Career
Goc has two brothers who also play professional hockey. Sascha Goc has played for Team Germany as well and currently plays for the Schwenninger Wild Wings. Goc was drafted in the first round, 20th overall by the Sharks in the 2001 National Hockey League Entry Draft, though he remained in Germany until 2003.
He spent all of the 2003-2004 season with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks" then minor league affiliate, but joined the Sharks during the 2004 playoffs.
He holds the franchise record in Cleveland for longest assist streak (7 games). In his first National Hockey League game, Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the Saint Louis Blues, Goc assisted on the series-clinching goal by deflecting the puck away from Blues goaltender Chris Osgood and right to Mark Smith.
Then, in his second game, Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Colorado Avalanche, he scored the series-clinching goal by deflecting a shot past Avalanche goaltender David Aebischer. On 20 August 2009, Goc signed a one-year $550,000 two-way contract with the Nashville Predators and after a very successful first half of the 2009-2010 season, he was rewarded with a $775,000 one-year contract extension.
Goc signed a three-year contract as a free agent worth $5.1 million with the Florida Panthers on 1 July 2011.
On 11 October 2011, Goc scored his first goal with the Panthers against the Pittsburgh Penguins. On 5 March 2014, Goc was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 3rd and a 5th round pick. As a free agent Goc re-signed with the Penguins to a $1.2 million contract.
In the following 2014-2015 season, on 22 October 2014, in a 5–3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, Goc scored his first goal with the Penguins.
After 43 games with the Penguins on 27 January 2015, Goc was traded to the Saint Louis Blues in exchange for Maxim Lapierre. On September 1, 2015, as a free agent, Goc signalled the end of his National Hockey League career in returning to Germany to sign a five-year contract with reigning Champions, Adler Mannheim of the DEL.
He has played for Team Germany in numerous tournaments, including the 2000 (as a sixteen-year-old) and 2001 World Junior Championships, the 2001 U18 Championships, the 2002 World Junior tournament, the 2003 Swiss Cup, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 Winter Olympics, and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Touted for his defensive prowess and faceoff skills, Goc looks to be a fixture on Team Germany for many years.