Steven Goertzen
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Steven Goertzen (b. May 26, 1984 in Stony Plain, Alberta) is a Canadian-born ice hockey winger for the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets. He has also played professionally with the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch and the ECHL's Dayton Bombers.
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 Columbus, 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.
[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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
