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Geoff Sanderson
Geoff Sanderson
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams
Edmonton Oilers
Hartford Whalers
Carolina Hurricanes
Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres
Columbus Blue Jackets
Phoenix Coyotes
Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1972-02-01)February 1, 1972,
Hay River, NT, CAN
NHL Draft 36th overall, 1990
Hartford Whalers
Pro Career 1991 – present

Geoff M. Sanderson (born February 1, 1972, in Hay River, Northwest Territories) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently working as a scout for the New York Islanders.

Playing career[]

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers 36th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Sanderson made his NHL debut at the tail end of the 1990–91 season. After playing in 64 games in his first full season for the club in 1991–92, he registered career highs in goals (46), assists (43), and points (89) in 1992–93. Sanderson spent his first six NHL seasons with Hartford and played half a season with the franchise when they moved to Carolina. He was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in January 1998 and a little over a month later was sent to the Buffalo Sabres. He saw the most playoff action of his career during his three seasons with Buffalo, making it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998–99.

Left unprotected by Buffalo during the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, Sanderson joined the Columbus Blue Jackets and scored 30-plus goals in 2000–01 and 2002–03. He returned to Vancouver at the trade deadline in 2003–04 and was reclaimed by Columbus off waivers in the off-season which was a condition of the trade. Once the 2004–05 NHL lockout came to an end, Sanderson was traded two games into the 2005–06 season to the Phoenix Coyotes. After scoring 25 goals in 75 games with Phoenix, Sanderson signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in the off-season.

A disappointing year with Philadelphia resulted in Sanderson being traded to Edmonton with Joni Pitkanen in exchange for Joffrey Lupul and former Oilers captain Jason Smith. Sanderson scored two goals against Philadelphia the first time he played against his former team.


Awards[]

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 St. Albert Royals AMHL 45 65 55 120 175
1988–89 Swift Current Broncos WHL 58 17 11 28 16 12 3 5 8 6
1988–89 Swift Current Broncos M-Cup 2 0 0 0 0
1989–90 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 32 62 94 56 4 1 4 5 8
1990–91 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 62 50 112 57 3 1 2 3 4
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 18 31 18 7 1 0 1 2
1992–93 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 46 43 89 28
1993–94 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 41 26 67 42
1994–95 HPK Hameenlinna FNL 12 6 4 10 24
1994–95 Hartford Whalers NHL 46 18 14 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 7 10 17 14
1997–98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 0 3 3 4
1997–98 Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 4 5 9 20 14 3 1 4 4
1998–99 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 12 18 30 22 19 4 6 10 14
1999–00 Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 13 13 26 22 5 0 2 2 8
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 68 30 26 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 4 7 4 7 1 1 2 4
2004–05 Genève-Servette HC Swiss-A 9 4 1 5 29
2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 75 25 21 46 58
2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 11 18 29 44
2007–08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 41 3 10 13 16
000NHL totals 1104 355 345 700 511 55 9 10 19 32

International play[]

Played for Canada in:

International statistics[]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993 Canada WC 8 3 3 6 2
1994 Canada WC 8 4 2 6 8
1997 Canada WC 11 3 2 5 2

External links[]


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