Eric Godard

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Eric Godard
Date of birth March 7, 1980
place of birth Vernon , British Columbia , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 104 kg
position Right wing
number # 28
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1997-2000 Lethbridge Hurricanes
2000-2001 Louisville Panthers
2001-2002 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2002-2006 New York Islanders
2006-2008 Calgary Flames
2008-2011 Pittsburgh Penguins
2011–2012 Texas Stars

Eric Godard (born March 7, 1980 in Vernon , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 323 games for the New York Islanders , Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins in the course of his active career between 1997 and 2012 National Hockey League on the position of the right winger . With the Pittsburgh Penguins, Godard won the Stanley Cup in 2009 .

Career

Eric Godard began his career as a hockey player with the Lethbridge Hurricanes , for which he was active in the Western Hockey League from 1997 to 2000 . During this time he was signed as a free agent by the Florida Panthers on September 24, 1999 , as he had never been drafted .

After one season each in the American Hockey League with the Louisville Panthers and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , the Panthers gave him to their league rivals New York Islanders in the summer of 2002 , for whom he was on the ice until 2006. The attacker then played for two seasons for the Calgary Flames before signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins before the 2008-09 season , with whom he won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career that season . His contract with the Penguins ran until the end of the 2010/11 season .

In July 2011 he signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Stars as a free agent . There he was used in the 2011/12 season only for the Texas Stars farm team in the AHL. In June 2012, the Stars paid Godard for the remaining year of his contract, after which Godard became a free agent again. After he couldn't find a new employer through the lockout , the 32-year-old announced the end of his active career in November 2012.

Between the summer of 2013 and summer of 2015, Godard worked for one year as an assistant coach with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks and Vernon Vipers in the British Columbia Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 7th 0 0 0 26th 2 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 66 2 5 7th 213 4th 0 0 0 14th
1999/00 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 60 3 5 8th 310 - - - - -
1999/00 Louisville Panthers AHL 4th 0 1 1 16 - - - - -
2000/01 Louisville Panthers AHL 45 0 0 0 132 - - - - -
2001/02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 67 1 4th 5 198 20th 0 4th 4th 30th
2002/03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 46 2 2 4th 199 6th 0 0 0 16
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 19th 0 0 0 48 2 0 1 1 4th
2003/04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 7th 0 0 0 13 - - - - -
2003/04 New York Islanders NHL 31 0 1 1 97 - - - - -
2004/05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 75 7th 11 18th 295 - - - - -
2005/06 New York Islanders NHL 57 2 2 4th 115 - - - - -
2006/07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 36 5 4th 9 94 - - - - -
2006/07 Calgary Flames NHL 19th 0 1 1 50 - - - - -
2007/08 Calgary Flames NHL 74 1 1 2 171 5 0 0 0 2
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 71 2 2 4th 171 - - - - -
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 45 1 2 3 76 - - - - -
2010/11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 19th 0 3 3 105 - - - - -
2011/12 Texas Stars AHL 46 1 0 1 58 - - - - -
WHL overall 133 5 10 15th 549 6th 0 0 0 14th
AHL total 280 15th 22nd 37 962 26th 0 4th 4th 46
NHL overall 316 6th 9 15th 728 7th 0 1 1 6th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Godard, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Vernon , British Columbia