Wade Flaherty (born January 11, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who has played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, and the Nashville Predators, as well as several teams in the American Hockey League and ECHL. He last played professionally for the China Sharks of the Asia League Ice Hockey, before being named the developmental goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Flaherty was drafted 181st overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1988 NHL entry draft. While playing with the Islanders, Flaherty was the last NHL goalie to give up a goal to Wayne Gretzky.

Flaherty backed up Curtis Joseph for Team Canada in the 2007 Spengler Cup. In 2008, he signed with the China Sharks of the Asia League Ice Hockey, being named the starting goaltender and goaltender coach. Flaherty also assisted the Chinese national team in the same capacity. In January 2009, Flaherty was named goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Since the 2011–12 season, Flaherty has served as the goaltending coach for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%1984–85Kelowna WingsWHL101055505.45.808 — — — — — — — —1985–86Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL91302713607.97— — — — — — — — —1985–86Spokane ChiefsWHL50301612107.83— — — — — — — — —1986–87Nanaimo ClippersBCHL15——————3.83 — — — — — — — — —1986–87Victoria CougarsWHL30201271607.56— — — — — — — — —1987–88Victoria CougarsWHL3620150205213503.95 — 5 2 3 300 18 0 3.60 —1988–89Victoria CougarsWHL4221190240818004.49.877 8 — — — — — — —1989–90Greensboro MonarchsECHL27129113089604.40.891 9 — — — — — — —1989–90Kalamazoo WingsIHL100013000.001.000 — — — — — — — —1990–91Kansas City BladesIHL5616314299022404.49 — — — — — — — — —1991–92Kansas City BladesIHL4326143260314013.23.893 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.0001991–92San Jose SharksNHL30301781304.38.892 — — — — — — — —1992–93Kansas City BladesIHL6134197364219523.21.888 12 6 6 733 34 1 2.78 .9031992–93San Jose SharksNHL101060505.02.891 — — — — — — — —1993–94Kansas City BladesIHL6032199356420203.40.896 — — — — — — — —1994–95San Jose SharksNHL185618524413.10.903 7 2 3 377 31 0 4.93 .8601995–96San Jose SharksNHL24312111379204.85.866 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 San Jose Sharks NHL 7 2 4 0 359 31 0 5.18 .847 — — — — — — — —1996–97Kentucky ThoroughbladesAHL19 8 6 2 1032 54 13.14.910 3 1 2 200 11 0 3.30 .8841997–98Utah GrizzliesIHL24 16 5 3 1341 40 31.79.936 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 New York Islanders NHL 16 4 4 3 694 23 3 1.99 .926 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 20 5 11 2 1048 53 0 3.03 .892 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 5 1 3 1 305 16 0 3.15 .903 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 4 0 1 1 182 7 0 2.31 .914 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 New York Islanders NHL 20 6 10 0 1017 56 1 3.30 .881 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 2 0 2 0 118 8 0 4.07 .855 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Utah Grizzlies AHL 45 22 13 5 2351 92 2 2.35 .928 5 2 3 312 11 0 2.12 .935 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 4 2 1 1 245 12 0 2.94 .919 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 30 11 13 5 1791 86 1 2.88 .914 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Nashville Predators NHL 1 0 1 0 51 4 0 4.71 .852 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 36 21 12 3 2146 78 3 2.18 .922 21 16 5 1371 44 1 1.93 .932 2004–05 Manitoba Moose AHL 36 19 10 3 2009 78 4 2.33 .918 12 8 4 720 29 2 2.42 .912 2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 49 26 17 4 2822 113 6 2.40 .919 12 7 5 675 23 0 2.04 .923 2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL 32 17 9 2 1735 70 2 2.42 .909 3 2 1 166 5 0 1.81 .924 2007–08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 31 13 8 1 1486 63 2 2.54 .917 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 China Sharks AL 36 — — — — 118 — 3.29 .917 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 120 27 56 11 5941 348 5 3.51 .887 7 2 3 377 31 0 4.93 .860

Transactions June 11, 1988 - Drafted by Buffalo Sabres in the 9th round, 181st overall. September 3, 1991 - Signed by the San Jose Sharks as a free agent. July 22, 1996 - Signed by the New York Islanders as a free agent. February 16, 2001 - Traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for future considerations. August 2, 2001 - Signed by the Florida Panthers as a free agent. March 9, 2003 - Traded to the Nashville Predators for Pascal Trepanier. July 7, 2004 - Signed by the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent. July 11, 2007 - Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent.

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