Steve Washburn

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Steve Washburn
Born (1975-04-10) April 10, 1975 (age 49)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Florida Panthers
Vancouver Canucks
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL draft 78th overall, 1993
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1995–2008

Steven Robert Washburn (born April 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre [1] who played parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1995 and 2001 for the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers.

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Playing career

From 1990-91 Washburn played in the Central Junior Hockey League with the Gloucester Rangers. The team made it to the Provincials and won the silver medal. Washburn received the "best forward" award.

Washburn played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's from 1991 to 1995. He was a star player throughout his Junior A hockey career with the Ottawa 67's. In his final year with the 67's [1994-95] he had accumulated 106 points in 63 games [43 goals/63 assists].

In 1992 he played for Team Ontario in the World Hockey Challenge '92. They won the gold medal and were awarded "The Ontario Team of the Year for 1992". By invitation, he tried out for the under 17 National Team which took place in Red Deer, Alberta.

Washburn was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, in the 3rd round, selected 78th overall. He played his first NHL game with the Panthers during the 1995-96 NHL season, recording an assist. He played just that one regular season game plus a playoff game where he recorded another assist. That season, the Panthers lost to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup finals.

The following season Washburn played 18 games getting nine points with the Panthers. He played 58 games with the Panthers in the 1997-98 season getting 19 points. Unfortunately, after recovering from two groin injuries, Washburn, in his first game back, was slashed and was again out with a broken finger. Washburn played four games with the Panthers in the 1998-99 season before being put on waivers wherein on February 18, 1999, the Vancouver Canucks picked him up.

He played eight games with the Canucks in the 1998-99 season. August 10, 1999, Washburn was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators and on November 16, 1999, Nashville traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations.

July 26, 2000, he signed as a free agent by the EHC Kloten Flyers of the Swiss League. After 3 months of playing with EHC Kloten, Washburn was contacted by the Philadelphia Flyers who then purchased his contract from EHC Kloten. He was signed as a free agent by the Flyers on November 21, 2000. He had to wait for a month for an NHL rule to be changed before he could play. He played four games in two seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers.

After the 2000-01 season, he went back to Europe to play in the German hockey league, the Danish Hockey League and the Austrian League. When Graz EC did not make the playoffs (2007–08), Washburn went to play for SC Bietigheim-Bissingen for the remainder of their season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 5621305147—————
1991–92 Ottawa 67's OHL 595172210112354
1992–93 Ottawa 67'sOHL6620385854—————
1993–94 Ottawa 67'sOHL6530508088177162310
1994–95 Ottawa 67'sOHL63436310672—————
1994–95 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 6314091344
1995–96 Carolina Monarchs AHL 7829548345—————
1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 1011010110
1996–97 Carolina MonarchsAHL6023406366—————
1996–97 Florida PanthersNHL183694—————
1997–98 Florida PanthersNHL581181932—————
1997–98 Beast of New Haven AHL63584320215
1998–99 Beast of New HavenAHL104376—————
1998–99 Florida PanthersNHL40004—————
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks NHL80002—————
1998–99 Syracuse Crunch AHL131676—————
1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL1204416—————
1999–00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL611952719350228
1999–00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL10000—————
2000–01 Kloten Flyers NLA 806616—————
2000–01 Philadelphia PhantomsAHL461216285220002
2000–01 Philadelphia FlyersNHL30000—————
2001–02 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 387142159—————
2002–03 Iserlohn RoostersDEL5112183040—————
2003–04 Hamburg Freezers DEL4841115711111239
2004–05 Klagenfurt AC AUT 4812273971123121516
2005–06 Graz 99ers AUT2210132326—————
2006–07 Graz 99ersAUT5593039102—————
2007–08 Graz 99ersAUT407162350—————
2007–08 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen GER-2 121341640114
NHL Totals931415294210110

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References

  1. ↑ "Steve Washburn Stats and News | NHL.com". www.nhl.com.
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