Marcel Goc (; born 24 August 1983) is a German former professional
ice hockey
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player.
Goc's father Josef played hockey in his native
Czechoslovakia
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, he has two brothers who also play professional hockey. His older brother
Sascha has played for Team Germany as well. His younger brother
Nikolai also previously played for Adler Mannheim and Team Germany.
Goc saw action in 699 NHL contests, played 388 games in the
DEL
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and won 112 caps for the German men's national team. He won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games.
Playing career
As a youth, Goc played in the 1996 and 1997
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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s with a team from
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
.
Goc was drafted in the first round, 20th overall by the Sharks in the
2001 NHL Entry Draft
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As of 2022, the only remaining active players in the NHL from the 2001 draft class are M ...
, though he remained in
Germany
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until 2003. He spent all of the
2003–04 season with the
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*Cleveland Barons (1937–1973), the original American Hockey ...
, the Sharks' then minor league affiliate, but joined the Sharks during the
2004 playoffs. He holds the franchise record in Cleveland for longest assist streak (7 games).
In his first NHL game, Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...
, Goc assisted on the series-clinching goal by deflecting the puck away from Blues goaltender
Chris Osgood
Christopher John Osgood (born November 26, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a Detroit Red Wings studio analyst and part-time color commentator for Bally Sports Detroit. He won three Stanley Cup champi ...
and right to
Mark Smith. Then, in his second game, Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the
Colorado Avalanche
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, he scored the series-clinching goal by deflecting a shot past Avalanche goaltender
David Aebischer
David Aebischer (born February 7, 1978) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens and the Phoenix Coyotes. He was a member of the 2001 Stanley Cup ...
.
On 20 August 2009, Goc signed a one-year $550,000 two-way contract with the Nashville Predators and after a very successful first half of the 2009–10 season, he was rewarded with a $775,000 one-year contract extension.
Goc signed a three-year contract as a free agent worth $5.1 million with the
Florida Panthers
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on 1 July 2011. On 11 October 2011, Goc scored his first goal with the Panthers against the
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
.
On 5 March 2014, Goc was traded to the
Pittsburgh Penguins
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for a 3rd and a 5th round pick. As a free agent Goc re-signed with the Penguins to a $1.2 million contract.
In the following
2014–15 season, on 22 October 2014, in a 5–3 loss to the
Philadelphia Flyers
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, Goc scored his first goal with the Penguins. After 43 games with the Penguins on 27 January 2015, Goc was traded to the
St. Louis Blues
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in exchange for
Maxim Lapierre
Maxim Lapierre (born March 29, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens. He spent parts of his first ...
.
On September 1, 2015, as a free agent, Goc signalled the end of his NHL career in returning to Germany to sign a five-year contract with reigning Champions,
Adler Mannheim
The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern pa ...
of the DEL. In January 2017, he suffered a torn ACL and had to undergo surgery. Goc announced his retirement as a player in March 2020, but stayed with the Mannheim club, joining the coaching staff as a skills and development coach.
International play
Goc has played for
Team Germany in numerous tournaments, including the 2000 (as a sixteen-year-old) and 2001
World Junior Championships, the 2001
U18 Championships, the 2002
World Junior tournament, the 2003
Swiss Cup
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, eight
World Championships
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, the
2006
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,
2010
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and
2018 Winter Olympics
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. In 2018, he led Germany to a silver medal, serving as the team captain during the tournament. The NHL didn't release its players for the tournament, but Goc was able to participate as he was playing professionally in Germany. His best result at a World Championships was a fourth place finish in 2010.
Touted for his defensive prowess and
faceoff
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During a face-off, two teams line up in opposition to each other, and the ...
skills, Goc was a fixture on Team Germany for 18 years. In April 2018, he announced the end of his international career after 112 caps, 17 goals and 18 assists for Germany.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
References
External links
*
Marcel Goc Official website
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1983 births
Living people
Adler Mannheim players
Cleveland Barons (2001–2006) players
Florida Panthers players
German ice hockey centres
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Nashville Predators players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Olympic ice hockey players of Germany
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
People from Calw
Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region)
Pittsburgh Penguins players
St. Louis Blues players
San Jose Sharks draft picks
San Jose Sharks players
Schwenninger Wild Wings players
German people of Czech descent
German expatriate ice hockey people
Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
German expatriate sportspeople in the United States