Gregory Hogeboom

Gregory Hogeboom (born September 26, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Brampton Beast in the Central Hockey League. Hogeboom was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 5th round (152nd overall) of the 2002 NHL entry draft.

College career

Hogeboom played junior hockey for the Caledon Canadians and the Wexford Raiders of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League before signing to play US college hockey for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 2000. At Miami, the RedHawks went the 23–14–4 (.610) in 2003–04 in his senior season to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, losing 3–2 in the regional semi-final to eventual national champion Denver at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The team was led by Derek Edwardson (2nd-Team All-American, 48 points) and Hogeboom (42 points). Hogeboom totaled 120 points over 156 games in his Miami career.

Professional career

Graduating from Miami, Hogeboom turned professional and spent the next three seasons in the Kings' farm system with the Reading Royals of the ECHL and the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, scoring 74 points (30 goals) with Reading in 2006–07. Hogeboom pursued overseas opportunities with the EHC Visp and HC Thurgau of the Swiss National League B for two seasons, before returning to the ECHL in 2009–10 with the Ontario Reign. He had his best professional season with the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League (CHL) in 2010–11 with 91 points (37 goals). Hogeboom returned to Europe for 2011–12 with HC Alleghe of the Italian Hockey League before returning to professional hockey for a three-game stint with the Brampton Beast of the CHL in 2013–14. He retired after the 2013–14 season.

Personal life

Hogeboom graduated with a degree in finance from Miami University and currently works for the La-Z-Boy company in Toronto, Ontario, where he lives with his family.

Awards and honours Award Year All-CCHA Second Team 2003–04

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 North York Canadians 18U AAA GTHL 1998–99 Caledon Canadians OPJHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 48 32 47 79 44 — — — — — 2000–01 Miami University CCHA 38 8 5 13 20 — — — — — 2001–02 Miami University CCHA 36 14 9 23 22 — — — — — 2002–03 Miami University CCHA 41 24 18 42 16 — — — — — 2003–04 Miami University CCHA 41 19 23 42 16 — — — — — 2003–04 Manchester Monarchs AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2004–05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 14 1 0 1 10 — — — — — 2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 42 9 10 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 2005–06 Reading Royals ECHL 19 9 18 27 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 15 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2006–07 Reading Royals ECHL 54 30 44 74 43 — — — — — 2007–08 EHC Visp SUI.2 49 40 36 76 68 7 4 2 6 31 2008–09 HC Thurgau SUI.2 45 20 22 42 42 6 2 1 3 4 2009–10 Ontario Reign ECHL 72 32 27 59 48 — — — — — 2010–11 Texas Brahmas CHL 66 37 54 91 34 4 1 2 3 4 2011–12 Alleghe Hockey ITA 46 29 31 60 26 11 7 11 18 6 2013–14 Brampton Beast CHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — AHL totals 74 10 12 22 34 1 0 0 0 0 ECHL totals 145 71 89 160 95 — — — — —