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DAVID STECKEL
2008-09
Posted career highs in points (19), goals (8), assists (11), shots (103) and games
played (76) in his second full NHL season … Led the team and ranked fifth in the
NHL with a 57.9 winning faceoff percentage … Recorded three shorthanded points
(2g-1a)… Led the team and was third among NHL forwards with 3:48 of shorthanded
ice time per game … Capitals were 6-2-0 when he scored a goal and 15-2-1 when he
recorded a point … Tied for fourth on the team with five game-winning assists …
Recorded a goal and an assist 11/19 at ANA … Played his 100th career game 11/29
at CBJ … Had a career-best three-game point streak from 12/30—1/3 (1g-2a) …
Won nine out of his 10 faceoffs vs. COL on 1/20 … Recorded three goals and five
points in 14 Stanley Cup playoff games, with all three goals coming in the ECSF vs.
PIT … Led the team and ranked fourth in the league through two playoff rounds at
58.4% on faceoffs (finished fourth in the playoffs) … Had two assists in Game 6 of
the ECQF at NYR (4/26) … Scored goals in each of the first two games of the ECSF
vs. PIT (5/2, 5/4) … Scored the OT winner and won 73% of his faceoffs in Game 6
at PIT in the ECSF.
Career
2007-08: Registered 12 points (5g-7a) in 67 games in his first full NHL season …
Averaged 13:33 ice time, posting more than 15 minutes 17 times … Led the team
and ranked seventh in the league with a 56.3% faceoff percentage … Capitals were
5-0-0 when he registered a goal and 8-2-0 when he had a point … Recorded even
or better plus-minus rating in 51 of 67 games … Won 18 faceoffs at BUF (10/13),
the most for a Caps center all year … Posted first career NHL goal vs. TB (10/24)
… Skated career-high 22:26 at ATL (11/6) … Recorded first career NHL assist vs.
CAR (11/24) … Scored eight seconds into the second period 12/15 at TB, the fastest
Caps goal to start a period of the year … Notched a goal and two assists 12/26 vs.
TB … Scored the GWG vs. COL (1/9) … Posted points in back-to-back games (2/15
at FLA, 2/16 at TB) … Scored four of his five goals against TB (10/24, 12/15, 12/26,
2/16), beating three different Lightning goaltenders (Marc Denis, Karri Ramo,
Johan Holmqvist) … The first NHL player to score his first three goals against
one team but three different goaltenders since EDM’s Raimo Summanen vs. LA
(3/31/84—10/20/85 vs. Markus Mattsson, Bob Janecyk and Darren Eliot) … Had a
goal and an assist in seven playoff games … Scored his first career NHL playoff
goal in Game 1 of the ECQF vs. PHI (4/11). 2006-07: Saw action in five games
during three NHL stints … Won 62.0% of his faceoffs … Was a +1, had three shots
on goal and skated a season-high 19:22 at ATL (4/4) … Played 71 games with
Hershey (AHL) and was second on the team in goals (30) and plus/minus rating
(+28) … Ranked tied for 17th in the AHL in goals and third in the league in plus/
minus rating … His five shorthanded goals tied for the AHL lead … Finished third
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on the Bears in assists (31) and points (61) … Closed the AHL regular season with
a 12-game point streak … Posted 15 points (6g-9a) in 19 playoff games … Finished
tied for 10th in the AHL in playoff scoring and tied for fourth in plus/minus rating
(+10) … Led the AHL with three SHGs … Ranked fifth on Hershey in playoff scoring,
sixth in goals and first in plus/minus rating. 2005-06: Played seven games for
Washington in four NHL stints … Finished with a +1 rating and was not on the ice
for an even-strength goal against … Made his NHL debut vs. PHI (12/31) … Skated
a season-high 10:48 vs. TOR (2/3) … Shared the team lead with 74 games played in
Hershey … Finished 13th on the Bears in scoring with 34 points (14g-20a) … Point
total doubled his output from his rookie AHL season … Four of his goals were
SHGs … Two goals came on the power play and two were game-winners … Played
in all 21 playoff games in Hershey’s run to the Calder Cup … Finished third on the
team and seventh in the AHL in playoff goals with 10 … Ranked tied for fifth on the
team and tied for 16th in the league with 15 playoff points … Scored goals in four
straight playoff games from 4/21—5/4 … Had a two-goal game vs. Portland (5/20).
2004-05: Spent most of his first professional season playing for Manchester
(AHL) … Head coach in Manchester was Bruce Boudreau … Posted 17 points (10g-
7a) in 63 games … Was named the Monarchs Booster Club’s Player of the Month
for March … Added a goal and an assist in six playoff games … Played nine games
with Reading (ECHL) … Recorded three goals and six assists.
College Career
Played four years at Ohio State (CCHA), surpassing the century mark in points
(105). 2003-04: Matched his career high in goals (17) and added 13 assists …
Helped lead the team to the NCAA Tournament. 2002-03: Helped lead the team
to the NCAA Tournament with 18 points (10g-8a) in 36 games. 2000-01: Made
an impressive debut as a freshman, recording 35 points (17g-18a) in 33 games …
Earned CCHA All-Rookie Team honors. 1998-00: Played two seasons with USA
Hockey’s National Team Development Program.
Transactions
Los Angeles’ first-round choice, 30th overall, in the 2001 Entry Draft … Signed as
a free agent by Washington, Aug. 25, 2005.
Personal
Supports the American Cancer Society … Spends time golfing, reading and
landscaping in the offseason … Favorite sport other than hockey is golf; favorite
athlete is Tiger Woods … Top hockey memory is winning the 2006 Calder Cup.