Geoff Sanderson

Geoff Sanderson

Born February 1, 1972

Hay River, NT, CAN

Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)

Position Left Wing

Shot Left

Played for Hartford Whalers

Carolina Hurricanes

Vancouver Canucks

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

Phoenix Coyotes

Philadelphia Flyers

Edmonton Oilers

National team Canada

NHL Draft 36th overall, 1990

Hartford Whalers

Playing career 1991–2008

Geoff SandersonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Geoff M. Sanderson (born February 1, 1972) is a

Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger,

most notably for the Hartford Whalers and Columbus

Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Sanderson is currently a scout for the New York

Islanders.[1] Sanderson is the only NHL player to have

been raised in the Northwest Territories, a place in

which he grew up while his father worked as a

pharmacist in the now defunct town of Pine Point,

Northwest Territories. As a teenager, he relocated with

his family to Edmonton.[2]

(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/1999/10/27/hometown_sanderson/)

Contents

◾ 1 Playing career

◾ 2 Awards

◾ 3 Career statistics

◾ 4 International play

◾ 4.1 International statistics

◾ 5 See also

◾ 6 References

◾ 7 External links

Playing career

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers 36th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Sanderson made his

NHL debut at the tail end of the 1990–91 season. After playing in 64 games in his first full season

for the club in 1991–92, he registered career highs in goals (46), assists (43), and points (89) in 1992

–93. Sanderson spent his first six NHL seasons with Hartford and played half a season with the

franchise when they moved to Carolina. He was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in January 1998

and a little over a month later was sent to the Buffalo Sabres. He saw the most playoff action of his

career during his three seasons with Buffalo, making it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998–99.

Left unprotected by Buffalo during the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, Sanderson joined the Columbus

Blue Jackets and scored 30-plus goals in 2000–01 and 2002–03. He returned to Vancouver at the

trade deadline in 2003–04 and was reclaimed by Columbus off waivers in the off-season which was

a condition of the trade. Once the 2004–05 NHL lockout came to an end, Sanderson was traded two

games into the 2005–06 season to the Phoenix Coyotes. After scoring 25 goals in 75 games with

Phoenix, Sanderson signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in the off-season.

A disappointing year with Philadelphia resulted in Sanderson being traded to Edmonton with Joni

Pitkanen in exchange for Joffrey Lupul and former Oilers captain Jason Smith. Sanderson scored

two goals against Philadelphia the first time he played against his former team. Following the 2008

season, Edmonton declined to tender Sanderson a contract, and while he has not yet formally

announced his retirement, he has not played professional hockey since.

He has two cousins who also play in the NHL, Wade Brookbank and Sheldon Brookbank.

Awards

◾ Selected to two NHL All-Star Games: 1994, 1997

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs

Season Team League GP G A PtsPIM GPG A PtsPIM

1987–88

St. Albert Royals AMHL 45 65 55 120 175 — —— — —

1988–89

Swift Current Broncos

WHL 58 17 11 28 16 12 3 5 8 6

1988

–89

Swift Current

BroncosM-Cup — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0

1989

–90

Swift Current

BroncosWHL 70 32 62 94 56 4 1 4 5 8

1990–91

Swift Current Broncos

WHL 70 62 50 112 57 3 1 2 3 4

1990–91

Hartford Whalers NHL 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

1990

–91

Springfield Indians AHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 2

1991–92

Hartford Whalers NHL 64 13 18 31 18 7 1 0 1 2

1992–93

Hartford Whalers NHL 82 46 43 89 28 — —— — —

1993–94


1994

–95HPK Hameenlinna FNL 12 6 4 10 24 — —— — —

1994

–95Hartford Whalers NHL 46 18 14 32 24 — —— — —

1995–96


1996–97


1997–98

Carolina Hurricanes NHL 40 7 10 17 14 — —— — —

1997

–98Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 0 3 3 4 — —— — —

1997

–98Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 4 5 9 20 14 3 1 4 4

1998–99

Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 12 18 30 22 19 4 6 10 14

1999–00

Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 13 13 26 22 5 0 2 2 8

2000

–01

Columbus Blue

JacketsNHL 68 30 26 56 46 — —— — —

2001

–02

Columbus Blue

JacketsNHL 42 11 5 16 12 — —— — —

2002–03


NHL 82 34 33 67 34 — —— — —

2003–04


NHL 67 13 16 29 34 — —— — —

2003–04

Vancouver Canucks NHL 13 3 4 7 4 7 1 1 2 4

2004

–05

Genève-Servette

HCSwiss-A 9 4 1 5 29 — —— — —

2005

–06

Columbus Blue

JacketsNHL 2 0 0 0 0 — —— — —

2005–06

Phoenix Coyotes NHL 75 25 21 46 58 — —— — —

2006–07

Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 11 18 29 44 — —— — —

2007–08

Edmonton Oilers NHL 41 3 10 13 16 — —— — —

NHL totals 1104355345700 511 55 9 10 19 32

International play

Played for Canada in:

◾ 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - 4th place finish

◾ 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Gold medal winner

◾ 1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Gold medal winner

International statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM

1993 Canada WC 8 3 3 6 2

1994 Canada WC 8 4 2 6 8

1997 Canada WC 11 3 2 5 2

See also

◾ List of NHL players with 1000 games played

References

1. ^ [1] (http://islanders.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43475)

External links

◾ Geoff Sanderson's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4749) at The Internet Hockey Database (http://www.hockeydb.com/)

◾ Geoff Sanderson (http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/sandege01.html) at Hockey-

Reference.com (http://www.hockey-reference.com)

◾ Geoff Sanderson's biography (http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11445) at

Legends of Hockey (http://www.legendsofhockey.net/)

◾ Geoff Sanderson's player profile (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8457921) at NHL.com (http://nhl.com)

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