2001–02 Merrimack College HE 31 7 17 24 48 — — — — — 2002–03 Ottawa 67's OHL 68 61 71 132 112 21 11 20 31 47 2003–04 Houston Aeros AHL 51 11 13 24 74 1 0 0 0 0 2004–05 Houston Aeros AHL 69 12 13 25 78 5 1 2 3 6 2005–06 Minnesota Wild NHL 19 2 3 5 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Houston Aeros AHL 51 15 25 40 122 8 5 3 8 29 2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL 9 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Houston Aeros AHL 62 27 23 50 121 — — — — — 2007–08 Minnesota Wild NHL 28 4 4 8 28 1 0 0 0 0 2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 4 0 2 2 33 — — — — — 2009–10 Arizona Sundogs CHL 7 0 3 3 26 — — — — — 2011–12 Stockton Thunder ECHL 67 16 36 52 71 6 1 3 4 6 2012–13 Eisbären Berlin DEL 40 11 14 25 42 7 0 2 2 6 2013–14 Eisbären Berlin DEL 31 5 12 17 40 — — — — — 2014–15 Eisbären Berlin DEL 28 11 8 19 16 3 0 1 1 27 2015–16 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 31 12 22 34 52 — — — — — 2016–17 Dundas Real McCoys ACH 20 8 14 22 52 5 3 4 7 4 2017–18 Dundas Real McCoys ACH 17 10 21 31 18 3 1 2 3 12 2018–19 Dundas Real McCoys ACH 6 1 4 5 14 — — — — — AHL totals 237 65 76 141 428 14 6 5 11 35 NHL totals 56 6 7 13 48 1 0 0 0 0 DEL totals 99 27 34 61 98 10 0 3 3 33

Awards 2002–03 OHL First Team All-Star 2002–03 OHL Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy 2002–03 CHL Second Team All-Star 2012–13 DEL Champion with the Eisbären Berlin