Erik Burgdoerfer
| Erik Burgdoerfer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
December 11, 1988 East Setauket, New York, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Ottawa Senators Belleville Senators (AHL) Buffalo Sabres | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Erik Burgdoerfer (born December 11, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman, currently serving as Captain of the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Ottawa Senators organization of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Burgdoerfer played college hockey for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of ECAC Hockey. He began his professional career in 2010 with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL. In January 2013, Burgdoerfer was named captain of the Condors.[1]
In October 2013, Burgdoerfer was signed by the American Hockey League's Oklahoma City Barons.[2]
Burgdoerfer was signed to a one-year contract by the AHL's Hershey Bears in August 2014.[3] The team re-signed him to a second one-year contract in May 2015.[4]
After two successful seasons in the AHL with the Bears, Burgdoerfer secured his first NHL contract in signing a one-year, two-way deal with the Buffalo Sabres on July 21, 2016.[5] After beginning the 2016-17 season with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, he was called up to Buffalo after a rash of injuries on the blueline and made his NHL debut on December 5, 2016 in a game against the Washington Capitals.[6]
On July 1, 2017, the first day of NHL free agency, Burgdoerfer signed a two year, $1.3 million contract with the Ottawa Senators.[7] Burgdoerfer was called up to the NHL on February 26, 2018,[8] and he recorded his first NHL point on March 13, 2018, in a 7–4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.[9]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | New York Apple Core | EJHL | 45 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 60 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 71 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 67 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2013–14 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 2016–17 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 66 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ "D Erik Burgdoerfer named new Condors Captain". Bakersfield Condors. January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Burgdoerfer Scores Deal with Oklahoma City". ECAC Hockey. October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Erik Burgdoerfer aims to follow Hershey Bears' ascent of Julien Brouillette, Steve Oleksy, Patrick Wellar". pennlive.com. October 30, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Hershey Bears re-sign Erik Burgdoerfer to AHL deal for 2015-16". pennlive.com. May 18, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Sabres sign defenseman Burgdoerfer". National Hockey League. July 21, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "After long pro journey, Burgdoerfer to make NHL debut". National Hockey League. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Senators' Erik Burgdoerfer: Latches on with new club". CBS Sports. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Medaglia, Craig (February 27, 2018). "Game Day 5: Sens @ Capitals". NHL.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Brennan, Don (March 13, 2018). "Senators finally give Condon some support in win over Lightning". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American ice hockey defensemen
- Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players
- Belleville Senators players
- Buffalo Sabres players
- Hershey Bears players
- People from East Setauket, New York
- Ice hockey people from New York (state)
- Oklahoma City Barons players
- Ottawa Senators players
- Rochester Americans players
- RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from the United States
- Ice hockey people from Pennsylvania