Career
Goertzen started his junior hockey career with the tier II Saint Albert Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, but soon caught on with the Western Hockey League"s Seattle Thunderbirds. After his first season with Seattle, Goertzen was selected 225th overall in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, and after three seasons and 81 points with the Thunderbirds, Goertzen moved to the professional ranks. So far, Goertzen"s career has been marked by low point totals, with his best professional season being in 2004-2005 when he spread twelve points out between the AHL and ECHL. However, in the 2005-2006 National Hockey League season, Goertzen made his National Hockey League debut with Columbus, and in thirty-nine games failed to record a point before being returned to the American Hockey League.
He failed to score a point in his first 48 career games.
On July 8, 2009 he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Carolina Hurricanes. On November 10, 2010 he signed a one-year contract with the Springfield Falcons, for whom he had been playing on a professional tryout (Pacific Theater of Operations) contract.
On July 26, 2012 it was announced that Goertzen had signed for the Sheffield Steelers in the United Kingdom Elite Ice Hockey League. After two seasons, he switched to the Coventry Blaze.
At the conclusion of the 2014-2015 season with the Blaze on June 28, 2015, Goertzen announced his retirement from professional hockey.Currently playing division 3 men"s hockey in Edmonton Alberta (beer league).
