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Round 3
Stanley Cup Final
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Derek MacKenzie
NUMBER: 24 BIRTHDATE: June 11, 1981  (AGE 31)
HEIGHT: 5' 11" BIRTHPLACE: Sudbury, ON, Canada
WEIGHT: 180 DRAFTED: ATL / 1999 NHL Entry Draft
Shoots: Left ROUND: 5th   (128th overall)

Career: Signed 2-year contract extension with CBJ on 5/31/12... Has skated in 550 career AHL games with Syracuse & Chicago (147G-185A-332P)… Won Calder Cup with Wolves in '02… Made NHL debut (w/ATL) on 4/12/02 at CBJ… Made CBJ debut on 12/10/07 vs. ANA… Scored 1st career NHL goal on 3/9/08 vs. TBL (opposing G: M. Smith)… Represented Canada at '01 IIHF World Junior Championships (7GP-1G-2A-3P, Bronze Medal)… Spent 4 seasons (1997-2001) with Sudbury (OHL), tallying 95G-158A-253P in 257 games… Won 2000-01 OHL & CHL Face-off Awards after going 427-for-637 (67%) on draws for Sudbury.

2012-13: Registered 5th career multi-point game (2A) on 3/22 vs. CGY... Recorded 6th career fighting major (vs. C. Summers) on 2/16 at PHX.

2011-12: Led CBJ with a +4 rating and finished 2nd on the club in hits (189)… Set career high for PIM in a game (12) on 1/8/12 at ANA.

Personal: Nicknames incl. ‘Mac’ and ‘D-Mac’… Favorite player growing up was Steve Yzerman... Favorite rock band is The Tragically Hip.

Signed as a free agent by Columbus, July 11, 2007.