Steve Washburn

Steve Washburn
Born	(1975-04-10) April 10, 1975 Ottawa, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Florida Panthers Vancouver Canucks Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Draft	78th overall, 1993 Florida Panthers
Playing career	1995–2008

Steven Robert Washburn (born April 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1995 and 2001 for the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers.

Playing career

From 1990-91 Washburn played in the Central Junior Hockey League with the Gloucester Rangers. The team made it to the Provincials and won the silver medal. Washburn received the "best forward" award.

Washburn played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's from 1991 to 1995. He was a star player throughout his Junior A hockey career with the Ottawa 67's. In his final year with the 67's [1994-95] he had accumulated 106 points in 63 games [43 goals/63 assists].

In 1992 he played for Team Ontario in the World Hockey Challenge '92. They won the gold medal and were awarded "The Ontario Team of the Year for 1992". By invitation, he tried out for the under 17 National Team which took place in Red Deer, Alberta.

Washburn was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, in the 3rd round, selected 78th overall. He played his first NHL game with the Panthers during the 1995-96 NHL season picking up an assist. He played just that one regular season game plus a playoff game where he picked up another assist. That season, the Panthers lost to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup finals.

The following season Washburn played 18 games getting nine points with the Panthers. He played 58 games with the Panthers in the 1997-98 season getting 19 points. Unfortunately, after recovering from two groin injuries, Washburn, in his first game back, was slashed and was again out with a broken finger. Washburn played four games with the Panthers in the 1998-99 season before being put on waivers wherein on February 18, 1999, the Vancouver Canucks picked him up.

He played eight games with the Canucks in the 1998-99 season. August 10, 1999, Washburn was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators and on November 16, 1999, Nashville traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations.

July 26, 2000, he signed as a free agent by the EHC Kloten Flyers of the Swiss League. After 3 months of playing with EHC Kloten, Washburn was contacted by the Philadelphia Flyers who then purchased his contract from EHC Kloten. He was signed as a free agent by the Flyers on November 21, 2000. He had to wait for a month for an NHL rule to be changed before he could play. He played four games in two seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers.

After the 2000-01 season, he went back to Europe to play in the German hockey league, the Danish Hockey League and the Austrian League. When Graz EC did not make the playoffs (2007–08), Washburn went to play for SC Bietigheim-Bissingen for the remainder of their season.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	Gloucester Rangers	CJHL		56	21	30	51	47		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Ottawa 67's	OHL		59	5	17	22	10		11	2	3	5	4
1992–93	Ottawa 67's	OHL		66	20	38	58	54		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Ottawa 67's	OHL		65	30	50	80	88		17	7	16	23	10
1994-95	Ottawa 67's	OHL		63	43	63	106	72		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		6	3	1	4	0		9	1	3	4	4
1995–96	Carolina Monarchs	AHL		78	29	54	83	45		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Florida Panthers	NHL		1	0	1	1	0		1	0	1	1	0
1996–97	Carolina Monarchs	AHL		60	23	40	63	66		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Florida Panthers	NHL		18	3	6	9	4		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Beast of New Haven	AHL		6	3	5	8	4		3	2	0	2	15
1997–98	Florida Panthers	NHL		58	11	8	19	32		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Beast of New Haven	AHL		10	4	3	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		13	1	6	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Florida Panthers	NHL		4	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		8	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		61	19	52	71	93		5	0	2	2	8
1999–2000	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		12	0	4	4	16		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		46	12	16	28	52		2	0	0	0	2
2000–01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Kloten Flyers	NLA		8	0	6	6	16		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		38	7	14	21	59		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		51	12	18	30	40		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		48	4	11	15	71		11	1	1	2	39
2004–05	Klagenfurt AC	AUT		48	12	27	39	71		12	3	12	15	16
2005–06	Graz 99ers	AUT		22	10	13	23	26		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Graz 99ers	AUT		55	9	30	39	102		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Graz 99ers	AUT		40	7	16	23	50		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	2 Bun		12	1	3	4	16		4	0	1	1	4
NHL Totals				93	14	15	29	42		1	0	1	1	0

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database