Andrew Gordon (ice hockey)

Andrew Gordon
Born	(1985-12-13) December 13, 1985 (age 40) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Washington Capitals Anaheim Ducks Vancouver Canucks Linköping HC Lukko Graz 99ers
NHL draft	197th overall, 2004 Washington Capitals
Playing career	2007–2022

Andrew Jacob Gordon (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who currently woks for the Ottawa Senators as an amateur scout. ^[1] He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks and the Vancouver Canucks.

Playing career

Gordon was born and raised in Nova Scotia, where he also played his minor hockey. He was a member of the Dartmouth Subways Midget 'AAA' team that won the silver medal at the 2002 Air Canada Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The next season, Gordon joined the Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. In 2004, he was drafted by the Washington Capitals (7th round, 197th overall). ^[2] However, instead of immediately joining the Capitals, he played for three years with the St. Cloud State Huskies in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Gordon spent his first professional season (2007–08) with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears and the ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays, though he spent most of the year with Hershey. The next year, he scored twenty goals with Hershey and helped them win the Calder Cup. He also made his NHL debut with the Capitals, playing in one game for them. In 2009–10, he had an even better year, scoring thirty-seven goals, and the Bears won the Calder Cup for the second year in a row. He also played in two games for the Capitals.

In the 2010–11 season Gordon made it to final cuts of the Capitals training camp but was reassigned to Hershey along with Jay Beagle and Mathieu Perreault. ^[3] Gordon played in Hershey until mid-December when he was called up for a game against the New York Rangers. ^[4]

On 21 December 2010, Gordon scored his first NHL goal for the Capitals against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. After scoring, Gordon kissed his linemate Marcus Johansson on the cheek as they sat on the bench. ^[5]

He was later sent back down to Hershey and played until being recalled once again in January when Capitals winger Eric Fehr got hurt. ^[6]

On July 2, 2011, he was signed by the Ducks to a two-year deal. During the 2011–12 season Gordon was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for defenceman Sebastian Erixon. ^[7] He made his Canucks debut on March 21, 2013, in a game in Phoenix.

After becoming an unrestricted free agent at season's end, Gordon signed a one-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets on July 6, 2013. ^[8] He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps for the entirety of the 2013–14 season, helping the club reach the Calder Cup finals for the first time in franchise history.

On July 2, 2014, he was signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. ^[9]

On June 3, 2015, Gordon signed with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Hockey League. ^[10]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002–03	Notre Dame Hounds	SJHL		58	20	27	47	12		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Notre Dame Hounds	SJHL		55	20	44	64	12		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		38	9	8	17	6		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		42	20	20	40	22		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		40	22	23	45	16		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Hershey Bears	AHL		58	16	35	51	39		5	3	2	5	2
2007–08	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		11	8	6	14	6		9	5	3	8	8
2008–09	Hershey Bears	AHL		80	21	24	45	47		22	6	4	10	6
2008–09	Washington Capitals	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Hershey Bears	AHL		79	37	34	71	57		17	13	7	20	2
2009–10	Washington Capitals	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Hershey Bears	AHL		50	28	29	57	24		2	0	1	1	6
2010–11	Washington Capitals	NHL		9	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		37	2	3	5	6		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		19	3	5	8	10		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Chicago Wolves	AHL		10	2	1	3	10		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Chicago Wolves	AHL		54	19	13	32	49		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		6	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		76	23	33	56	43		21	8	11	19	22
2014–15	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL		76	18	24	42	22		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Linköping HC	SHL		52	18	26	44	30		4	1	2	3	4
2016–17	Linköping HC	SHL		50	8	16	24	16		6	1	1	2	4
2017–18	Linköping HC	SHL		47	16	10	26	37		7	3	4	7	2
2018–19	Lukko	Liiga		7	2	3	5	12		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Linköping HC	SHL		47	10	17	27	16		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Linköping HC	SHL		28	8	11	19	12		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Linköping HC	SHL		37	5	7	12	30		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Graz 99ers	ICEHL		47	12	21	33	30		1	0	0	0	0
NHL totals				55	3	4	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
SHL totals				261	65	87	152	141		17	5	7	12	10

Awards and honours

Award	Year
College
All-WCHA First Team	2007

References

1. "Get to Know the Senators Amateur Scouts | Ottawa Senators". www.nhl.com. June 2, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
2. "2004 NHL Entry Draft". Hockeydb.com. June 7, 2010. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
3. "Capitals Reassign Andrew Gordon And Mathieu Perreault To Hershey". SB Nation. August 5, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
4. "Andrew Gordon to play against Rangers, Boudreau calls Semin's cross check "selfish"". Washington Post. December 12, 2010. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
5. "Gordon pots 1st 2 NHL points in Caps' win over NJ". Wall Street Journal. December 21, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Capitals recall Andrew Gordon". Washington Post. January 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
7. "Canucks acquire Andrew Gordon from Anaheim Ducks". Vancouver Canucks. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
8. "Jets agree to terms with Andrew Gordon". Winnipeg Jets. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
9. "Flyers sign RW Andrew Gordon". Philadelphia Flyers. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
10. "Andrew Gordon förstärker LHC" (in Swedish). Linkoping HC. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database