Sascha Goc

Sascha Goc
Born	(1979-04-14) April 14, 1979 Calw, FRG
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Shoots	Right
DEL team Former teams	Schwenninger Wild Wings New Jersey Devils Tampa Bay Lightning Adler Mannheim Hannover Scorpions
National team	Germany
NHL draft	159th overall, 1997 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1996–present

Sascha Goc (born April 14, 1979 in Calw, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a German ice hockey player currently playing for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Goc played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His younger brothers Marcel and Nikolai currently play for Adler Mannheim.

Playing career

Goc was drafted 157th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft where he played 13 games without scoring a point and collecting four penalty minutes. On November 9, 2001, he was traded by the Devils, along with Josef Boumedienne and Anton Butt to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Andrei Zyuzin. He played in nine games with the Lightning without scoring a point. While in North America he also played in the American Hockey League for the Albany River Rats and the Springfield Falcons.

In 2002 he went back to Germany to play for Adler Mannheim and before moving to Hannover, where he scored 17 goals and 13 assists for 30 points in 50 games in 2005–06.

On February 1, 2011, in his sixth season with the Scorpions, Goc signed a further two-year contract extension to remain in Hannover.

After the Scorpions ceased operations in the DEL, Goc returned to his original club, the Schwenningen Wild Wings, who coincidentally bought Hannover's license to return to the DEL on July 18, 2013.

Goc is a valued penalty killer. He was a member on the Germany hockey team in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, leading Germany to the quarterfinals before losing to the United States 5–0.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	Schwenningen Wild Wings	DEL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Schwenningen Wild Wings	DEL		41	3	1	4	26		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Schwenningen Wild Wings	DEL		41	3	4	7	47		8	2	1	3	2
1998–99	Albany River Rats	AHL		55	1	12	13	24		2	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Albany River Rats	AHL		64	9	22	31	35		5	2	0	2	6
2000–01	Albany River Rats	AHL		55	10	29	39	49		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	New Jersey Devils	NHL		11	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Albany River Rats	AHL		10	0	5	5	12		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	New Jersey Devils	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL		36	3	9	12	30		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		9	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Adler Mannheim	DEL		49	1	3	4	87		7	1	0	1	41
2003–04	Adler Mannheim	DEL		46	5	12	17	58		3	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Adler Mannheim	DEL		39	1	4	5	67		14	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		50	17	13	30	164		10	2	4	6	64
2006–07	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		38	20	24	44	107		6	2	2	4	10
2007–08	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		38	9	21	30	90		3	1	0	1	10
2008–09	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		48	24	16	40	108		11	4	10	14	10
2009–10	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		52	17	24	41	72		11	4	5	9	6
2010–11	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		52	23	28	51	70		2	0	0	0	0
2011–12	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		50	8	19	27	34		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		46	6	18	24	66		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		47	4	15	19	24		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		49	8	21	29	42		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		49	2	18	20	74		—	—	—	—	—
DEL totals				736	151	241	392	1136		80	16	22	38	143
NHL totals				22	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997	Germany	WJC	6	0	0	0	12
1998	Germany	WJC	6	0	2	2	27
1998	Germany	WC	6	1	2	3	8
2003	Germany	WC	7	0	2	2	6
2004	Germany	WCH	3	0	0	0	2
2006	Germany	OG	5	0	0	0	10
2006	Germany	WC-D1	5	6	5	11	2
Junior totals			12	0	2	2	39
Senior totals			26	7	9	16	28

External links

• Sascha Goc career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Sascha Goc profile at Eurohockey.com