[3] Finnerty joined the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL for two seasons, playing a total of 119 games and earning 302 penalty minutes, before signing with the San Angelo Saints, Victoria Salmon Kings and South Carolina Stingrays.
[6] After spending time in Italy, Finnerty joined the Sheffield Steelers of the British Elite Ice Hockey League until his wife failed to secure a job at their local university.
[7] He returned to the United States and played with the Bloomington PrairieThunder before coming to agreement with the Cardiff Devils and signed a contract with them.
[8] In 2013, Finnerty was appointed the Head Coach of the Braehead Clan, a Scottish professional ice hockey team.
[10] He stayed with the Braehead Clan until 2017, when the team failed to qualify past the Elite League Play-Offs quarter-final stage.