Carsen Germyn Explained

Played For:Calgary Flames
EHC Olten
Straubing Tigers
AIK IF
Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:February 22, 1982
Birth Place:Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2003
Career End:2015

Carsen Germyn (born February 22, 1982, in Campbell River, British Columbia) is a former professional ice hockey right wing who played 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames.

Playing career

Germyn played five seasons in the Western Hockey League. He played for the Kelowna Rockets and then for the Red Deer Rebels. He started his professional career with the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League. On July 6, 2004, he was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames. They assigned him to the Lowell Lock Monsters in 2004–05 then to the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights for the 2005–06 season. He played his first National Hockey League game on April 1, 2006, with the Flames against the Edmonton Oilers.

In the late summer of 2010, Germyn signed a two-year contract with EHC Olten, a Swiss National League B team, where he played alongside American-born Marty Sertich scoring 45 points in 36 games. On June 18, 2011, Germyn was released from the final year of his contract to join the Straubing Tigers of the German DEL.[1]

Towards the end of his third season with the Straubing Tigers in 2013–14, with the club out of contention for the playoffs, he was loaned for the remainder of the season to AIK IF of the Swedish Hockey League, on February 26, 2014.[2]

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1998–99Kelowna RocketsWHL59610166150002
1999–2000Kelowna RocketsWHL7116294511153364
2000–01Kelowna RocketsWHL71355287102626810
2001–02Kelowna RocketsWHL2310182843
2001–02Red Deer RebelsWHL3723254883234121624
2002–03Red Deer RebelsWHL6326335910823491325
2003–04Norfolk AdmiralsAHL7711162710461012
2004–05Lowell Lock MonstersAHL60911201151000025
2005–06Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben KnightsAHL77243155127
2005–06Calgary FlamesNHL20000
2006–07Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben KnightsAHL7728326012461122
2006–07Calgary FlamesNHL20000
2007–08Quad City FlamesAHL77192948133
2008–09Quad City FlamesAHL7513476057
2009–10Abbotsford HeatAHL21510158
2010–11EHC OltenNLB3618274526101566
2011–12Straubing TigersDEL4914253970834716
2012–13Straubing TigersDEL521614307510000
2013–14Straubing TigersDEL4916213766
2013–14AIK IFSHL20112
2014–15Straubing TigersDEL913433
NHL totals40000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olten terminate contract of Carson Germyn . . 2011-06-18 . 2011-06-18 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161542/http://www.ehco.ch/de/newsdetail---0--0--0--1--439.html# . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  2. Web site: Three new players to AIK . . 2014-02-26 . 2014-02-26 . Swedish.