| Jeff Panzer | |
| Played For: | AHL Worcester IceCats Syracuse Crunch Grand Rapids Griffins NLA Rapperswil-Jona Lakers DEL Düsseldorfer EG |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lb: | 159 |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2001 |
| Career End: | 2008 |
Jeff Panzer (born April 7, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey player.
Panzer was named the United States Hockey League (USHL) Player of the Year for the 1995–96 season. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1998 to 2001, where while playing for their men's ice hockey team, he was named an NCAA First Team All-American and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for both the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons. Panzer was named the 2000–01 WCHA Player of the Year. In 2012, Panzer was named to the College Hockey Weekly "2000s All-Decade First Team".[1]
Panzer went on to play nine seasons of professional hockey, including 281 games in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Worcester IceCats, Syracuse Crunch and Grand Rapids Griffins.
| Honors | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| USHL Player of the Year | [2] | |
| NCAA First Team All-American | [3] | |
| Hobey Baker Award Finalist | [4] | |
| NCAA First Team All-American | [5] | |
| WCHA Player of the Year | [6] | |
| Hobey Baker Award Finalist | [7] | |
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Fargo–Moorhead Bears | USHL | 42 | 27 | 47 | 74 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Fargo–Moorhead Bears | USHL | 49 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 37 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 39 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 44 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 46 | 26 | 55 | 81 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 70 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 80 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 60 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 51 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 32 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 42 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 56 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 281 | 76 | 97 | 173 | 115 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| DEL totals | 98 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | ||||