Nathan Paetsch
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Birth place: Leroy, Saskatchewan, Canada
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 194 lb (88 kg)
Birth place: Leroy, Saskatchewan, Canada
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 194 lb (88 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18 | 2002 | Team Canada | U20 World Championship | Pardubice and Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| 19 | 2003 | Team Canada | U20 World Championship | Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
 | 30 | 2013 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL Calder Cup Champion | Grand Rapids Griffins defeated Syracuse Crunch 4‑2 in a best of seven series. |
| 34 | 2017 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL Calder Cup Champion | Grand Rapids Griffins defeated Syracuse Crunch 4‑2 in a best of seven series. |
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | | ||||
| AHL Calder Cup Championships | | ||||
| Overall | Time on Ice | Goals | Assists | Points | per 60 All Situations | per 60 Even-Strength | per 60 Power-Play | Shots | Defensive | Faceoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Score | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | TOI | ES | PP | SH | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | ESA | PPA | SHA | GWA | OTA | ESP | PPP | SHP | GWP | OTP | PPP% | G/60 | A/60 | P/60 | ESG/60 | ESA/60 | ESP/60 | PPG/60 | PPA/60 | PPP/60 | SHOTS | SH% | HITS | BS | FOW | FOL | FO% |
| Mar 20, 2010 | CBJ @ NSH | (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 12:06 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mar 25, 2010 | CHI @ CBJ | (3-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:40 | 2:04 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mar 27, 2010 | NYI @ CBJ | (4-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 6:02 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | WSH @ CBJ | (3-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 12:44 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Apr 5, 2010 | CBJ @ STL | (1-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 | 9:53 | 5:11 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| GAME LOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stripe: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 1998‑99 | Tisdale Trojans | SMAAA | 15 | 74 | 20 | 55 | 75 | 120 | |||||
| 1998‑99 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999‑00 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 16 | 68 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 49 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000‑01 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 17 | 70 | 8 | 54 | 62 | 118 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001‑02 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 18 | 59 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 86 | -9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001‑02 | Team Canada U20 |  | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002‑03 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 19 | 59 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 81 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002‑03 | Team Canada U20 | | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| 2003‑04 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 20 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 2004‑05 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 21 | 80 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 150 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| 2005‑06 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 22 | 72 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 90 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.4 |
| 2005‑06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006‑07 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 23 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 2007‑08 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 24 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2008‑09 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 25 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2009‑10 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2009‑10 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010‑11 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 27 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9.3 |
| 2010‑11 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2011‑12 | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | DEL | 28 | 52 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 |
| 2012‑13 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 29 | 70 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 2013‑14 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 30 | 68 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | |
| 2014‑15 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 31 | 75 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | |
| 2015‑16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 32 | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | |
| 2016‑17 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 33 | 73 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2017‑18 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 34 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018‑19 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| 2019‑20 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| AHL Totals | 651 | 52 | 207 | 259 | 493 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4.7 | |||
| WHL Totals | 258 | 48 | 164 | 212 | 334 | -7 | 25 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 167 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 114 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | |||
| SMAAA Totals | 74 | 20 | 55 | 75 | 120 | ||||||||
| DEL Totals | 52 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | |||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998‑99 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999‑00 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000‑01 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001‑02 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002‑03 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 19 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003‑04 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2004‑05 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 2005‑06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011‑12 | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | DEL | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012‑13 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 29 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013‑14 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2014‑15 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 31 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2015‑16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | |
| 2016‑17 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 33 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2017‑18 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AHL Totals | 104 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | |||
| WHL Totals | 34 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 28 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| DEL Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| NHL Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Canada - U20 World Championship 2002 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Canada - U20 World Championship 2003 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| U20 World Championship Totals | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
All-Star Game Appearences
| Year | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Team Cherry | CHL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Canadian All-Stars | AHL | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AHL All-Star Game Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| CHL Top Prospects Game Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |