Alex Goligoski

Alex Goligoski ( born July 30, 1985 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota ) is an American professional ice hockey player who for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League since February 2011 contract.

Career

Alex Goligoski played for the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks, a high school team from his hometown of Grand Rapids. In addition, he was active from the 2002/03 season to two teams in the United States Hockey League. Here his talent was such that the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round chose him at the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 to 61st place. Then Goligoski went to the University of Minnesota, and also played for the local hockey team. In three seasons of Americans was one of the best offensive defenders and was first elected to the All- Rookie team, and later in the All- Star team his league. In 2007 he succeeded with his team winning the Broadmoor Trophy, the winner gets the play-offs of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Then the defender signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. This sent him to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League, where Goligoski started the season 2007/ 08. In February 2008, the Penguins of the National Hockey League called on him, so the defender made ​​his debut in the NHL game against the Boston Bruins. Overall, he completed three games in which he gave two assists. In the AHL he reached the final of the Calder Cup, but failed there to the Chicago Wolves. The 2008/09 season began in Goligoski NHL team as the regular players Sergei Gonchar and Ryan Whitney were injured. In his first game of the season he was able to score a goal. In the further course of the defenders was again active in the AHL. In the NHL, he came to a total of 20 points scorer in 45 games. In the play-offs of the links Sagittarius at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins was planned, but came to re- injury in the NHL team for his debut in the Stanley Cup play-offs. On 12 June 2009 the Penguins won the decisive seventh game against the Detroit Red Wings, and thus brought the Stanley Cup for the third time to Pittsburgh. Shortly after Goligoski signed a new three-year contract, which earned him $ 5.5 million dollars.

21 February 2011 Goligoski was delivered in a transfer business in exchange for James Neal and Matt Niskanen to the Dallas Stars.

Awards and achievements

  • 2005 WCHA All- Rookie Team
  • 2006 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 2007 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of Minnesota
  • 2007 WCHA First All -Star Team
  • 2007 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 2008 AHL All- Star Classic
  • 2008 AHL All- Rookie Team
  • 2009 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented the U.S. at:

  • U20 World Junior Championships 2005
  • World Cup 2012

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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