Jeff Panzer (ice hockey)

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Jeff Panzer
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Panzer with the Syracuse Crunch in 2004
Born (1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 45)
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 20012008

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

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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

HonorsYear
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

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 Fargo–Moorhead Bears USHL 4227477436
1996–97Fargo–Moorhead BearsUSHL4930407052637100
1997–98 University of North Dakota WCHA 3714233718
1998–99 University of North DakotaWCHA3921264714
1999–2000 University of North DakotaWCHA4419446316
2000–01 University of North DakotaWCHA4626558128
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 51230
2001–02 Worcester IceCatsAHL702627532930220
2002–03 Worcester IceCatsAHL802232543631120
2003–04 Worcester IceCatsAHL6014253920101454
2004–05 Syracuse Crunch AHL518101819
2004–05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL2063911
2005–06 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 329615660114
2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL 42913221295380
2007–08 DEG Metro StarsDEL569162528132790
AHL totals28176971731152139124
DEL totals981829474022710170

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References

  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".
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