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ANDREW GORDON
Right Wing • Height: 6’0” • Weight: 194 • Shoots: Right
Born: Dec. 13, 1985 (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Drafted: Capitals’ seventh-round choice, 197th overall, in the 2004 Entry Draft
2008-09
Made his NHL debut 12/23 at NYR, skating 7:12 and putting one shot on goal …
Was recalled to Washington for the Capitals’ next game as well, but did not play
… Established a new AHL career high with 21 goals for Hershey and had 45 points
… One of two Hershey players to play in all 80 games … Tied for sixth on the team
in goals and seventh in points … Recorded back-to-back two-goal games (1/31 vs.
Norfolk and 2/6 at Philadelphia) … Recorded 10 points (6g-4a) in 22 playoff games,
tied for third on the team in goals and tied for sixth in points … Had multiple-point
games in Game 1 of each of the first two series: 4/16 at Philadelphia (1g-1a) and
5/2 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton … Scored the first goal in the Calder Cup-clinching
Game 6 at Manitoba (6/12).
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2002-03 Notre Dame SJHL 58 20 27 47 12 - - - - - - - - - -
2003-04 Notre Dame SJHL 55 20 44 64 12 - - - - - - - - - -
2004-05 St. Cloud State WCHA 38 9 8 17 6 - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 St. Cloud State WCHA 42 20 20 40 22 - - - - - - - - - -
2006-07 St. Cloud State WCHA 40 22 23 45 16 - - - - - - - - - -
2007-08 Hershey AHL 58 16 35 51 39 - - - - - 5 3 2 5 2
Career
2007-08: Skated in 58 games for Hershey and in 11 for South Carolina (ECHL)
… Ranked third in Hershey and tied for fourth among AHL rookies with 51 points
(16g-35a) … Tied for second on the team and fifth among AHL rookies in assists …
Had at least one point in seven straight games from 12/19—12/31 … Had hat tricks
1/12 vs. Lake Erie and 2/6 vs. Portland … Recorded 14 multiple-point games during
the season … Had two points in each of his final four regular-season games …
Led Hershey with five points (3g-2a) in five playoff games … Had 14 points (8g-6a)
in 11 games for South Carolina … Registered five points (2g-3a) vs. Mississippi
(11/11) … Scored a goal in four straight games (11/27—12/1) before being recalled
to Hershey … Had eight points (5g-3a) in nine playoff games for South Carolina.
College/Junior Career
Ended his three-year collegiate career at St. Cloud State (WCHA) tied for fourth
South Carolina ECHL 11 8 6 14 6 - - - - - 9 5 3 8 8
2008-09 CAPITALS NHL 1 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 1 - - - - -
Hershey AHL 80 21 24 45 47 - - - - - 22 6 4 10 0
NHL TOTALS 1 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 1 - - - - -
WCHA First All-Star Team (2007)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
First NHL Game: 12/23/08 (WSH 5 at NYR 4 OT)
Most Shots in a Game: 1 (12/23/08, WSH 5 at NYR 4 OT)
Most Ice Time in a Game: 7:12 (12/23/08, WSH 5 at NYR 4 OT)
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in school history with 2.62 shots per game and sixth in shots with 315 … His 23
career PPGs tied him for the fifth-most in school history and his +29 career rating
tied for 10th. 2006-07: Named a first-team All-WCHA selection … Ranked second
on the team with 45 points, and led the team with 22 goals … His 22 goals tied for
second in the WCHA … His 12 PPGs ranked second in the league and were the
second-best single-season total in team history … A three-time WCHA Player of
the Week, he was also named the InsideCollegeHockey.com National Player of
the Week (1/23) … Named to the All-WCHA Academic Team. 2005-06: Skated in
42 games and led the team with 20 goals and 40 points … All-WCHA Academic
selection … Recorded a hat trick against Michigan Tech (2/24). 2004-05: Saw
action in 38 games … Led SCSU freshmen with nine goals and 17 points … Scored
nine points in his first seven games. 2003-04: Played in 55 games for Notre Dame
(SJHL), tallying 20 goals and 44 assists … Named Most Valuable Player in the 2004
SJHL All-Star Game. 2002-03: Recorded 20 goals and 27 assists in 58 games for
Notre Dame in the SJHL … Played in the 2003 SJHL All-Star Game.
NHL Transactions
Selected by Washington in the seventh round, 197th overall, in the 2004 Entry
Draft.
Personal
Family resides in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia … Enjoys golfing … Supports the
Dartmouth Subways Jeff Smith Memorial Golf Tournament … Top hockey memory
is winning the 2009 Calder Cup.