| Blake Geoffrion |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Brentwood, Tenn.
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 | High School: Huron
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 | Height / Weight: 6-2 / 188
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 | Position: F
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 | Prev. School/Team: USA Hockey NTDP
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Badger Bites
Tri-captain ... shoots left ... born in February of 1988 ... parents are Danny and Kelly ... has three brothers, Nick (26), Sebastain (20) and Brice (19) ... attended Huron High School and Culver Military Academy ... wore No. 16 as a rookie before switching to No. 5, the same number worn by dad and grandfather ... father Danny skated with the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets from 1980-82 ... grandfather Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion is a Hockey Hall of Fame member who won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and who is credited with popularizing the slap shot ... great grandfather, Howie Morenz, is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame after winning three Stanley Cups with Montreal and becoming one of the seven players in the Canadiens franchise to have his number retired (7) ... major is consumer affairs ... 56th overall draft choice of the Nashville Predators in the 2006 NHL¿Entry Draft
2008-09 / Junior Season
Co-captain ... led Badgers with 12 goals in WCHA games to tie for seventh in the league ... 15 goals in all games shared team lead and tied for 10th in the WCHA ... 28 points ranked fourth on the Badgers ... posted 10 power-play goals, the first Badger since Joe Pavelski has 11 in 2005-06 and third since 1994-95 ... nine power-play goals in league games shared league lead ... led Badgers with four multi-goal games ... had five-game scoring streak with six goals and nine points (Nov. 1-15) ... WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18)
2007-08 / Sophomore Season
Improved 24 points from freshman season to share second on the Badgers with 30 points ... one of four Badgers with double figures in goals (10) ... second on the team with five power-play goals ... shared team lead with 19 points in WCHA games ... had a goal and five points against Robert Morris (Oct. 20) for UW's highest single-game point total of the season ... had seven multi-point games, including four with at least three points ... shared second on the team with a plus-11 ... skated with Team USA at 2008 World Junior Championships ... named Fenton Kelsey, Jr., Most Competitive, as voted on by his teammates ... named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 4)
2006-07 / Freshman Season
Scored first career goal at Alaska Anchorage (Nov. 3) ... recorded fisrt carrer point against Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 21) ... tallied first career game-winning goal against Michigan Tech in 2007 WCHA Final Five play-in game (March 15) ... led the team in penalties (27-62) ... one of three Badgers to win a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2007 World Junior Championships ... played in all but five games
Before Geoffrion Was a Badger
Skated for the USA National Team Development Program from 2004-2006 ... helped the team win the 2006 Under-18 World Championship ... recorded nine goals, 18 assists and 27 points in 48 games with the 2004-05 U.S. Under-17 National Team ... played with Culver Military Academy from 2002-04 totalling 62 points in 45 games ... helped the team win the 2003 Indiana State Championship
CAREER STATS
Overall
Year GP G A Pts. SOG Pen-Min PP SH GW
2006-07 36 2 4 6 62 27-62 0 0 1
2007-08 36 10 20 30 79 26-52 5 0 1
2008-09 35 15 13 28 111 31-73 10 1 3
Totals 107 27 37 64 252 84-187 15 1 5
WCHA
Year GP G A Pts. SOG Pen-Min PP SH GW
2006-07 25 1 2 3 42 19-46 0 0 0
2007-08 26 6 13 19 59 23-46 3 0 1
2008-09 25 12 9 21 72 17-47 9 1 2
Totals 76 19 24 43 173 59-139 12 1 3
Career Highs
GAME
Goals: 2 (4x); last vs. Minnesota State, 3/13/09
Assists: 4, vs. Robert Morris, 10/20/07
Points: 5, vs. Robert Morris, 10/20/07
Point Streak: 5, 11/1-15/08
Multi-point Games: 15
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 3, vs. Minnesota State, 3/13-14/09
Assists: 4, vs. Robert Morris, 10/19-20/07
Points: 6, vs. Robert Morris, 10/19-20/07