Jeff Panzer (ice hockey)

Jeff Panzer (born April 7, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey player.

Jeff Panzer
Panzer with the Syracuse Crunch in 2004
Born (1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 46)
Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for AHL
Worcester IceCats
Syracuse Crunch
Grand Rapids Griffins
NLA
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
DEL
Düsseldorfer EG
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2001–2008

Panzer was named the United States Hockey League (USHL) Player of the Year for the 1995–96 season. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1998 to 2001, where while playing for their men's ice hockey team, he was named an NCAA First Team All-American and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for both the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons. Panzer was named the 2000–01 WCHA Player of the Year. In 2012, Panzer was named to the College Hockey Weekly "2000s All-Decade First Team".[1]

Panzer went on to play nine seasons of professional hockey, including 281 games in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Worcester IceCats, Syracuse Crunch and Grand Rapids Griffins.

Awards and achievements

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Honors Year
USHL Player of the Year 1995–96 [2]
NCAA First Team All-American 1999–2000 [3]
Hobey Baker Award Finalist 1999–2000 [4]
NCAA First Team All-American 2000–01 [5]
WCHA Player of the Year 2000–01 [6]
Hobey Baker Award Finalist 2000–01 [7]

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Fargo–Moorhead Bears USHL 42 27 47 74 36
1996–97 Fargo–Moorhead Bears USHL 49 30 40 70 52 6 3 7 10 0
1997–98 University of North Dakota WCHA 37 14 23 37 18
1998–99 University of North Dakota WCHA 39 21 26 47 14
1999–2000 University of North Dakota WCHA 44 19 44 63 16
2000–01 University of North Dakota WCHA 46 26 55 81 28
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 5 1 2 3 0
2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 70 26 27 53 29 3 0 2 2 0
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 80 22 32 54 36 3 1 1 2 0
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 60 14 25 39 20 10 1 4 5 4
2004–05 Syracuse Crunch AHL 51 8 10 18 19
2004–05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 20 6 3 9 11
2005–06 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 32 9 6 15 6 6 0 1 1 4
2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL 42 9 13 22 12 9 5 3 8 0
2007–08 DEG Metro Stars DEL 56 9 16 25 28 13 2 7 9 0
AHL totals 281 76 97 173 115 21 3 9 12 4
DEL totals 98 18 29 47 40 22 7 10 17 0

References

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  1. ^ "2000's All Decade Team". College Hockey Weekly. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "USHL".
  3. ^ "2000 All-America Teams Named". USCHO.com. April 5, 2000.
  4. ^ "2000 Hobey Baker Award Finalists Announced". USCHO.com. March 17, 2000.
  5. ^ "North Dakota men's hockey All-Americans". undsports.com.
  6. ^ "Major Award Winners". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
  7. ^ "USATODAY.com - Hobey Baker finalists".
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by WCHA Player of the Year
2000–01
Succeeded by
Preceded by NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion
2000–01
Succeeded by