You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Players > S > Geoff Sanderson

Geoff Sanderson

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 1, 1972 in Hay River, Northwest Territories

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
13
Hartford Whalers
1991		 8
Hartford Whalers
1992		 8
Hartford Whalers
1993-1994		 80
Buffalo Sabres
1999		 8
Buffalo Sabres
2000		 8
Columbus Blue Jackets
2001-2006		 14
Vancouver Canucks
2004		 8
Phoenix Coyotes
2006		 8
Philadelphia Flyers
2007		 8
Edmonton Oilers
2008

NHL/WHA Regular Season

Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 18 Hartford Whalers NHL 2 1 0 1 0.50 1 0.25 1 0 3 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.00 50.0
1991-92 19 Hartford Whalers NHL 64 13 18 31 0.48 12 0.18 49 5 59 20 5 18 11 2 0 1 98 1.53 13.3
1992-93 20 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 46 43 89 1.09 36 0.44 113 53 92 11 -21 28 23 21 2 4 271 3.30 17.0
1993-94 21 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 41 26 67 0.82 28 0.34 98 40 74 3 -13 42 25 15 1 6 266 3.24 15.4
1994-95 22 Hartford Whalers NHL 46 18 14 32 0.70 13 0.28 42 16 37 1 -10 24 14 4 0 4 170 3.70 10.6
1995-96 23 Hartford Whalers NHL 81 34 31 65 0.80 27 0.33 88 30 66 8 0 40 28 6 0 7 314 3.88 10.8
1996-97 24 Hartford Whalers NHL 82 36 31 67 0.82 28 0.34 90 35 65 1 -9 29 23 12 1 4 297 3.62 12.1
1997-98 25 3 Teams NHL 75 11 18 29 0.39 11 0.15 51 19 33 2 1 38 9 2 0 2 197 2.63 5.6
1997-98 25 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 40 7 10 17 0.43 6 0.16 29 11 23 1 -4 14 5 2 0 0 96 2.40 7.3
1997-98 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.11 5 1 5 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 29 3.22 0.0
1997-98 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 4 5 9 0.35 4 0.14 17 7 5 1 6 20 4 0 0 2 72 2.77 5.6
1998-99 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 12 18 30 0.40 11 0.15 46 11 28 1 8 22 11 1 0 1 155 2.07 7.7 969 12:55
1999-00 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 13 13 26 0.39 11 0.16 38 7 29 2 4 22 9 4 0 3 136 2.03 9.6 865 12:54
2000-01 28 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 68 30 26 56 0.82 23 0.34 71 29 38 0 4 46 21 9 0 7 199 2.93 15.1 1130 16:37
2001-02 29 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 42 11 5 16 0.38 7 0.17 23 11 28 1 -15 12 6 5 0 2 112 2.67 9.8 707 16:50
2002-03 30 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 34 33 67 0.82 27 0.33 91 43 66 14 -4 34 17 15 2 2 286 3.49 11.9 1536 18:44
2003-04 31 2 Teams NHL 80 16 20 36 0.45 14 0.17 54 19 45 0 -10 38 10 6 0 2 227 2.84 7.0 1287 16:05
2003-04 31 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 67 13 16 29 0.43 11 0.17 45 17 37 0 -9 34 8 5 0 1 191 2.85 6.8 1095 16:20
2003-04 31 Vancouver Canucks NHL 13 3 4 7 0.54 3 0.20 9 2 8 0 -1 4 2 1 0 1 36 2.77 8.3 192 14:46
2005-06 33 2 Teams NHL 77 25 21 46 0.60 18 0.24 54 21 58 10 -15 58 13 11 1 1 159 2.06 15.7 1056 13:42
2005-06 33 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.50 0.0 22 10:54
2005-06 33 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 75 25 21 46 0.61 18 0.25 54 21 57 10 -14 58 13 11 1 1 152 2.03 16.4 1034 13:47
2006-07 34 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 11 18 29 0.50 11 0.18 42 14 46 2 -16 44 8 3 0 2 143 2.47 7.7 811 13:59
2007-08 35 Edmonton Oilers NHL 41 3 10 13 0.32 4 0.11 15 1 22 1 -7 16 3 0 0 0 40 0.98 7.5 416 10:09
Career NHL 1104 355 345 700 0.63 281 0.25 966 354 789 77 -100 511 232 116 7 48 3072 2.78 11.6 8776 14:52

NHL/WHA Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 18 Hartford Whalers NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0
1991-92 19 Hartford Whalers NHL 7 1 0 1 0.14 -1 2 1 0 0 0 9 1.29 11.1
1997-98 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 14 3 1 4 0.29 0 4 2 1 0 1 25 1.79 12.0
1998-99 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 19 4 6 10 0.53 5 14 4 0 0 1 53 2.79 7.5 263 13:52
1999-00 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 1.80 0.0 61 12:16
2003-04 31 Vancouver Canucks NHL 7 1 1 2 0.29 -1 4 1 0 0 0 10 1.43 10.0 90 12:54
Career NHL 55 9 10 19 0.35 3 32 8 1 0 2 110 2.00 8.2 415 13:23

Other Regular Season

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 15 St. Albert Royals AMHL 45 65 55 120 2.67 175
1988-89 16 Swift Current Broncos WHL 58 17 11 28 0.48 16
1988-89 16 Swift Current Broncos M-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1989-90 17 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 32 62 94 1.34 56
1990-91 18 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 62 50 112 1.60 57
1992-93 20 Canada WC-A 8 3 3 6 0.75 2
1993-94 21 Canada WC-A 8 4 2 6 0.75 8
1994-95 22 HPK Hameenlinna Finland 12 6 4 10 0.83 24
1996-97 24 Canada WC-A 11 3 2 5 0.45 2
2004-05 32 HC Geneve-Servette Swiss 9 4 1 5 0.56 29
Career AMHL 45 65 55 120 2.67 175
Career Finland 12 6 4 10 0.83 24
Career M-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career Swiss 9 4 1 5 0.56 29
Career WC-A 27 10 7 17 0.63 12
Career WHL 198 111 123 234 1.18 129

Other Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1988-89 16 Swift Current Broncos WHL 12 3 5 8 0.67 6
1989-90 17 Swift Current Broncos WHL 4 1 4 5 1.25 8
1990-91 18 Springfield Indians AHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
1990-91 18 Swift Current Broncos WHL 3 1 2 3 1.00 4
Career AHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
Career WHL 19 5 11 16 0.84 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1994 NHL
1997 NHL

Games Played

1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Even Strength Goals

1995-96 NHL 28 (10)

Power Play Goals

1992-93 NHL 21 (10)
1996-97 NHL 12 (10)
2002-03 NHL 15 (6)
Career NHL 116 (91)

Game-Winning Goals

1995-96 NHL 7 (8)

Shots on Goal

1996-97 NHL 297 (8)
2002-03 NHL 286 (8)
Career NHL 3072 (66)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 25, 1997: Transferred to Carolina after Hartford franchise relocated, June 25, 1997.

January 3, 1998: Traded to Vancouver by Carolina with Sean Burke and Enrico Ciccone for Kirk McLean and Martin Gelinas, January 3, 1998.

February 4, 1998: Traded to Buffalo by Vancouver for Brad May and Buffalo's 3rd round choice (later traded to Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay selected Jimmie Olvestad) in 1999 Entry Draft, February 4, 1998.

June 23, 2000: Claimed by Columbus from Buffalo in Expansion Draft, June 23, 2000.

March 9, 2004: Traded to Vancouver by Columbus for Vancouver's 3rd round choice (Daniel Lacosta) in 2004 Entry Draft, March 9, 2004.

June 28, 2004: Claimed on waivers by Columbus from Vancouver, June 28, 2004.

January 5, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Geneve (Swiss), January 5, 2005.

October 8, 2005: Traded to Phoenix by Columbus with Tim Jackman for Cale Hulse, Mike Rupp and Jason Chimera, October 8, 2005.

July 19, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 19, 2006.

July 1, 2007: Traded to Edmonton by Philadelphia with Joni Pitkanen and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice in 2009 Entry Draft for Jason Smith and Joffrey Lupul, July 1, 2007.