Justin Hodgman

Justin Hodgman (born June 27, 1988) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played for UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) side Sheffield Steelers. Hodgman was most recently with Ferencvárosi TC of the Erste Liga.
==Playing career==
Hodgman was a three-time Turner Cup champion with the Fort Wayne Komets in the IHL. He is the youngest player in IHL history to win the Turner Cup playoff MVP award at the age of 19. He played junior hockey for the Erie Otters of the OHL. While playing for the Erie Otters he led the team in scoring three of his four seasons 2007, 2008, 2009. After going undrafted by NHL clubs, he signed as a free agent with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League in 2009. In his first full professional season in 2009–10, Hodgman was loaned to the ECHL team Toledo Walleye before he was traded by the IceHogs to the Toronto Marlies to play out the year on January 21, 2010.
After three seasons abroad in Finnish Liiga and the Russian Kontinental Hockey League , Hodgman returned to North America signing a one-year two way contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1, 2014. Despite a strong training camp, Hodgman was assigned to begin the year with the Portland Pirates. On October 25, 2015, Hodgman was recalled by Arizona and in his first NHL game, he scored his first career goal on the powerplay against Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers. Hodgman was unable to secure a regular role with the Coyotes, appearing in 5 games.
On July 8, 2015, Hodgman continued in North America, signing a one-year two-way contract with the St. Louis Blues. In the 2015–16 season, Hodgman was reassigned to add depth to AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. He appeared in 15 games with the Wolves, producing 6 assists, before opting to return to Europe. After clearing unconditional waivers and accepting a mutual termination of his contract with the Blues, Hodgman signed an optional two-year deal with Swedish club, Örebro HK of the top tier SHL on January 4, 2016.
Hodgman split the 2016–17 season, between HC Dynamo Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga and Pelicans of the Liiga. In scoring 20 points in 26 games in his second stint with the Pelicans.
Hodgman opted to return in the offseason to his first professional club, the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL on July 18, 2017. Hodgman played two further seasons in Fort Wayne, before returning to Europe following the 2018–19 campaign in signing a one-year contract with German club, Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL, on May 29, 2019.
Hodgman continued his career abroad in the 2020–21 season moving to Ferencvárosi TC of the Erste Liga in Budapest, Hungary.
In June 2021, UK EIHL side Sheffield Steelers announced Hodgman had signed terms ahead of the 2021–22 season. Hodgman retired from hockey in April 2022 following Sheffield's play-off quarter-final defeat to the Dundee Stars.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2004–05 	Huntsville Otters 	OPJHL 		44 	10 	10 	20 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		57 	7 	13 	20 	55 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		67 	19 	32 	51 	63 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		64 	37 	43 	80 	75 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Fort Wayne Komets 	IHL 		11 	4 	4 	8 	7 		13 	7 	7 	14 	12
2008–09 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		66 	24 	42 	66 	71 		5 	0 	1 	1 	4
2008–09 	Fort Wayne Komets 	IHL 		6 	2 	3 	5 	20 		11 	7 	5 	12 	16
2009–10 	Toledo Walleye 	ECHL 		33 	9 	12 	21 	35 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Toronto Marlies 	AHL 		38 	7 	5 	12 	23 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Fort Wayne Komets 	IHL 		3 	1 	2 	3 	0 		10 	4 	13 	17 	8
2010–11 	Toronto Marlies 	AHL 		42 	12 	17 	29 	44 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Reading Royals 	ECHL 		3 	0 	1 	1 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Lahti Pelicans 	SM-l 		59 	14 	39 	53 	123 		17 	3 	8 	11 	42
2012–13 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	KHL 		51 	11 	20 	31 	46 		7 	1 	1 	2 	18
2013–14 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	KHL 		18 	3 	6 	9 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL 		14 	1 	6 	7 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Admiral Vladivostok 	KHL 		17 	3 	7 	10 	12 		5 	1 	3 	4 	2
2014–15 	Portland Pirates 	AHL 		62 	11 	24 	35 	55 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	Arizona Coyotes 	NHL 		5 	1 	0 	1 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 		15 	0 	6 	6 	21 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Örebro HK 	SHL 		11 	1 	3 	4 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	HC Pardubice 	CZE 		5 	0 	2 	2 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	Lahti Pelicans 	FIN 		26 	10 	10 	20 	80 		4 	1 	1 	2 	4
2017–18 	Fort Wayne Komets 	ECHL 		30 	9 	16 	25 	26 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2018–19 	Fort Wayne Komets 	ECHL 		50 	15 	41 	56 	53 		4 	0 	1 	1 	17
2019–20 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		33 	2 	14 	16 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Ferencvárosi TC 	Erste Liga		33 	14 	26 	40 	14 		8 	3 	3 	6 	—
2021–22 	Sheffield Steelers 	EIHL 		51 	10 	24 	34 	24 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
KHL totals	KHL totals 	KHL totals		100 	22 	35 	57 	76 		12 	2 	4 	6 	20
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		5 	1 	0 	1 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
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