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JOSH GODFREY<br />
Defense • Height: 6’1” • Weight: 202 • Shoots: Right<br />
Born: Jan. 15, 1988 (Collingwood, Ontario)<br />
Drafted: <strong>Washington</strong>’s second-round choice, 34th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft<br />
2008-09<br />
Split the season between Hershey (AHL) and South Carolina (ECHL) … Registered<br />
six assists and 21 PIM in 13 games with Hershey … Recorded two assists on 11/16<br />
vs. Binghamton and 11/29 vs. Philadelphia … Was +5 vs. Binghamton (11/16) …<br />
Registered 25 points (5g-20a) and 30 PIM in 37 games with South Carolina …<br />
Registered six multiple point games during the season… Recorded three points<br />
(1g-2a) on 2/3 at Florida … Tied a season-high three points with three assists on<br />
3/13 vs. Gwinnett … Put together a four-game point streak with six points (1g-5a)<br />
from 3/13—3/22 … Had a +3 rating and added an assist on 3/20 vs. Mississippi …<br />
Added a goal and three assists in the ECHL playoffs, appearing in six games as<br />
South Carolina won the Kelly Cup.<br />
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs<br />
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM<br />
2004-05 Guelph OHL 18 0 4 4 9 - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0<br />
2005-06 Guelph OHL 33 2 8 10 38 - - - - - - - - - -<br />
Junior Career<br />
2007-08: Played in 60 games for Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) and recorded 51 points<br />
(17g-34a) … Third among OHL defensemen in goals and eighth in points … Ranked<br />
sixth on the team in points and fourth in assists … Led the team with a +31 rating<br />
… Second on the roster with 14 PPGs … Won the Mike Desjardins Memorial Trophy<br />
as the Greyhounds’ best defenseman for the second year in a row … Played in<br />
the OHL All-Star Game … Had a season-long eight-game point-scoring streak<br />
from 9/22—10/12 (6g-7a) … Had two four-point games against Sarnia (2g-2a on<br />
12/9 and 1g-3a on 2/27) … Notched two goals and an assist on 1/17 at Niagara<br />
… Recorded six points (5g-1a) in 14 playoff games … Tied for third among OHL<br />
defensemen in playoff goals … Made his professional debut, playing one playoff<br />
game with Hershey … Was +2 with two shots at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4/25) …<br />
Represented Canada in the Canada-Russia Super Series and the World Junior<br />
Championship. 2006-07: Appeared in all 68 games with Sault Ste. Marie … Led<br />
all OHL defensemen and ranked fourth on the team in goals with 24 … Ranked<br />
third on the team in both assists (33) and points (57) … Point total was tied for<br />
Sault Ste. Marie OHL 30 6 5 11 26 - - - - - 1 0 1 1 0<br />
2006-07 Sault Ste. Marie OHL 68 24 33 57 80 - - - - - 13 9 5 14 18<br />
2007-08 Sault Ste. Marie OHL 60 17 34 51 61 - - - - - 14 5 1 6 20<br />
Hershey AHL - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Canada WJC 7 0 5 5 8 - - - - - - - - - -<br />
2008-09 Hershey AHL 13 0 6 6 21 6 - - - 12 - - - - -<br />
South Carolina ECHL 37 5 20 25 30 6 3 1 1 118 6 1 3 4 10<br />
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fifth among league defensemen … His 17 PPGs were second-most on the team<br />
… Presented with the Mike Desjardins Memorial Trophy as the team’s best<br />
defenseman … Represented the OHL in the 2006 Canada-Russia Challenge and<br />
played in the OHL Classic All-Star Game … Recorded the hardest shot in the OHL<br />
Skills Competition at 99.3 miles per hour … Scored six goals in four games from<br />
11/22—11/28 … Recorded three three-point games: 11/ 28 vs. Sudbury (2g-1a), 1/19<br />
vs. Plymouth (1g-2a) and 2/10 at Erie (1g-2a) … Notched 14 points in Sault Ste.<br />
Marie’s 13 playoff games (9g-5a). 2005-06: Split the season between Guelph (33<br />
games) and Sault Ste. Marie (30 games) in the OHL … Recorded a total of eight<br />
goals and 21 points for the season … Had three two-point games, two with Guelph<br />
and one with Sault Ste. Marie … Played in one playoff game with Sault St. Marie<br />
and recorded one assist. 2004-05: Appeared in 18 games with the Guelph Storm<br />
… Recorded four assists … Played in one playoff game.<br />
International Career<br />
Won gold with Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championship … Posted five<br />
assists and a +2 rating in seven games … Led all Canada defensemen in points<br />
and shared the team lead in assists with Steven Stamkos … Teammate of Karl<br />
Alzner … Also represented Canada in the 2007 Canada-Russia Super Series.<br />
<strong>NHL</strong> Transactions<br />
Selected by <strong>Washington</strong> in the second round, 34th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft<br />
Personal<br />
Supports the Children’s Miracle Network … Enjoys golfing, working out and<br />
spending time at the beach … Favorite hockey memory was winning the 2008<br />
World Junior Championship … Grew up a fan of Doug Gilmour and the Toronto<br />
Maple Leafs.
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