Geoff Platt
| Geoff Platt | |
|---|---|
 Platt playing for Ilves in 2008 | |
| Born | July 10, 1985 Toronto, ON, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| KHL team Former teams |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Columbus Blue Jackets Anaheim Ducks Dinamo Minsk Ilves |
| National team |  Belarus |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
Geoff Platt (born July 10, 1985) is a Canadian-Belarusian ice hockey player, currently playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. He has also played for HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL, Ilves Tampere of the Finnish SM-Liiga and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born and raised in Canada, Platt played major junior in the Ontario Hockey League before spending several years between the NHL and its minor league affiliate the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2008 Platt received an offer to join Ilves in Finland, briefly playing in Belarus beforehand. He played in Finland for one season before returning to Minsk the following year, and spent nearly five full seasons with Dinamo before being traded to Lokomotiv in 2013. Platt had previously played for the Canadian national under-18 team, winning a gold medal at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, but in 2012 he acquired Belarusian citizenship, and having satisfied the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) criteria, was able to represent Belarus starting at the 2014 IIHF World Championship held in Minsk.
Playing career
Platt played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the North Bay Centennials, Saginaw Spirit and the Erie Otters. He has played in the NHL with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Anaheim Ducks.
On February 26, 2012, after playing for five years with Dinamo Minsk, Platt accepted Belarusian citizenship.[1]
In the 2013–14 season, as leading scorer of Dinamo Minsk in the midst of his 6th season with the club, Platt was traded to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for monetary compensation on December 30, 2013.[2] He was later signed to a two-year contract extension with Lokomotiv through to the 2016 season on January 3, 2014.[3]
International play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Canada
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World U18 Championships | ||
| Gold | 2003 Yaroslavl | |
Platt was a member of the Canadian national under-18 team during the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. He scored three goals in seven games as Canada won the gold medal.[4] After acquiring Belarusian citizenship in 2012 and playing the required amount of time in Belarus, Platt became eligible to represent Belarus in 2014. His first IIHF tournament was the 2014 World Championship, which was held in Minsk.[5] Platt scored three goals and two assists as Belarus finished seventh in the tournament.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 62 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 27 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Erie Otters | OHL | 28 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 | ||
| 2004–05 | Erie Otters | OHL | 68 | 45 | 34 | 79 | 84 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | AC Boardwalk Bullies | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 66 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 52 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 60 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 24 | ||
| 2007–08 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Ilves Tampere | SM-l | 45 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 56 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 54 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 50 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 40 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | ||
| NHL totals | 46 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 276 | 93 | 87 | 180 | 259 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Platt and Lalonde accept Belarusian citizenship". news.bealt.by. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ↑ "Platt goes to Yaroslavl". Kontinental Hockey League. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ↑ "Transfer news". Kontinental Hockey League. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ↑ IIHF (2003). "Team Canada Roster - 2003 IHF U18 Championship". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ↑ Manninen, Henrik (2014-05-06). "A Belarusian Canuck". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.