Josh Gorges

Josh Gorges
Date of birth	August 14, 1984
place of birth	Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2004	Kelowna Rockets
2002-2007	San Jose Sharks
2007-2014	Canadiens de Montréal
2014-2018	Buffalo Sabers

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Gorges (born August 14, 1984 in Kelowna , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 851 games for the San Jose Sharks , Canadiens de Montréal and Buffalo Sabers between 2000 and 2018 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Gorges in the jersey of the Canadiens de Montréal (2010)

Gorges began his junior career in his hometown in the Western Hockey League with the Kelowna Rockets in 2000. There he remained until the end of the 2003/04 season , although the San Jose Sharks had already signed him in September 2002. Gorges, who had never been drafted , improved his statistics from year to year. In his last season he led the Rockets as team captain to victory in the Memorial Cup and was awarded the George Parsons Trophy for the fairest athletic player in the Memorial Cup tournament. The year before, the club had already won the President's Cup as champions of the WHL. During the last season in Kelowna, the Canadian was called up to the U20 national team of the Canadian Association to compete with Team Canada at the Junior World Championships in Finland . After a narrow defeat in the final, Gorges returned with a silver medal in their luggage.

At the beginning of the 2004/05 season he moved to the Cleveland Barons , the then farm team of the San Jose Sharks, in the American Hockey League (AHL). An appointment to the NHL team was not made because the entire NHL season was canceled due to the lockout . It was not until the 2005/06 season that Gorges was in the Sharks squad for the first time and played 49 games in the regular season and eleven in the playoffs. In the meantime, he also played in the AHL again. Also for the 2006/07 season , Gorges received a place in the Sharks squad again despite great competition. On February 25, 2007, he and a first-round suffrage in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft was transferred to the Canadiens de Montréal . In return, Craig Rivet and a five-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft came to San Jose. Gorges initially found a place in the squad of the traditional Canadiens, before he was rarely used after the summer break at the beginning of the 2007/08 season . However, the situation became relative over the course of the season.

Following the 2013/14 season, the Canadiens forced a change in the defender, who rejected some franchises , such as the Toronto Maple Leafs . Finally, the Canadiens gave him in July 2014 in exchange for a second-round vote in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft to the Buffalo Sabers . The Canadian was active with the Sabers until the end of the 2017/18 season when his expiring contract was not extended. In January 2019, the Canadian announced his retirement from active sports at the age of 34.

Achievements and Awards

2003 WHL West Second All-Star Team 2003 President's Cup win with the Kelowna Rockets 2004 WHL West First All-Star Team

2004 Memorial Cup win with the Kelowna Rockets 2004 George Parsons Trophy

International

• 2004 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Gorges performing a check

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		57	4th	6th	10	24		6th	1	1	2	4th
2001/02	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		72	7th	34	41	74		15th	1	7th	8th	8th
2002/03	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		54	11	48	59	76		19th	3	17th	20th	16
2003	Kelowna Rockets	Memorial Cup								4th	0	0	0	0
2003/04	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		62	11	31	42	38		17th	2	13	15th	6th
2004	Kelowna Rockets	Memorial Cup								4th	0	2	2	0
2004/05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		74	4th	8th	12	37		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		49	0	6th	6th	31		11	0	1	1	4th
2005/06	Cleveland Barons	AHL		18th	2	3	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	San Jose Sharks	NHL		47	1	3	4th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Worcester Sharks	AHL		7th	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		7th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		62	0	9	9	32		12	0	3	3	0
2008/09	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		81	4th	19th	23	37		4th	0	1	1	7th
2009/10	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	3	7th	10	39		19th	0	2	2	14th
2010/11	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		36	1	6th	7th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	2	14th	16	39		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		48	2	7th	9	15th		5	0	0	0	4th
2013/14	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		66	1	13	14th	12		7th	0	2	2	6th
2014/15	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		46	0	6th	6th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		77	2	10	12	72		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		66	1	5	6th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		34	0	2	2	17th		-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				245	33	119	152	212		57	7th	38	45	34
AHL total				99	6th	12	18th	51		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				783	17th	107	124	404		68	0	9	9	35

International

Represented Canada to:

• U20 Junior World Championship 2004

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004	Canada	U20 World Cup			6th	0	3	3	4th
Juniors overall					6th	0	3	3	4th

( 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

Commons : Josh Gorges  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Josh Gorges in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Josh Gorges at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Josh Gorges at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sports.yahoo.com: "Josh Gorges approves trade to Buffalo; Montreal signs Gilbert as replacement " (English, July 1, 2014, accessed September 7, 2014)