Andrew Jacob Gordon (born December 13, 1985) is a

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former professional

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. He played in the

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(NHL) with the

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, Anaheim Ducks and the

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Playing career

Gordon was born and raised in

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, 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

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of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. In 2004, he was drafted by the

(7th round, 197th overall). However, instead of immediately joining the Capitals, he played for three years with the

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in the

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. Gordon spent his first professional season (2007–08) with the American Hockey League's

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and the ECHL's

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, though he spent most of the year with Hershey. The next year, he scored twenty goals with Hershey and helped them win the

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. 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

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and

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. Gordon played in Hershey until mid-December when he was called up for a game against the

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

for defenceman Sebastian Erixon. 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

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on July 6, 2013. He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps for the entirety of the 2013–14 season, helping the club reach the

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. On June 3, 2015, Gordon signed with

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of the Swedish Hockey League.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Andrew 1985 births Living people Anaheim Ducks players Athol Murray College of Notre Dame alumni Canadian ice hockey forwards Chicago Wolves players Graz 99ers players Hershey Bears players Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Linköping HC players Lukko players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Notre Dame Hounds players St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players St. John's IceCaps players South Carolina Stingrays players Syracuse Crunch players Vancouver Canucks players Washington Capitals draft picks Washington Capitals players Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden