Geoff Walker (ice hockey player)

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Geoff Walker (ice hockey player)
Date of birth December 9, 1987
place of birth Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 102 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2003-2004 Summerside Western Capitals
2004-2006 Gatineau Olympiques
2006-2008 PEI Rocket
2008-2010 Ontario Reign
2009-2010 Manchester monarchs
2010–2012 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2012-2013 Lake Erie Monsters
2013-2014 Syracuse crunch
2014-2015 Ontario Reign
Missouri Mavericks
since 2015 Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Geoff Walker (born December 9, 1987 in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the American Hockey League since August 2015 .

Career

Geoff Walker began his career in 2003 with the Summerside Western Capitals in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. In 2004 he moved to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Gatineau Olympiques . In the 2005/06 season, the Olympiques transferred him to PEI Rocket , so that Walker returned to his hometown of Charlottetown. In the next two years he was one of the most successful scorers on his team. Since Walker was not selected in the NHL Entry Draft , he made his professional debut in the Central Hockey League in early 2008 and played five games for the Texas Brahmas in the playoffs .

For the 2008/09 season he signed a contract with Ontario Reign from the ECHL . There Walker was the top scorer of his team and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. In September 2009 he took part in the training camp of the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League and was then signed by their farm team Manchester Monarchs . For the Monarchs he completed 37 games in the American Hockey League and also played for the Ontario Reign in the ECHL. In September 2010 he moved to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins from the AHL and was also invited to the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp . Wilkes-Barre / Scranton qualified as the team with the highest points for the playoffs, in which they got into the second round. Walker then extended his contract for a year. Before the next season he again took part in the camp in Pittsburgh. Walker played his best season in the AHL with 44 points in 68 games. For the 2012/13 season he received his first contract with a team from the NHL. The Colorado Avalanche used Walker only in the AHL with the Lake Erie Monsters . In addition, he was only able to play 51 games due to injuries. Then he took the Tampa Bay Lightning from the NHL under contract and used him in the AHL at Syracuse Crunch . In March 2014, Walker was sent to the ECHL on the Florida Everblades .

In August 2014 he signed a tryout contract with the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League , which was valid until September . After three appearances in test matches, the Roosters ended their collaboration on August 25, 2014 because Walker was unable to convince. He then spent the 2014/15 season with the Ontario Reign and the Missouri Mavericks in the ECHL . In June 2015, the Canadian signed a contract with the Löwen Frankfurt from the DEL2 , but asked for it to be terminated just a few weeks later "for family reasons"; the management of the lions met his request on August 1st, 2015.

On August 21, 2015, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms from the AHL announced the attacker's commitment; he got a one-year contract there.

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2014/15 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2003/04 Summerside Western Capitals MJAHL 44 19th 26th 45 6th
2004/05 Gatineau Olympiques LHJMQ 45 11 6th 17th 27 0 - - - - - -
2005/06 Gatineau Olympiques LHJMQ 15th 0 2 2 18th -1 - - - - - -
2005/06 PEI Rocket LHJMQ 34 15th 11 26th 49 –7 6th 2 1 3 6th 1
2006/07 PEI Rocket LHJMQ 65 30th 50 80 105 13 7th 4th 5 9 6th 1
2007/08 PEI Rocket LHJMQ 69 38 52 90 52 –7 4th 4th 3 7th 4th -3
2007/08 Texas Brahmas CHL - - - - - - 5 0 0 0 9 -3
2008/09 Ontario Reign ECHL 68 21st 27 48 39 -10 7th 3 5 8th 0 3
2009/10 Ontario Reign ECHL 26th 7th 16 23 20th -3 - - - - - -
2009/10 Manchester monarchs AHL 37 5 9 14th 55 –9 - - - - - -
2010/11 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 70 11 19th 30th 102 15th 12 1 3 4th 8th -3
2011/12 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 68 18th 26th 44 114 6th 12 1 4th 5 4th -3
2012/13 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 51 5 15th 20th 55 -10 - - - - - -
2013/14 Syracuse crunch AHL 43 6th 2 8th 56 -14 - - - - - -
2013/14 Florida Everblades ECHL 6th 6th 3 9 2 6th - - - - - -
2014/15 Ontario Reign ECHL 35 12 14th 26th 31 +3 - - - - - -
2014/15 Missouri Mavericks ECHL 25th 6th 11 17th 20th −9 - - - - - -
LHJMQ total 228 94 121 215 251 -2 17th 10 9 19th 16 -1
ECHL total 160 52 71 123 112 −13 7th 3 5 8th 0 +3
AHL total 269 45 71 116 382 -12 24 2 7th 9 12 –6

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event Sp T A. Pt SM
2004 Canada U17-WHC 5 1 5 6th 16

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoff Walker is not coming / Another new addition planned. loewen-frankfurt.de, August 1, 2015, accessed on August 31, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Geoff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island