{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Defense | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 215 | played_for =New York Islanders | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = Waterville, Maine, U.S. | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 1998 | draft = ''Undrafted'' }} '''Jeff Libby''' (born March 1, 1974) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman.
He played three seasons with the University of Maine before joining the American Hockey League. He played professionally in the International Hockey League with the Utah Grizzlies, the American Hockey League with the Kentucky Thoroughblades and Lowell Lock Monsters, and one game in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders on March 26, 1998, against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
His career ended on November 7, 1998, after he lost his right eye as a result of it being cut by the skate of Toronto Maple Leafs prospect, Mark Deyell, while playing for the Lowell Lock Monsters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1999/03/21/1999-03-21_no_looking_back_jeff_libby_l.html |title=No Looking Back Jeff Libby Lost an Eye in a Hockey Game - but His Future is Awfully Bright |website=New York Daily News |accessdate=2009-04-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404152028/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1999/03/21/1999-03-21_no_looking_back_jeff_libby_l.html |archivedate=2010-04-04 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1993–94 | New Hampton School | HS-NH | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | University of Maine | HE | 22 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1995–96 | University of Maine | HE | 39 || 0 || 9 || 9 || 42 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | University of Maine | HE | 34 || 6 || 25 || 31 || 41 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1997–98 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 47 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 25 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 8 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- | 1997–98 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 13 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 6 ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 47 !! 1 !! 5 !! 6 !! 25 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
==See also== *List of players who played only one game in the NHL
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{icehockeystats|legends=15196}}
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