Taras Foremsky

Taras Foremsky (born February 15, 1980) is a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Taras Foremsky
Born (1980-02-15) February 15, 1980
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Right Wing/Center
Shot Left
Played for Pensacola Ice Pilots
Hassfurt ERC
San Angelo Saints
Fort Worth Brahmas
Torino Bulls
Flint Generals
Jacksonville Barracudas
Memphis Riverkings
Peterborough Phantoms
Guildford Flames
Playing career 2002–2009

Junior and college

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'.[1] 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.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4][5] 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 team's 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,[6] 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 Pass1998-99AJHL??252752??
Crowsnest Pass1999-00AJHL??101323??
Bow Valley Eagles1999-00AJHL57343266132
Calgary Canucks2000–2001AJHL3218314968
Fort Saskatchewan2000-01AJHL139132210
Merrimack College2001-02NCAA100110
Mount Royal College2002-03ACAC2838327044
Pensacola Ice Pilots2002-03ECHL103148
Hassfurt ERC2003-04GerOb181061680
San Angelo Saints2003-04CHL91126
Fort Worth Brahmas2003-04CHL203586
Torino Bulls2004-05Serie A3410122255
Flint Generals2005-06UHL122026
Jacksonville Barracudas2005-06SPHL175141912
Memphis Riverkings2005-06CHL31581322
Peterborough Phantoms2006-07EPL555598143126
Peterborough Phantoms2007-08EPL1410243441
Guildford Flames2007-08EPL4027396651
Guildford Flames2008-09EPL5333377078
Totals (Multiple Seasons) GP G A Pts. PiMs
AJHL Totals - 96 116 212 -
CHL Totals 60 9 14 23 34
EPL Totals 152 125 198 323 296

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-04-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Official Release, Published November 4, 2007.
  2. Official Release, Published November 10, 2007.
  3. Supporters Club Hall of Fame, Published March, 2008
  4. , Official Release, Published May 2, 2008
  5. National News Article, Published May 5, 2008
  6. Official Release, Published April 13, 2009
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