Barney was drafted by the
Los Angeles Kings 29th overall in the
1997 NHL entry draft. He did not get to play in the
National Hockey League until the
2002–03 season, because he missed three consecutive seasons due to a severe back injury. He also played for the
Atlanta Thrashers. Barney played a total of 27 games in the
NHL, scoring 5 goals and adding 6 assists for 11 points. He was loaned to the
Hershey Bears in March 2007 from the
Grand Rapids Griffins and was re-signed by the Bears for the
2007–08 season on July 31, 2007. For
2008–09 he moved to Germany to play for
Augsburger Panther. In 2009–10 he started the season in
SC Bietigheim-Bissingen, but was signed by Finnish team
SaiPa in October. He continued with the team for
2010–11 season. On November 21, 2010, he joined
BK Mladá Boleslav of the
Czech Extraliga. After just 13 games with Boleslav however, Barney returned to Finland on January 18, 2011, to complete the 2010–11 season with HPK. Barney returned to HPK for the
2011–12 season. He was briefly loaned to
EC Red Bull Salzburg for the non-regulation
European Trophy, but returned to play for HPK. He then left HPK part-way through the season to help out the second-tier teams
HC Thurgau and
Dornbirner EC of the
Swiss National League B and
Austrian National League, respectively. Barney played the
2012–13 season in the
Asian Ice Hockey League with
South Korean team
High1. On August 8, 2013, Barney signed with
HC Valpellice of the
Italian Elite.A. For the 2014–15 season, he signed with Austrian team
EHC Lustenau of the
Inter-National League, where he played for two seasons before ending his playing career. == Coaching ==