Justin Pogge

Justin Pogge ( born April 22, 1986 in Fort McMurray, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since the summer of 2012 at Ritten Sport in the Italian Serie A1 under contract.

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Career

Justin Pogge began his career as a hockey player with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League, for whom he played from 2003 to 2005 for two years was active. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 in the third round than a total of 90 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He initially served from mid-season 2004/ 05 but for the league rivals the Cougars, the Calgary Hitmen, on the ice. In the season 2005/ 06 Pogge won with outstanding performance in the Calgary Hitmen when he reached a Gegentorschnitt of 1.72 and eleven shutouts in 54 games of the regular season. In the playoffs, he did not come with the team beyond the second round. After this season, the goalkeeper has been honored with numerous individual awards; among other things, he was awarded the CHL Goaltender of the Year and won the Del Wilson Trophy as the best goalkeeper of the year, the WHL and the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as most valuable player of the year.

Before the season 2006/ 07 Pogge was added to the roster of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League farm team of the Maple Leafs. In the 2008 / 09 season, the goalie made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League when he played seven games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Against strong competition consisting of the trio Vesa Toskala, Curtis Joseph and Martin Gerber, however, he never was able to prevail and spent the most time in the farm team for the Toronto Marlies, where Pogge served as goalkeeper. On 10 August 2009, the Canadian was delivered to the Anaheim Ducks, who used him in the farm team for the Bakersfield Condors and San Antonio Rampage. In March 2010, the Californians gave him from the Carolina Hurricanes to commit defenders Aaron Ward. The 2010/11 season spent the goalkeeper in the farm team the Hurricanes at the Charlotte Checkers.

On July 27, 2011 Pogge received a Zweiwegvertrag for a year at the Phoenix Coyotes. This was followed in the summer of 2012, the move to Europe, where he signed with Ritten Sport of the Italian Serie A1.

Internationally

Justin Pogge won with the Canadian national team the gold medal at the U20 World Youth Championship in 2006 and was honored both as the best goalkeeper as well as the most valuable player of the tournament. In the same year, the goalkeeper won won with the team Canada took second place at the Spengler Cup in Davos.

Awards and achievements

  • 2006 WHL East First All-Star Team
  • 2006 CHL First All -Star Team
  • 2006 CHL Goaltender of the Year
  • 2006 Del Wilson Trophy
  • 2006 Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

Internationally

  • 2006 Gold medal at the World Youth Championship
  • 2006 Most Valuable Player of the World Youth Championship
  • 2006 Best Goalkeeper in the World Youth Championship
  • 2006 All- Star Team of the World Youth Championship

AHL stats

(End of season 2011 /12)

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