Steve Washburn Steven Washburn ( born April 10 , 1975 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a professional ice hockey player who spent parts of 6 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1995 and 2001 . Playing Career . Washburn played his junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67s under Hall of Fame head coach Brian Kilrea . After a solid draft year in which he scored 58 points in 66 games for the 67s , he was selected in the 3rd round ( 78th overall ) in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers . In his final year in Ottawa in 1994 - 95 , he scored 106 points in 63 games and emerged as one of Florida ' s top offensive prospects . Turning pro for the 1995 - 96 season , Washburn would spend most of the year with the Carolina Monarchs of the American Hockey League , and had a sterling season with 83 points . He also earned a one - game callup to the Panthers , picking up an assist in his NHL debut , and was on the Panthers ' roster in the playoffs as they reached the Stanley Cup Finals , appearing in one playoff game and picking up another assist . In 1996 - 97 , Washburn appeared in 18 games for Florida , registering 3 goals and 9 points . For the 1997 - 98 season , Washburn cracked the Panthers full - time , posting 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points in 58 games before being re - assigned to the minors late in the season . Washburn appeared in another 4 games for Florida early in the 1998 - 99 campaign . Washburn had two groin injuries and on the first game back he was slashed and was then out with a broken finger . He was waived mid - way through the season and claimed by the Vancouver Canucks . He appeared in just 8 games as a Canuck but had very few minutes of actual playing time and was not selected to play on the first line or power plays so was not able to register a point . Released by the Canucks , Washburn signed with the Nashville Predators in the summer of 1999 , but never played an NHL game for Nashville and was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers a few months later , playing a single game for the Flyers in the 1999 - 00 season . He signed in Switzerland with the Kloten Flyers for 2000 - 01 , but appeared in only 8 games for the club before his contract was purchased by Philadelphia . He appeared in another 3 games for the Flyers in 2000 - 01 , but again spent most of the year in the AHL . In 2001 , Washburn returned to Europe , signing with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL . He spent two season in Germany with Iserlohn , and another with the Hamburg Freezers . He moved to the Austrian Hockey League in 2004 , signed with Klagenfurt AC , and then spent three more seasons with [ [ Graz EC ] } . At the end of the 2007 - 2008 season Graz did not make the play - offs so he was loaned to a team in the German second division to help them with their play - offs . Washburn appeared in 93 NHL games in his career , registering 14 goals and 15 assists for a total of 29 points , along with 42 penalty minutes . External links . [ [ Category : Born in 1975 ] ] [ [ Category : Beast of New Haven players ] ] [ [ Category : Canadian ice hockey players ] ] [ [ Category : Carolina Monarchs players ] ] [ [ Category : Florida Panthers draft picks ] ] [ [ Category : Florida Panthers players ] ] [ [ Category : Graz 99ers players ] ] [ [ Category : Hamburg Freezers players ] ] [ [ Category : Iserlohn Roosters players ] ] [ [ Category : Milwaukee Admirals ( IHL ) players ] ] [ [ Category : Ottawa 67 ' s alumni ] ] [ [ Category : Philadelphia Flyers players ] ] [ [ Category : Philadelphia Phantoms players ] ] [ [ Category : Syracuse Crunch players ] ] [ [ Category : Vancouver Canucks players ] ] [ [ Category : Klagenfurter AC players ] ] [ [ Category : Retired in 2008 ] ]