Geoff Waugh Explained

Position:Defense
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:216
Played For:Springfield Falcons
Binghamton Senators
Portland Pirates
Manitoba Moose
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
EC VSV
Nottingham Panthers
Ntl Team:Croatia
Birth Date:1983 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Career Start:2006
Career End:2017
Draft:78th overall
Draft Year:2002
Draft Team:Dallas Stars

Geoff Waugh (born August 25, 1983) is a retired Canadian-Croatian ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career

He played Junior "A" hockey for the Kindersley Klippers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 2001 to 2003. The Dallas Stars chose him 78th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Waugh then joined the Northern Michigan Wildcats of the NCAA for four years. In 2006-07 he turned pro with the Springfield Falcons and the Johnstown Chiefs.

He then signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators in 2008 and played for two seasons with their farm teams the Binghamton Senators and the Elmira Jackals. He played for the Portland Pirates, Manitoba Moose, and the Victoria Salmon Kings until 2011, when he joined KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the then EBEL.[1]

After three seasons within Zagreb, including an injury-hit inaugural season in the Kontinental Hockey League. The now Croatian citizen, opted to return to the EBEL, signing with Austrian club EC VSV on June 15, 2014.[2]

On June 2, 2015, Waugh left Austria as a free agent and signed a one-year deal with British club, the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
2000–01Kindersley KlippersSJHL57 2 5 7 74
2001–02Kindersley KlippersSJHL62 4 21 25 12518 0 8 8 59
2002–03Northern Michigan UniversityCCHA39 0 7 7 41
2003–04Northern Michigan UniversityCCHA41 2 13 15 72
2004–05Northern Michigan UniversityCCHA39 2 8 10 89
2005–06Northern Michigan UniversityCCHA39 0 7 7 74
2006–07Springfield FalconsAHL10 0 0 0 25
2006–07Johnstown ChiefsECHL56 1 12 13 912 1 0 1 4
2007–08Binghamton SenatorsAHL71 3 3 6 139
2008–09Binghamton SenatorsAHL27 0 2 2 23
2008–09Elmira JackalsECHL1 0 0 0 7
2008–09Portland PiratesAHL13 0 1 1 332 0 0 0 2
2009–10Manitoba MooseAHL29 0 1 1 41
2010–11Manitoba MooseAHL2 0 0 0 4
2010–11Victoria Salmon KingsECHL57 3 8 11 8212 0 3 3 10
2011–12KHL Medveščak ZagrebAUT45 3 6 9 1228 0 1 1 33
2011–12KHL Medveščak Zagreb IICRO3 2 0 2 2
2012–13KHL Medveščak ZagrebAUT42 3 6 9 1002 0 0 0 4
2013–14KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL4 0 0 0 2
2013–14KHL Medveščak Zagreb IICRO5 2 2 4 2
2014–15EC VSVAUT42 5 4 9 315 0 0 0 5
2015–16Nottingham PanthersEIHL44 6 13 19 454 0 1 1 0
2016–17Nottingham PanthersEIHL31 3 2 5 162 0 1 1 0
AHL totals152371026520002
ECHL totals114420241801413414
AUT totals1291116272531501142

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2014CroatiaWC D1B5 1 1 2 2
2015CroatiaWC D1B3 0 2 2 14
Senior totals813416

Notes and References

  1. News: Hockey transactions. 26 January 2009. Hockey News. 28 April 2012.
  2. Web site: VSV signs tough guy Geoff Waugh . . 2014-06-15 . 2014-06-15 . German . 2014-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114202/http://www.ecvsv.at/vsv-holt-tough-guy-geoff-waugh-d/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Defenceman Geoff Waugh joins Panthers . . 2015-06-02 . 2015-06-02 . 2015-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104702/http://panthers.co.uk/content/defenceman-geoff-waugh-joins-panthers . dead .