| Marcel Goc | |
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Goc warming up before a game during his tenure with the Nashville Predators. |
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| Born | August 24, 1983 Calw, FRG |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team Former teams |
Florida Panthers San Jose Sharks Nashville Predators |
| National team | Germany |
| NHL Draft | 20th overall, 2001 San Jose Sharks |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
Marcel Goc ( /ˈɡɒtʃ/; born August 24, 1983) is a German professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Goc was drafted in the first round, 20th overall by the Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, though he remained in Germany until 2003. He spent all of the 2003–2004 season with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks' then minor league affiliate, but joined the Sharks during the 2004 playoffs. He holds the franchise record in Cleveland for longest assist streak (7 games). He has played for Team Germany in numerous tournaments, including the 2000 (as a sixteen-year-old) and 2001 World Junior Championships, the 2001 U18 Championships, the 2002 World Junior tournament, the 2003 Swiss Cup, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 Winter Olympics, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Touted for his defensive prowess and faceoff skills, Goc looks to be a fixture on Team Germany for many years.
Goc has two brothers who also play professional hockey. Sascha Goc has played for Team Germany as well and currently plays for the Hannover Scorpions. His younger brother Nikolai plays for Adler Mannheim.
On August 20, 2009, Goc signed a one year $550,000 two-way contract with the Nashville Predators and after a very successful first half of the 2009/2010 season, he was rewarded with a $775,000 one year contract extension.
Goc signed a three-year contract worth $5.1 million with the Florida Panthers on July 1, 2011.[1]
In his first NHL game, Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the St. Louis Blues, Goc assisted on the series-clinching goal by deflecting the puck away from Blues goaltender Chris Osgood and right to Mark Smith. Then, in his second game, Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Colorado Avalanche, he scored the series-clinching goal by deflecting a shot past Avalanche goaltender David Aebischer.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–00 | Schwenningen Wild Wings | DEL | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Schwenningen Wild Wings | DEL | 58 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Schwenningen Wild Wings | DEL | 45 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Mannheim Eagles | DEL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Mannheim Eagles | DEL | 36 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 78 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 76 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 81 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 78 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 51 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 55 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 73 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 51 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 389 | 41 | 67 | 108 | 96 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Preceded by Jeff Jillson |
San Jose Sharks first round draft pick 2001 |
Succeeded by Mike Morris |