Jonathan Harty (born April 7, 1988) is a German born

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professional

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, currently playing for

Fehérvár AV19 Hydro Fehérvár AV19 is a Hungary, Hungarian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Austrian Austrian Hockey League, win2day ICE Hockey League. They were founded in 1960 and played from 1978 in the Hungarian Országos Bajnokság I (men's ...

of the

Austrian Hockey League The ICE Hockey League (International Central European Hockey League, ICEHL), known as the win2day ICE Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, is a Central European hockey league that also serves as the top-tier ice hockey league in Austria. It c ...

(EBEL).

Playing career

After a four-year major junior career with the

Everett Silvertips The Everett Silvertips are an American major junior ice hockey team based in Everett, Washington. The team plays in the U.S. Division of the Western Conference of the Western Hockey League (WHL), and hosts games at Angel of the Winds Arena. Th ...

of the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...

, Harty played collegiate hockey with the

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of the

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. Upon completion of a decorated career with the Varsity Reds, Harty began his professional career at the tail end of the 2011–12 season in the

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with the

Kalamazoo Wings The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Western Conference, Central Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Event Center. They are the affiliate ...

. With limited North American interest, Harty signed his first full professional contract in France with

Ducs d'Angers The Association des Sports de Glisse d'Angers is a French professional ice hockey team based in Angers playing in the Ligue Magnus. The team currently use the name of "Les Ducs d'Angers". The team's mascot is an eagle-owl, or grand duc (literally ' ...

of the

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on June 12, 2012. In re-uniting with previous junior Silvertips assistant coach

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, Harty competed in 18 games with the league-leading "Ducs" (= long-eared owl) to compile two goals and 11 points in the

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season. On June 1, 2013, Harty left the French league as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with Swedish

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

club,

Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...

. On June 23, 2014, Harty signed a one-year contract with fellow HockeyAllsvenskan team

IF Björklöven IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan as of the 2024-25 season, but h ...

. After spending a second season in the French Ligue Magnus with

Brûleurs de Loups The Brûleurs de Loups (French for ''Wolf Burners'') are a professional ice hockey team that play in Grenoble, France. History The club was founded in 1963 under the name Grenoble Hockey Club. Since 1992, the club has been known as the Brûleurs ...

, Harty left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Slovenian outfit,

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana. They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Ice ...

of the Austrian EBEL on July 8, 2016.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harty, Jonathan 1988 births Living people Fehérvár AV19 players IF Björklöven players Brûleurs de Loups players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ducs d'Angers players Everett Silvertips players HDD Olimpija Ljubljana players Heilbronner Falken players Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) players Mora IK players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen