Shoots Right Height 1.88 m Role Ice hockey player Positions Winger | Name Geoff Walker Salary 575,000 USD (2014) NHL Draft Undrafted Weight 102 kg | |
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AHL team (P)Cur. teamFormer teams Lehigh Valley PhantomsReading Royals (ECHL)Syracuse CrunchLake Erie MonstersWilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsManchester Monarchs Similar People Jon Cooper, Tim Taylor, Terry Crisp, John Tortorella | ||
Geoff walker vs jeff brown eihl fight 25 2 17
Geoff Walker (born December 9, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who is currently playing for the Indy Fuel of the ECHL.
Contents
- Geoff walker vs jeff brown eihl fight 25 2 17
- Sheffield steelers interview new signing geoff walker
- Playing career
- References
Sheffield steelers interview new signing geoff walker
Playing career
Walker spent the 2003–04 season with the Summerside Western Capitals of the Junior A Maritime Junior Hockey League. While with the Capitals, Walker competed in the 2004 World U-17 Hockey Challenge for Team Atlantic.
Walker played Major Junior Hockey within the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Gatineau Olympiques and his hometown club, the Prince Edward Island Rocket.
After completing the 2007-08 season, his final in Major Junior Hockey, Walker signed an Amateur Try-Out Agreement with the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League for the remainder of the 2007-08 season.
On September 30, 2008, Walker signed with the Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL, but was soon after waived by the team and claimed off of waivers by the Ontario Reign of the ECHL on October 14, 2008.
During the 2009-10 season, Walker split his time between the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League and the Ontario Reign of the ECHL.
After two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, Walker was signed to his first NHL contract on a one-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche on July 1, 2012. Before playing a game for the Avalanche, Walker was assigned to the teams's American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. During the 2012–13 season, Walker dealt with injury, appearing in only 51 games for the Monsters, in which he accrued 5 Goals, 15 Assists, and 55 Penalty Minutes.
On July 5, 2013, Walker signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a one-year, two-way contract. On September 21, 2013, the Lightning assigned walker to its American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. On March 31, 2014, the Lightning reassigned Walker to the Florida Everblades, its ECHL affiliate.
On August 9, 2014, Walker agreed to a try-out contract with the Iserlohn Roosters of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga. On August 25, 2014, the Roosters announced that they had released Walker from his try-out contract.
On September 23, 2014, Walker re-signed with Ontario Reign of the ECHL for the 2014-15 season. On January 22, 2015, Walker was traded by the Reign to the Missouri Mavericks of the ECHL in exchange for David Rutherford. After completing the season with the Mavericks, Walker signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with DEL2 club, Löwen Frankfurt on June 15, 2015. Howevern, on August 1, 2015, Walker opted to terminate his contract with Frankfurt citing family reasons. On August 21, 2015, Walker continued his professional career in America signing a one-year AHL contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
On April 19, 2016, Walker signed a contract with Tingsryds AIF of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. In the lead up to the pre-season, Walker sought and was released from his agreement with Tingsryds opting to move initally to Italian club, HC Fassa of the newly formed Alps Hockey League to begin the 2016-17 season.
Walker played 33 games with Fassa in accruing 56 points before leaving the club to in February 2017, to join UK outfit, the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League. After helping the Steelers win the Elite League play-off final, Walker departed the club at the end of the season.
As a free agent, Walker returned to North America in agreeing to a one-year ECHL contract with the Indy Fuel on August 17, 2017.