Shot Left Name Michael Gergen Weight 88 kg | Playing career Height 1.80 m Positions Forward | |
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Born February 17, 1987 (age 37)
Hastings, MN, USA ( 1987-02-17 ) ECHL team
Former teams Idaho Steelheads
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Utah Grizzlies
Bakersfield Condors NHL Draft 61st overall, 2005
Pittsburgh Penguins Education University of Minnesota Duluth | ||
Michael Gergen (born February 17, 1987) is an American ice hockey player who last played for the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.
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Playing career
In the summer of 2005, the Pittsburgh Penguins used their second pick of the NHL Entry Draft to draft Gergen sixty-first overall. Two months later, Gergen joined the NCAA's University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. Gergen skated 153 games for the Bulldogs from 2005 until 2009, scoring 34 goals and 35 assists. Gergen was a three-time member of the WCHA All-Academic Team and a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2007-08.
On May 13, 2009, Gergen signed with the Salzburg Red Bulls for the 2009-10 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga season. He scored 11 points in 45 games.
Gergen started the 2010-11 season with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. He was released from the team on December 19, 2010. On December 27, 2010, the Bakersfield Condors announced they had signed Gergen to a contract. In January 2012, the Condors traded Gergen to the Idaho Steelheads.