Sascha Goc

Sascha Goc (born April 14, 1979) is a German former professional ice hockey who last played for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Goc played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His younger brothers Marcel and Nikolai currently play for Adler Mannheim.

Sascha Goc
Born	(1979-04-14) April 14, 1979 (age 46) Calw, West Germany
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Shot	Right
Played for	Schwenninger Wild Wings New Jersey Devils Tampa Bay Lightning Adler Mannheim Hannover Scorpions
National team	Germany
NHL draft	159th overall, 1997 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1996–2017

Playing career

As a youth, Goc played in the 1992 and 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a team from Baden-Württemberg.^[1]

Goc was drafted 157th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft where he played 13 games without scoring a point and collecting four penalty minutes^{[citation needed]}. On November 9, 2001, he was traded by the Devils, along with Josef Boumedienne and Anton Butt to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Andrei Zyuzin. He played in nine games with the Lightning without scoring a point. While in North America he also played in the American Hockey League for the Albany River Rats and the Springfield Falcons.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he went back to Germany to play for Adler Mannheim and before moving to Hannover, where he scored 17 goals and 13 assists for 30 points in 50 games in 2005–06.^{[citation needed]}

On February 1, 2011, in his sixth season with the Scorpions, Goc signed a further two-year contract extension to remain in Hannover.^[2]

After the Scorpions ceased operations in the DEL, Goc returned to his original club, the Schwenninger Wild Wings, who coincidentally bought Hannover's license to return to the DEL on July 18, 2013.^[3]

He was a member on the Germany hockey team in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, leading Germany to the quarterfinals before losing to the United States 5–0.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	SERC Wild Wings	DEU U20		14	5	1	6	10		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	SERC Wild Wings	DEU U20		11	3	6	9	77		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	SERC Wild Wings	DEL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	SERC Wild Wings	DEL		41	3	1	4	26		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	SERC Wild Wings II	DEU.3		1	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	SERC Wild Wings	DEU U20		4	1	3	4	8		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	SERC Wild Wings	DEL		41	3	4	7	47		8	2	1	3	2
1998–99	Albany River Rats	AHL		55	1	12	13	24		2	0	0	0	0
1999–2000	Albany River Rats	AHL		64	9	22	31	35		5	2	0	2	6
2000–01	Albany River Rats	AHL		55	10	29	39	49		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	New Jersey Devils	NHL		11	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Albany River Rats	AHL		10	0	5	5	12		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	New Jersey Devils	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL		36	3	9	12	30		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		9	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Adler Mannheim	DEL		49	1	3	4	87		7	1	0	1	41
2003–04	Adler Mannheim	DEL		46	5	12	17	58		3	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Adler Mannheim	DEL		39	1	4	5	67		14	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		50	17	13	30	164		10	2	4	6	64
2006–07	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		38	20	24	44	107		6	2	2	4	10
2007–08	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		38	9	21	30	90		3	1	0	1	10
2008–09	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		48	24	16	40	108		11	4	10	14	10
2009–10	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		52	17	24	41	72		11	4	5	9	6
2010–11	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		52	23	28	51	70		2	0	0	0	0
2011–12	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		50	8	19	27	34		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		46	6	18	24	66		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		47	4	15	19	24		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		49	8	21	29	42		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		49	2	18	20	74		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Schwenniger Wild Wings	DEL		27	1	9	10	12		—	—	—	—	—
DEL totals				763	152	250	402	1148		75	16	22	38	143
AHL totals				210	23	77	100	150		7	2	0	2	6
NHL totals				22	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Germany	EJC		5	0	1	1	4
1997	Germany	WJC		6	0	0	0	12
1997	Germany	EJC		4	0	0	0	10
1998	Germany	WJC		6	0	2	2	27
1998	Germany	WC		6	1	2	3	8
2003	Germany	WC		7	0	2	2	6
2004	Germany	WCH		3	0	0	0	2
2006	Germany	OG		5	0	0	0	10
2006	Germany	WC D1		5	6	5	11	2
Junior totals				21	0	3	3	53
Senior totals				26	7	9	16	28