Josh Gorges
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Gorges in April 2016.
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| Born |
August 14, 1984 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks Montreal Canadiens |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
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Representing  Canada
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| World Junior Championships | ||
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2004 Finland | |
Joshua Daniel Gorges (born August 14, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He is of German ancestry as his grandparents immigrated from Germany to Canada. Gorges has previously played in the NHL for the San Jose Sharks and Montreal Canadiens.
After going undrafted, Gorges was signed as a free agent by San Jose in 2002. 2005–06 was his first season in the NHL. In 2004–05, he set the Cleveland Barons record for the fastest goal from the start of a game (20 seconds).
He played his junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL, where he helped the Rockets to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004 as their captain. He was also the captain for the WHL in the Canada-Russia challenge in November 2003. Gorges was also a member of Team Canada at the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he won a silver medal. In 2003, NHL.com wrote an article about him, praising him for his work ethic and for exceeding expectations at every level. Hockeysfuture called him "a solid skater with adequate speed" who "is a good puckmoving defenceman who's effective on the power play with a decent point shot and playmaking abilities". What Gorges lacked in size and strength, he made up for with his discreet and efficient abilities. Hockeysfuture projected him as a future #3 or #4 defenceman.
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