Mark Zengerle

Mark Zengerle

Date of birth	May 12, 1989
place of birth	Rochester , New York , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	83 kg

position	striker
number	7th
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

2003-2005	Gates chilli / Wheatland chilli
2005-2007	Northwood School Prep
2007-2008	Syracuse Stars
2008-2010	Salmon Arm Silverbacks
2010-2014	University of Wisconsin – Madison
2014-2016	Grand Rapids Griffins
2016-2017	Lehigh Valley Phantoms
2017	Linköping HC
2017-2018	Milwaukee Admirals
2018-2020	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven
since 2020	Polar bears Berlin

Mark Zengerle (born May 12, 1989 in Rochester , New York ) is an American - German ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League since 2020 .

Career

Zengerle began his career in high school in New York. There he played from 2003 to 2005 for the Gates-Chilli , before moving to the Northwood School Preperatory in 2005 , where he played in another high school league. From the summer of 2007 he was on the ice for a year for the Syracuse Stars , from there the path led to the British Columbia Hockey League , where he played for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks for two years . In his first season in the BCHL, Mark Zengerle was voted the most valuable player of the season, at the same time he was the player with the most assists, the latter he was able to achieve again in the coming year. After his time in Salmon Arm Zengerle went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison , in addition to his four-year studies, he played there for the college ice hockey team.

Starting in 2014, Mark Zengerle was on the ice for three years in the American Hockey League , where he was active for the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms . In his first season for the Griffins, he was the rookie with the most assists in the playoffs. After a short trip to the Svenska Hockeyligan , Mark Zengerle returned to the United States in 2017 to join the Milwaukee Admirals .

The American-German ice hockey player, who was born in Rochester, has been playing in Germany for Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven since October 2018 . With the Pinguins Zengerle was able to convince right away, led the first attack formation and was top scorer of his team with 52 points (14 goals) from 46 games. This put him in eighth place in the league scoring list, with 38 assists the most successful preparer for the main round 2018/19 and ended the season with his team in seventh place in the table. In the pre- play-offs, the penguins were eliminated by the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . After another strong season with the Penguins (with 39 points from 41 games) he signed a contract for the 2020/21 season with the Eisbären Berlin .

Achievements and Awards

2009 BCHL Most Valuable Player
2013 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of Wisconsin – Madison
2014 Big Ten Conference championship with the University of Wisconsin – Madison
2014 B1G All-Star Team
2019 Best assists in the DEL main round 2018/19 (38 assists)

Career statistics

			Regular season					Play-offs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	Syracuse Stars	EJHL	45	8th	14th	22nd	18th	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	54	31	62	93	24	8th	0	4th	4th	4th
2009/10	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	60	33	87	120	48	6th	2	4th	6th	2
2010/11	University of Wisconsin – Madison	NCAA	41	5	31	36	51
2011/12	University of Wisconsin – Madison	NCAA	37	13	37	50	38
2012/13	University of Wisconsin – Madison	NCAA	36	9	23	32	8th
2013/14	University of Wisconsin – Madison	NCAA	37	10	34	44	29
2014/15	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	72	15th	22nd	37	8th	16	2	9	11	2
2015/16	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	72	9	38	47	34	8th	0	4th	4th	2
2016/17	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL	69	13	21st	34	16	5	1	1	2	2
2017/18	Linköpings HC	SHL	9	0	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	57	5	27	32	18th	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	DEL	46	14th	38	52	24	3	0	2	2	4th
2019/20	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	DEL	41	7th	32	39	28	-	-	-	-	-
BCHL total			114	64	149	213	72	14th	2	8th	10	6th
NCAA overall			151	37	125	162	126
AHL total			270	42	108	150	76	29	3	14th	17th	6th
DEL total			87	21st	70	91	52	3	0	2	2	4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )