Steven Goertzen
| Steven Goertzen | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1984 Stony Plain, AB, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) |
| Position | Right wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| AHL team Former teams |
Springfield Falcons AHL Albany River Rats Syracuse Crunch San Antonio Rampage NHL Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets Phoenix Coyotes |
| NHL Draft | 225th overall, 2002 Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
Steven Goertzen (born May 26, 1984 in Stony Plain, Alberta) is a Canadian-born ice hockey winger for the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons.
Goertzen started his junior hockey career with the tier II St. Albert Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, but soon caught on with the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds. After his first season with Seattle, Goertzen was selected 225th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, and after three seasons and 81 points with the Thunderbirds, Goertzen moved to the professional ranks.
So far, Goertzen's career has been marked by low point totals, with his best professional season being in 2004–05 when he spread twelve points out between the AHL and ECHL. However, in the 2005–06 NHL season, Goertzen made his NHL debut with Columbus, and in thirty-nine games failed to record a point before being returned to the American Hockey League.
He failed to score a point in his first 48 career games. In his 49th career game, as a member of the Phoenix Coyotes, he scored his first two career points, both assists, in a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
On July 8, 2009 he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Carolina Hurricanes.
On November 10, 2010 he signed a one year contract with the Springfield Falcons, for whom he had been playing on a professional tryout (PTO) contract.[1]
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | St. Albert Saints | AJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 66 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 71 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 95 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 2003–04 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 69 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 57 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 32 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 60 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 59 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2008–09 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 57 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 71 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2009–10 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 68 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Springfield Falcons' Ben Guite named team captain". masslive.com. 2010-11-10. http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/11/springfield_falcons_ben_guite.html. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- 1984 births
- Albany River Rats players
- Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
- Columbus Blue Jackets players
- Dayton Bombers players
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Living people
- People from Parkland County, Alberta
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- San Antonio Rampage players
- Seattle Thunderbirds alumni
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- Springfield Falcons players
- Syracuse Crunch players
