Blake Geoffrion

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Blake Geoffrion
Date of birth 3rd February 1988
place of birth Plantation , Florida , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 2nd round, 56th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2004-2006 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2006-2010 University of Wisconsin – Madison
2010–2012 Milwaukee Admirals
Nashville Predators
2012-2013 Hamilton Bulldogs
Montréal Canadiens

Blake Daniel Geoffrion (born February 3, 1988 in Plantation , Florida ) is a former American ice hockey player and current official who played 67 games for the Nashville Predators and Montréal Canadiens in National Hockey between 2004 and 2013 League on the position of the center . Since July 2016 he has been Assistant General Manager of the Cleveland Monsters from the American Hockey League .

Geoffrion comes from a traditional ice hockey family - his maternal great-grandfather Howie Morenz and his paternal grandfather Bernie Geoffrion are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame and his father Dan Geoffrion also played in the NHL.

Career

Blake Geoffrion was born in the city of Plantation , Florida , and grew up in Brentwood , Tennessee . Geoffrion's first experience in organized ice hockey was with the team at the Culver Military Academy in Indiana , with whom he won the regional championship in 2003. He then received an invitation to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the US ice hockey association USA Hockey . In the NHL Entry Draft 2006 Geoffrion was selected in the second round at a total of 56th position by the Nashville Predators , shortly thereafter Blake Geoffrion went to the University of Wisconsin – Madison and played for the university's ice hockey team, the Wisconsin Badgers . For the Badgers, the attacking player completed a total of four seasons, in his last he became the first Wisconsin player to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award , which is given annually to the best college player.

On April 16, 2010, the striker signed a trial contract with the Milwaukee Admirals from the American Hockey League (AHL) , the Predators' farm team , for which he played three play-off games and scored two goals. In June of the same year Geoffrion signed an entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League (NHL) . However, the player spent most of the 2010/11 season with the Admirals in the AHL. Blake Geoffrion played his first NHL game against the Dallas Stars on February 26, 2011 ; thus, for the first time in the history of the National Hockey League, a fourth generation player was on the ice. He scored his first NHL goal on March 1, 2011 against the Edmonton Oilers .

Geoffrion could not establish himself permanently in the NHL roster of the Nashville Predators in the 2011/12 season and completed some games for both the Predators and the Milwaukee Admirals, as in the previous season. On February 17, 2012, the Predators transferred Geoffrion, Robert Slaney and a second-round vote for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to the Montréal Canadiens . Nashville received defense attorney Hal Gill in return . His grandfather Bernie Geoffrion and his great-grandfather Howie Morenz also played for the Canadiens and are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame . In addition, the shirt numbers of both players were blocked by the Montréal Canadiens. His father Dan Geoffrion was also active for the Canadiens in the 1979/80 season .

In the summer of 2013, Geoffrion, who suffered a fractured skull in November 2012, decided to end his active career. He was then hired as a scout by the Columbus Blue Jackets , for which he worked in this role until summer 2016. In July 2016, he was hired by the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League as assistant general manager.

International

Geoffrion first represented the United States at the 2006 U18 World Youth Championship , where he and his team won the gold medal after beating the Finnish national team in the final . At the U20 Junior World Championship in 2007 Geoffrion lost the semi-final game against the Canadians with the USA , in the game for third place they defeated the Swedish selection and thus secured the bronze medal. A year later he placed fourth with the USA after they lost again to Canada in the semi-finals and had to admit defeat to Russia in the game for third place .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM +/- GP G A. Pts PIM +/-
2004-05 USA Hockey National Team Development Program NEAR 37 7th 15th 22nd 62
2005-06 USA Hockey National Team Development Program NEAR 13 6th 9 15th 30th
2006-07 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 36 2 4th 6th 62
2007-08 University of Wisconsin-Madison WCHA 36 10 20th 30th 52 +11
2008-09 University of Wisconsin-Madison WCHA 35 15th 13 28 73 -3
2009-10 University of Wisconsin-Madison WCHA 40 28 22nd 50 56 +13
2009-10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL - - - - - - 3 2 0 2 0 -1
2010-11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 45 11 26th 37 38 +2 1 0 2 2 2 -1
2010-11 Nashville Predators NHL 20th 6th 2 8th 7th +3 12 0 2 2 4th +1
2011-12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 20th 2 7th 9 8th -3 - - - - - -
2011-12 Nashville Predators NHL 22nd 0 3 3 17th -2 - - - - - -
Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 9 4th 8th 12 4th -1 - - - - - -
Montréal Canadiens NHL 13 2 0 2 10 +2 - - - - - -
2012–13 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 10 4th 2 6th 9 -2 - - - - - -
NAHL total 50 13 24 37 92
WCHA overall 147 55 59 114 243
AHL total 84 21st 43 64 59 -4 4th 2 2 4th 2 -2
NHL overall 55 8th 5 13 34 +3 12 0 2 2 4th +1

International

year team event result GP G A. Pts PIM
2006 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 1 4th 5 8th
2007 United States U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 1 1 6th
2008 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 6th 0 1 1 8th
Juniors overall 19th 1 6th 7th 22nd

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cstv.com, CHAT LIVE With Wisconsin Forward Blake Geoffrion. Retrieved February 17, 2012 .
  2. ↑ uscho.com, Geoffrion First Wisconsin Player to Win Hobey Baker Award. April 9, 2010, accessed February 17, 2012 .
  3. ^ Predators.nhl.com, Admirals Sign Blake Geoffrion; Will Join Team For Playoff Run. Nashville Predators , April 16, 2010, accessed February 17, 2012 .
  4. ↑ predators.nhl.com, Preds Sign Brentwood native Blake Geoffrion. Nashville Predators , June 15, 2010, accessed February 17, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Geoffrion set to become first 4th-generation NHL player. In: nhl.com. February 25, 2011, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ tsn.ca, Canadiens acquire Geoffrion from Predators in trade for Gill. The Sports Network , February 17, 2012, accessed February 17, 2012 .

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personal data
SURNAME Geoffrion, Blake
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geoffrion, Blake Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Plantation , Florida