Geoff Sanderson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Edmonton Oilers
former_teams = Hartford Whalers
Carolina Hurricanes
Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres
Columbus Blue Jackets
Phoenix Coyotes
Philadelphia Flyers
league = NHL

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image_size = 220px
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 190
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1972|02|01
birth_place = Hay River, NT, CAN
draft = 36th overall
draft_year = 1990
draft_team = Hartford Whalers
career_start = 1991

Geoff M. Sanderson (born February 1, 1972, in Hay River, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently without an NHL contract. His former team, the Edmonton Oilers declined to sign him for the NHL 2008-09 season.

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 Flyers captain Jason Smith. Sanderson scored two goals against Philadelphia the first time he played against his former team.

He has a couple cousins who also play in the NHL, Wade Brookbank, currently a member of the Carolina Hurricanes and Sheldon Brookbank, currently a member of the New Jersey Devils.

Awards

*Played in the NHL All-Star Game (1994, 1997)

Career statistics

International play

Played for Canada in:
*1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - 4th place finish
*1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Gold medal winner
*1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Gold medal winner

International statistics

External links

*hockeydb|4749
*legendsofhockey|11445