Adam Berkhoel

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Woodbury, Minnesota, May 16, 1981.

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HEIGHT: 5'11".

WEIGHT: 190 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 35 (Chicago AHL 2004), 31 (Chicago AHL 2005-06, Rochester, Grand Rapids), 33 (Atlanta).

CATCHES: Left

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STRENGTHS: Plenty of experience in big games.

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TRANSACTIONS:

• Selected by Chicago Blackhawks in eighth round (240th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 24, 2000.
• Traded by Blackhawks to Atlanta Thrashers for future considerations, June 27, 2004.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent by Buffalo Sabres, September 7, 2006.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent to one-year contract by Detroit Red Wings, July 3, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

• Member, National Collegiate Athletic Association champion Denver University, 2003-04.
• Named Most Valuable Player, National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four, 2003-04.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four All-Tournament Team, 2003-04.
• Named to Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star Third Team, 2003-04.

INJURIES:

FIRSTS:

• Adam made his National Hockey League debut on October 15, 2005, at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, as the Atlanta Thrashers visited the New York Rangers. With Atlanta's top two goaltenders, Kari Lehtonen and Mike Dunham, both out with groin injuries, and with Michael Garnett struggling the night before in Toronto, Adam got the call at the famed Garden. Two seasons removed from the University of Denver, Berkhoel gave up a goal to Martin Rucinsky with 9:28 remaining in the first period while stopping nine shots. It was the second period where the Rangers dominated, however, as Jed Ortmeyer, Steve Rucchin and Michael Nylander tallied to extend the New York lead to 4-0. Ilya Kovalchuk cut the score midway through the third, but Ville Nieminen picked up the Rangers' fifth and final goal a few minutes later. Overall, Berkhoel stopped twenty-four of twenty-nine shots in the Atlanta defeat.
• Adam's first League victory came on October 22, 2005, at Philips Arena in Atlanta when his Thrashers defeated Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils by a 4-3 margin. The Devils broke out to a 3-1 lead midway through the final period, but consecutive goals by Ronald Petrovicky and Marc Savard tied the game before Petrovicky put the Thrashers ahead by one. Berkhoel was especially sharp early, stopping 22 of 23 shots in the first two periods and finishing with 32 saves overall. "It was awesome for the team", said Berkhoel. "It was special to get that first win."

RECORDS:

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T   OL    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
99-00 Twin City Vulcans USHL          49   2848  25  15   7        129   2.72    1673   .923     5   0   1     4
00-01 University of Denver WCHA       15    745   7   6   1         38   3.06     328   .884     1   0   0     0
01-02 University of Denver WCHA       18   1026  12   4   1         40   2.34     484   .917     1   0   1     0
02-03 University of Denver WCHA       26   1436  12   6   4         55   2.30     597   .908     3   0   0     0
03-04 University of Denver WCHA       39   2225  24  11   4         91   2.45    1111   .918     7   0   2     0
04-05 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL        24   1458   9  10   5         59   2.43     677   .913     2   0   1     2
      Chicago Wolves AHL               1     59   0   1   0          4   4.04      32   .875     0   0   0     0
05-06 Chicago Wolves AHL              11    526   3   6        0    32   3.65     303   .882     0   0   0     0
      Atlanta Thrashers NHL            9    473   2   4        1    30   3.80     255   .882     0   0   0     0
      Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL        15    902  10   4        1    41   2.73     490   .909     1   0   2     2
ONE (1) NHL SEASON                     9    473   2   4   0    1    30   3.80     255  0.882     0   0   0     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
99-00 Twin City Vulcans USHL          13                                                    0   0     2
04-05 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL         7    353   4   1     9   1.52     146   .938     0   0   0     0
05-06 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL         9    551   6   3    30   3.26     255   .882     0   0   1     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Traded by Chicago to Atlanta Thrashers.
• 10/15/05: L (60m, 24/29) 1-5 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
• 10/20/05: - (48m26s, 26/29) 0-6 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Grahame) [Replaced Garnett].
• 10/22/05: W (59m56s, 32/35) 4-3 victory vs. Atlanta (Brodeur).
• 10/25/05: L (58m58s, 22/26) 3-4 defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
• 11/11/05: W (60m, 34/36) 5-2 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Grahame, Coleman).
• 11/12/05: - (39m56s, 14/14) 9-0 victory at Carolina (Gerber, Ward) [Replaced Dunham].
• 11/16/05: L (59m53s, 32/39) 3-7 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Snow).
• 11/19/05: L (24m42s, 13/17) 1-5 defeat at Toronto (Belfour) [Replaced by Garnett].
• 04/18/06: OTL (61m33s, 28/30) 1-2 OT defeat at Florida (Luongo).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Assigned to Chicago Wolves, November 2004.
• 11/19/04: L (59m23s, 28/32) 3-4 defeat at Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
• 10/07/05: W (59m50s, 40/42) 5-2 victory at Omaha (Krahn, McElhinney).
• 10/12/05: L (58m56s, 37/40) 2-3 defeat at San Antonio (Passmore).
• 10/29/05: L (59m49s, 29/33) 2-4 defeat vs. Iowa (Smith).
• 12/30/05: W (32m09s, 12/14) 11-5 victory vs. Peoria (Lalime, Beckford-Tseu, Lalime) [Replaced Tarkki].
• 12/31/05: W (64m42s, 32/35) 4-3 OT victory at Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 01/07/06: L (32m48s, 6/10) 1-5 defeat vs. Iowa (Smith) [Replaced by Tarkki].
• 01/13/06: - (25m56s, 11/15) 4-5 SO defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard) [Replaced by Garnett].
• 01/14/06: - (21m46s, 6/6) 4-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Aubin, Racine) [Replaced Garnett].
• 01/21/06: L (51m24s, 29/32) 4-6 defeat vs. Milwaukee (Rinne) [Replaced Garnett].
• 01/22/06: L (60m, 19/23) 0-4 defeat vs. Houston (Kotyk).
• 02/08/06: L (58m26s, 18/21) 1-3 defeat vs. Syracuse (Ayers).
• Recalled to Rochester Americans, February 2007.
• 02/23/07: - (17m48s, 8/10) 3-8 defeat vs. Manitoba (Flaherty) [Replaced Dennis].
• 02/28/07: W (61m42s, 26/28) 3-2 OT victory vs. Grand Rapids (Liv).
• 03/04/07: L (59m03s, 36/39) 1-3 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Liv).
• 03/10/07: L (58m07s, 25/30) 4-6 defeat at Albany (Weiman).
• 03/17/07: L (59m53s, 23/27) 1-4 defeat at Toronto (Pogge).
• 03/24/07: W (59m48s, 34/35) 2-1 victory at San Antonio (LeNeveu).
• Assigned to Grand Rapids Griffins, September 25, 2007.
• 10/13/07: OTW (61m51s, 25/28) 4-3 OT victory at Manitoba (Schneider).
• 10/21/07: L (59m41s, 12/15) 2-3 defeat vs. Quad City (Lalande).
• 10/27/07: W (59m52s, 34/37) 5-3 victory at Peoria (Bacashihua, Schwarz).
• 10/28/07: L (48m57s, 26/32) 1-7 defeat vs. Peoria (Schwarz) [Replaced by Rudkowsky].
• 11/01/07: L (59m24s, 21/24) 1-3 defeat vs. Rochester (Dennis).
• 11/02/07: L (59m33s, 21/25) 3-5 defeat at Rochester (Dennis).
• 11/21/07: - (11m12s, 1/1) 3-6 defeat vs. Hamilton (Danis) [Replaced Howard].
• 11/23/07: SOL (65m, 21/23) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Iowa (Stephan).
• 12/01/07: OTL (61m30s, 25/29) 3-4 OT defeat at Houston (Schaefer).
• 12/15/07: L (59m11s, 19/21) 1-2 defeat vs. Milwaukee (Rinne).
• 01/09/08: SOL (57m38s, 24/26) 4-5 SO defeat (1/4) at Quad City (Keetley) [Replaced Howard].
• 01/11/08: L (58m43s, 21/27) 4-6 defeat vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
• 01/12/08: SOL (65m, 23/24) 1-2 SO defeat (1/4) vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
• 02/02/08: W (59m20s, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Iowa (Stephan).
• 02/10/08: L (58m27s, 24/25) 0-1 defeat at Rochester (Dennis).
• 02/15/08: W (59m52s, 21/24) 6-3 victory vs. Lake Erie (Wall).
• 02/15/08: - (56m21s, 15/20) 4-6 defeat vs. Milwaukee (Daigneault, Rinne) [Replaced by Rudkowsky, replaced Rudkowsky].
• 02/19/08: W (60m, 32/36) 5-4 victory vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu, Tordjman).
• 02/22/08: L (59m07s, 29/31) 1-4 defeat vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre).
• 02/23/08: W (60m, 18/18) 1-0 victory vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre).
• 02/24/08: L (39m57s, 21/26) 1-6 defeat at Quad City (McElhinney) [Replaced by Turple].
• 02/27/08: - (8m12s, 2/2) 3-5 defeat at Hamilton (Danis) [Replaced Howard].
• 03/02/08: W (40m, 19/20) 6-4 victory vs. Lake Erie (Weiman, Bacashihua) [Replaced Howard].
• 03/05/08: W (60m, 22/25) 5-3 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
• 03/06/08: L (58m44s, 15/19) 2-4 defeat at Milwaukee (Rinne).
• 03/15/08: L (58m37s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Wall).
• 03/28/08: SOL (65m, 32/34) 2-3 SO defeat (3/5) vs. Milwaukee (Grumet-Morris).
• 03/30/08: L (47m27s, 22/25) 4-6 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec) [Replaced Howard].
• 04/02/08: L (58m36s, 17/19) 0-2 defeat at Toronto (Pogge).
• 04/05/08: W (59m55s, 23/25) 3-2 victory at Rochester (Dennis).
• 04/11/08: W (60m, 20/23) 6-3 victory vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre).