Steven Goertzen

Steven Goertzen
Born	(1984-05-26) May 26, 1984 Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Professional ice hockey winger (retired)
Years active	2004–2015
Known for	Playing in the National Hockey League with Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, and Carolina Hurricanes

Steven Goertzen (born May 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who competed in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, and Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing career

Hailing from Stony Plain, Alberta, Goertzen initiated his junior hockey journey playing for the St. Albert Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, a tier II league, before moving on to join the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. After completing his inaugural season with Seattle, he was drafted 225th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Following three seasons and accumulating 81 points with the Thunderbirds, Goertzen transitioned into professional hockey.

Throughout his professional tenure, Goertzen’s offensive output remained modest; his peak performance came during the 2004–05 season when he amassed twelve points combined between the AHL and ECHL. He made his NHL debut with Columbus during the 2005–06 season, participating in 39 games but failing to register any points before returning to the AHL.

Goertzen went without scoring in his initial 48 NHL appearances. In his 49th game, while playing for the Phoenix Coyotes, he recorded his first two NHL assists during a 6–3 defeat against the Edmonton Oilers.

On July 8, 2009, Goertzen inked a contract as an unrestricted free agent with the Carolina Hurricanes. Later, on November 10, 2010, after a professional tryout (PTO) period, he secured a one-year deal with the Springfield Falcons.

On July 26, 2012, Goertzen signed with the Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League. After spending two seasons there, he transferred to the Coventry Blaze. He concluded his professional playing career following the 2014–15 EIHL campaign with Coventry on June 28, 2015.

Career statistics

  | 2005–06   | Syracuse Crunch   | AHL   |32||5||5||10||41   |—||—||—||—||—   | 2006–07   | Syracuse Crunch   | AHL   |60||9||7||16||120   |—||—||—||—||—   | 2006–07   | Columbus Blue Jackets   | NHL   |7||0||0||0||10   |—||—||—||—||—   | 2007–08   | Syracuse Crunch   | AHL   |59||8||5||13||72   |2007–08   |San Antonio Rampage   |AHL   |22||1||3||4||34   |7||1||0||1||5 "|2011–12 Czech Extraliga season" "|BK Mladá Boleslav" "|Czech Extraliga" "|43"|2"|1"|3"|75 "|2012–13 EIHL season" "|Sheffield Steelers" "|Elite Ice Hockey League" "|50"|19"|21"|40"|54 "|2"|0"|2"|2"|0 "|2013–14 EIHL season" "|Sheffield Steelers" "|EIHL" "|36"|10"|23"|33"|16 "|4"|1"|2"|3"|0 "|2014–15 EIHL season" "|Coventry Blaze" "|EIHL" "|44"|13"|26"|39"|27 "|4"|1"|2"|3"|2 "! colspan=3 | AHL totals !439 !48 !65 !113 !608 !22 !1 !2 !3 !46 "! colspan=3 | NHL totals !68 !2 !2 !4 !83 !— !— !— !— !— "! colspan=3 | EIHL totals !130 !42 !70 !112 !97 !10 !2 !6 !8 !2

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	St. Albert Raiders AAA	AMHL		34	11	18	29	70		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	St. Albert Saints	AJHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		66	6	9	15	45		11	2	0	2	4
2002–03	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		71	12	19	31	95		14	4	3	7	9
2003–04	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		69	15	18	33	115		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		8	0	3	3	4		1	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		57	2	7	9	100		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Dayton Bombers	ECHL		11	0	3	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		39	0	0	0	44  || —|| —|| —|| —|| —
"2008–09 AHL season"	"San Antonio Rampage"	"AHL"		"6"|"8"|"14"|"90"	"1"|"0"|"1"|"5"
"2008–09 NHL season"	"Phoenix Coyotes"	"NHL"		"2"|"2"|"4"|"24"	"—"|"—"|"—"|"—"
"2009–10 AHL season"	"Albany River Rats"	"AHL"		"8"|"15"|"23"|"85"	"0"|"1"|"1"|"7"
"2009–10 NHL season"	"Carolina Hurricanes"	"NHL"		"0"|"0"|"0"|"5"
"2010–11 AHL season"	"Springfield Falcons"	"AHL"		"7"|"9"|"16"|48