Geoff Sanderson

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Geoff Sanderson
Date of birth February 1, 1972
place of birth Hay River , Northwest Territories , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 2nd lap, 36th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1988-1991 Swift Current Broncos
1991-1997 Hartford Whalers
1997-1998 Carolina Hurricanes
1998 Vancouver Canucks
1998-2000 Buffalo Sabers
2000-2004 Columbus Blue Jackets
2004 Vancouver Canucks
2004-2005 HC Servette Genève
2005 Columbus Blue Jackets
2005-2006 Phoenix Coyotes
2006-2007 Philadelphia Flyers
2007-2008 Edmonton Oilers

Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Sanderson (born February 1, 1972 in Hay River , Northwest Territories ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The left winger played over 1,100 games for eight teams in the National Hockey League between 1991 and 2008 . Most of this time he spent with the Hartford Whalers , who had selected him in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in 36th position, as well as the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabers . With the Canadian national team he won the gold medal at the world championships in 1994 and 1997 .

Career

Sanderson played for the Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League during his junior years . In the 1990 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round as 36th by the Hartford Whalers .

At the end of the 1990/91 season he made two appearances in the NHL and scored his first goal. In the coming season he made his breakthrough as a regular player. In the 1992/93 season he was the top scorer of the Whalers with 89 points. When the NHL started late in the 1994/95 season due to a strike , he kept fit in Finland at HPK Hameenlinna until then . When the Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes , he moved with them, but during the season he and Sean Burke were given to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Kirk McLean and Martin Gélinas . After a month he switched to the Buffalo Sabers .

He stayed in Buffalo for two more seasons before he was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft . At the end of his fourth season in Columbus, he was released again to Vancouver. The strike 2004/05 season he spent with the HC Servette Genève in the Swiss National League A .

The 2005/06 season he started again with the Columbus Blue Jackets, but after two games he moved to the Phoenix Coyotes . In the 2006/07 season he was active for the Philadelphia Flyers . In the summer of 2007 he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers , but his one-year contract was not renewed at the beginning of the 2008/09 season. Then Sanderson ended his active career in which he had completed 1104 NHL games and recorded 700 scorer points.

In the 2010/12 and 2011/12 seasons, the Canadian was in the coaching team of the New York Islanders , but did not pursue this career further.

International

At the international level, Sanderson took part with the Canadian national team at the World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1997 and won two gold medals with the team after finishing fourth.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 St. Albert Royals AMHL 45 65 55 120 175 - - - - -
1988/89 Swift Current Broncos WHL 58 17th 11 28 16 12 3 5 8th 6th
1989 Swift Current Broncos Memorial Cup 2 0 0 0 0
1989/90 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 32 62 94 56 4th 1 4th 5 8th
1990/91 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 62 50 112 57 3 1 2 3 4th
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 18th 31 18th 7th 1 0 1 2
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 46 43 89 28 - - - - -
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 41 26th 67 42 - - - - -
1994/95 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho SM-liiga 12 6th 4th 10 24 - - - - -
1994/95 Hartford Whalers NHL 46 18th 14th 32 24 - - - - -
1995/96 Hartford Whalers NHL 81 34 31 65 40 - - - - -
1996/97 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 36 31 67 29 - - - - -
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 40 7th 10 17th 14th - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 0 3 3 4th - - - - -
1997/98 Buffalo Sabers NHL 26th 4th 5 9 20th 14th 3 1 4th 4th
1998/99 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 12 18th 30th 22nd 19th 4th 6th 10 14th
1999/00 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 13 13 26th 22nd 5 0 2 2 8th
2000/01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 68 30th 26th 56 46 - - - - -
2001/02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 42 11 5 16 12 - - - - -
2002/03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 34 33 67 34 - - - - -
2003/04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 67 13 16 29 34 - - - - -
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 13 3 4th 7th 4th 7th 1 1 2 4th
2004/05 HC Servette Genève NLA 9 4th 1 5 29 - - - - -
2005/06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 75 25th 21st 46 58 - - - - -
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 11 18th 29 44 - - - - -
2007/08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 41 3 10 13 16 - - - - -
WHL overall 198 111 123 234 129 19th 5 11 16 18th
NHL overall 1104 355 345 700 511 55 9 10 19th 32

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Canada WM 4th Place 8th 3 3 6th 2
1994 Canada WM 1st place, gold 8th 4th 2 6th 8th
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 3 2 5 2
Men overall 27 10 7th 17th 12

( 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 )

Personal

His cousins Wade and Sheldon Brookbank were also active as ice hockey players in the NHL.

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personal data
SURNAME Sanderson, Geoff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sanderson, Geoffrey M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hay River , Northwest Territories