Buffalo Sabres 2012-13 Media Guide - NHL.com

Gerbe vs. NHL
nathan Gerbe LefT WInG Left
Born: July 24, 1987 in oxford, MI HT: 5 ft 4 in WT: 168 lbs
team GP G a tP PiM
anaheim 3 1 0 1 0
Boston 11 1 4 5 6
Calgary 2 1 0 1 0
Carolina 9 1 1 2 8
Chicago 3 0 0 0 0
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0
Columbus 4 0 1 1 0
Dallas 1 0 0 0 0
Detroit 3 0 0 0 0
Edmonton 2 1 2 3 0
Florida 6 1 1 2 8
Los Angeles 2 0 3 3 2
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0
Montreal 11 2 2 4 10
Nashville 1 1 0 1 0
New Jersey 8 1 4 5 0
N.Y. Islanders 8 5 2 7 2
n.y. rangers 5 0 0 0 0
ottawa 11 2 2 4 6
Philadelphia 8 3 2 5 4
Phoenix 1 0 1 1 0
Pittsburgh 7 1 2 3 5
san Jose 3 0 2 2 0
st. louis 2 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 8 1 0 1 4
toronto 11 0 0 0 8
Vancouver 1 0 1 1 0
Washington 6 1 3 4 0
Winnipeg 8 1 5 6 10
NHL Totals 146 24 38 62 74
Career Game Highs:
Goals: 2, (3x). Most recent: 4/8/11 vs. PHI
assists: 2, (2x). Most recent: 10/8/11 at LAK
Points: 2, (10x). Most recent: 1/3/12 vs. edM (1+1)
Penalty Minutes: 4, (5x). Most recent: 1/10/12 at Tor
lonGest Point streak: 3 games, (5x). Most recent: 2/16/12 at PHI to 2/19/12 vs. PIT (0+3)
Career Transactions:
Selected by Buffalo in the 5th round (142nd overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
season stats:
2011-12: Games missed due to injury: 20; nine - upper body (3/14-3/31), 10 – upper body (12/9-12/30),
one – upper body (12/3) • Tied career best with a three-game point streak twice (11/4-11/8 and 2/16-
2/19) • scored GdG in shootout vs. dAL (2/10) and at nJd (1/24) • Recorded two points (1+1), including
the GWG, vs. edM (1/3) • Tallied a season-high eight hits vs. Bos (11/23) • Played in 100th career nHL
game at Bos (11/12).
nHL Career stats:
2010-11: Games missed due to injury: eight –
fractured jaw (10/30-11/15) • Sabres were 10-1-2
when he scored a goal; 19-2-4 when he recorded
a point; 5-1-0 in his multi-point games • Threegame
goal streaks 1/20-1/23 and 3/19-3/22 •
Scored two goals just :05 apart in 3rd period vs.
NYI (1/21); new Sabres franchise record for fastest
two goals by one player, and one second shy of
the nHL record… 2011 Playoffs: Led team with 18
PIM; tied for second among Sabres skaters with
20 hits • Scored second career playoff goal and
tied to lead all skaters with three hits in Game 3
vs. PHI (4/18) • Tied for team lead with five hits in
Game 5 at PHI (4/22) • scored a goal in Game 6
vs. PHI (4/24)… 2009-10: Played 10 nHL games
in two separate recalls to Buffalo • Missed eight
NHL games with groin injury • Scored first career
nHL goal vs. WsH (12/9) • Scored first career
GWG vs. fLA (3/31) • Had his second career AHL
four-point (1+3) game vs. Hartford (10/16) • Played
100th career AHL game at Providence (3/26)
• netted a goal for PlanetUsA in the 2010 AHL
All-star Game… 2010 Playoffs: Recorded first career
NHL playoff point (assist) in first career NHL
playoff game vs. BOS (4/23)… 2008-09: Games
missed due to injury: six – upper body (12/17-
12/27) • Played in first career NHL game 12/6 at
TBL • Recorded first career NHL point (assist) at
42
nJd (12/13) • In 10 games with Buffalo Gerbe was
a plus-3 with one assist • recipient of the dudley
(Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s Most
outstanding rookie • named to AHL All-rookie
Team • named to PlanetUsA roster for AHL Allstar
Game • Led all AHL rookies with 30 goals •
Finished with 53 points (27+26) in 54 games in
Portland… Boston College (nCAA): named UsA
Hockey’s national College Player of the Year •
Finalist for Hobey Baker Award • Led the nation
in scoring • named Most outstanding Player of
the frozen four after scoring eight points (5+3) in
two games – highlighted by his two-goal performance
in 4-1 win over Notre Dame in the Championship
Game • Tied the record for goals in a
single NCAA tournament with seven • His five
goals in the frozen four ranks fourth all-time
• scored points in 30 of 43 games, including a
career-best five point (4+1) outing at Harvard
(12/12) • Also scored four points in a game on
five separate occasions • Averaged 1.08 points
per game with 133 points (71+62) in 123 games •
represented the Us at the World Junior Hockey
Championships (2006, 2007), and at the World
Under-18 Championships (2004, 2005) • Prior
to attending Boston College, spent two seasons
(2003-05) with the U.S. National Under-18 Team
in Ann Arbor, Mich.