Michael Gergen | |
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Born | February 17, 1987 Hastings, MN |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) |
Position | Forward |
Shot | Left |
ECHL team Former teams |
Bakersfield Condors EC Red Bull Salzburg Utah Grizzlies |
NHL Draft | 61st overall, 2005 Pittsburgh Penguins |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Michael Gergen (born February 17, 1987) is an American ice hockey player who currently plays for the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL.[1]
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In the summer of 2005, the Pittsburgh Penguins used their second pick of the NHL Entry Draft to draft Gergen sixty-first overall. Two months later, Gergen joined the NCAA's University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. Gergen skated 153 games for the Bulldogs from 2005 until 2009, scoring 34 goals and 35 assists. Gergen was a three-time member of the WCHA All-Academic Team and a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2007-08.[2]
On May 13, 2009, Gergen signed with the Salzburg Red Bulls for the 2009-10 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga season.[3] He scored 11 points in 45 games.
Gergen started the 2010-11 season with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. He was released from the team on December 19, 2010.[4] On December 27, 2010, the Bakersfield Condors announced they had signed Gergen to a contract[1]