Erik Burgdoerfer
American ice hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American ice hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erik Lawrence Burgdoerfer[1] (born December 11, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and the Ottawa Senators.
| Erik Burgdoerfer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Burgdoerfer with the Hershey Bears in 2015 | |||
| Born |
December 11, 1988 East Setauket, New York, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Buffalo Sabres Ottawa Senators | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–2020 | ||
Burgdoerfer attended Ward Melville High School for four years while playing for the New York Apple Core in the Eastern Hockey League.[1] While playing for the New York Apple Core, he was named to the All-EJHL Team.[1]
Burgdoerfer played college hockey for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of ECAC Hockey.[1]
In his freshman year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he played in 23 games and recorded 2 points. He shared the honor of winning the Engineers Most Improved Player Award with Andrei Uryadov.[1]
In his senior year, the 2009–10 season, Burgdoerfer played in a career high 39 games and scored seven points. In January 2009, Burgdoerfer was suspended for three games due to harmful hits[2] but at the conclusion of the season, Burgdoerfer was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team,[3] and was awarded the Engineers Best Defensive Player Award.[4]
Following his graduation, Burgdoerfer began his professional career in 2010 with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL. In January 2013, Burgdoerfer was named captain of the Condors.[5]
In October 2013, Burgdoerfer was signed by the American Hockey League's Oklahoma City Barons.[6]
Burgdoerfer was signed to a one-year contract by the AHL's Hershey Bears in August 2014.[7] The team re-signed him to a second one-year contract in May 2015.[8]
After two successful seasons in the AHL with the Bears, Burgdoerfer secured his first NHL contract in signing a one-year, two-way deal with the Buffalo Sabres on July 21, 2016.[9] After beginning the 2016–17 season with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, he was called up to Buffalo after a rash of injuries on the blueline and made his NHL debut on December 5, 2016, in a game against the Washington Capitals.[10]
On July 1, 2017, the first day of NHL free agency, Burgdoerfer signed a two-year, $1.3 million contract with the Ottawa Senators.[11] Burgdoerfer was called up to the NHL on February 26, 2018,[12] and he recorded his first NHL point on March 13, 2018, in a 7–4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.[13]
Prior to the 2018–19 season, Burgdoerfer was named the second captain in Belleville Senators history.[14] After playing in 10 games, Burgdoerfer was recalled to the NHL on November 1. He was re-assigned to the AHL on November 9 after playing in one game.[15] Due to an injury to Mark Borowiecki, Burgdoerfer was recalled to the NHL on December 1 after playing in 16 games and scoring six points.[16] He was re-assigned to the AHL after playing in three games and recording no points.[17]
After two seasons within the Senators organization, Burgdoerfer left as a free agent and later returned to former club, the Hershey Bears, on a one-year AHL contract on July 11, 2019.[18]
Burgdoerfer's twin brother Greg also plays hockey. He last played for the Bakersfield Condors.[19]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | New York Apple Core | EJHL | 45 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 60 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 71 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 67 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2013–14 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 2016–17 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 66 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 64 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 54 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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