NHL Draft undrafted Name Jeff Salzbrunn Weight 77 kg | Playing career Height 1.80 m Positions Winger | |
Born January 4, 1965 (age 59)
Lemont, IL, USA ( 1965-01-04 ) Played for Cincinnati Cyclones, Johnstown Chiefs, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Troy Slapshots | ||
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Jeff Salzbrunn (born January 4, 1965) is a retired American ice hockey player.
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Professional career
Salzbrunn started his junior hockey as a member of the short-lived Plattsburgh Pioneers. As a member of the Pioneers, Salzbrunn led the team with thirteen assists in seventeen games. The Pioneers folded after seventeen games, and Salzbrunn finished his season with the Quebec Remparts.
Salzbrunn started his professional career as a member of the New York Slapshots of the ACHL in 1985-86, where he would be reunited with former Pioneers linemate Scott Rettew. Salzbrunn finished his rookie season with eleven goals in thirty-two games, which was ninth highest total on the Slapshots.
Salzbrunn joined the Johnstown Chiefs for the 1988-89 ECHL season. His 32 goals, a career high, also made him part of an ECHL team record. Along with teammates Joe Gurney, Rob Hrytsak, Tom Sasso, and Mike Marcinkiewicz, Salzbrunn's 1988-89 Chiefs' team is one of four teams in ECHL history to have five 30 goal scorers on its roster in one season. After reaching the Riley Cup Finals with the Chiefs, Salzbrunn signed with the newly formed Nashville Knights for the 1989-90 season.
Salzbrunn started the 1990-91 ECHL season with the Cincinnati Cyclones, scoring thirty-four points in thirty-eight games before being traded back to Johnstown.
Personal
Salzbrunn's son, also named Jeff, is currently playing junior hockey as a member of the Chicago Hitmen, a member of the North American 3 Hockey League.