Philip Gogulla

Philip Gogulla
Born July 31, 1987 (1987-07-31) (age 24)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Kölner Haie
Portland Pirates (AHL)
National team  Germany
NHL Draft 48th overall, 2005
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2004–present

Philip Gogulla (born July 31, 1987) is a German professional ice hockey player currently playing for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

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Playing career

Gogulla began his professional career with the Krefeld Pinguine at the age of 15 in 2002, although his professional league debut in the DEL came first with the Kölner Haie two years later. He has since become a regular player for the team, and also represented the Germany national ice hockey team on several occasions.

Gogulla was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He signed an entry-level contact with the Buffalo Sabres on June 1 2007, to prevent him from re-entering the NHL entry draft in 2007, although there was some confusion as to whether he had signed. NHL rules state prospects must be signed before 5:00pm EDT on June 1 or the team's rights to the player expire and he is free to re-enter the draft or become a free agent. Gogulla was signed by this deadline, but the contract had to be approved by the NHL. There was a delay in the approval process meaning the deal could not be announced and so it was assumed that the management had failed to sign Gogulla in time. On June 2, 2007, the deal was approved and announced as a three-year entry-level contract.[1]

In the first two seasons of his deal, Gogulla remained in Kölner on loan from the Sabres.[2] In the 2009–10 season, Philip stayed in North America after attending the Buffalo Sabres' 2009 Prospect camp held at Dwyer Arena, home of Niagara University Purple Eagles, from 6-10 July 2009. Upon completing his third NHL training camp he was re-assigned to AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates.[3]

Gogulla spent the entirety of the season with the Pirates and contributed 15 goals and 35 points in 76 games. Gogulla was recalled by the Sabres to their taxi squad for the playoffs following the conclusion of the Pirates post-season. Despite being unable to make his NHL debut, Gogulla was still named to the German extended squad to take part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.[4]

On June 8, 2010, as a restricted free agent from the Sabres, Gogulla opted to return to Kölner and the DEL and signed a three-year deal to start in the 2010–11 season.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Kölner Haie DEL 47 1 1 2 14 7 0 0 0 2
2004–05 ESC Essen Moskitos 2.GBun 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Kölner Haie DEL 48 7 15 22 49 9 3 2 5 40
2006–07 Kölner Haie DEL 44 8 13 21 26 7 0 0 0 8
2007–08 Kölner Haie DEL 51 11 33 44 30 14 3 9 12 6
2008–09 Kölner Haie DEL 48 17 21 38 58 — — — — —
2009–10 Portland Pirates AHL 76 15 20 35 27 3 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Kölner Haie DEL 52 13 33 46 50 5 2 2 4 0
DEL totals 290 57 116 173 227 42 8 13 21 56

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Germany U17 5 1 3 4 0
2004 Germany WJC18-D1 5 2 5 7 16
2005 Germany WJC18 6 1 2 3 4
2006 Germany WJC-D1 5 1 6 7 30
2006 Germany WC-D1 5 1 3 4 8
2007 Germany WJC 6 0 6 6 8
2007 Germany WC 6 0 5 5 4
2008 Germany WC 6 1 3 4 6
2009 Germany WC 6 0 1 1 2
2010 Germany WC 7 1 0 1 0
Junior int'l totals 27 5 22 27 58
Senior int'l totals 30 3 12 15 20

References

  1. ^ "Hockey's Future feature- Philip Gogulla". hockeysfuture.com. 2008-02-03. http://hockeysfuture.com/prospect/philippe_gogulla. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  2. ^ "Six assigned to Rochester Americans". Buffalo Sabres. 2007-09-25. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=437630. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  3. ^ "Sabres sign Mark Mancari". Buffalo Sabres. 2009-09-26. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=499938. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  4. ^ "Gogulla named to German roster". Buffalo Sabres. 2009-12-30. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=511685. Retrieved 2011-03-30. 
  5. ^ "Philip Gogulla first new signing of the KEC" (in German). Kölner Haie. 2010-06-08. http://www.haie.de/index.php?type=article&articleId=5353. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 

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