Career
Known as an excellent puck-distributing center, Janney averaged nearly one point per game in his National Hockey League career. Janney was drafted in the first round, 13th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1986 National Hockey League Entry Draft, and also played in the 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1991 Canada Cup and the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships for Team United States of America. Prior to his National Hockey League career, Janney attended Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut before attending Deerfield Academy. Janney played for the Boston College Eagles during his collegiate years, and he also played on the 1988 United States. Olympic Team that finished seventh at the Calgary Olympic Games, where he had six points in five Olympic contests.
In 2004, Craig Janney was honored as having "The Softest Hands in Hockey" by the National Hockey League Alumni Board.
On February 13, 2007 Janney was named the interim head coach of the Lubbock Cotton Kings of the CHL. He would finish the season, but the Lubbock Cotton Kings would cease operations at the end of the 2007 season. Recently, Janney has been appearing on NESN for Hockey East coverage.