Sheehy was signed by the
World Hockey Association's
New England Whalers after the Olympics and later also played 433 games for the WHA
Edmonton Oilers and
Birmingham Bulls before moving on to the
National Hockey League where he played a total of 27 games for the
Detroit Red Wings and
Hartford Whalers before retiring from professional hockey in 1980. Sheehy was inducted into the
United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. == Personal life ==