Alex Friesen

Alex Friesen
Date of birth	January 30, 1991
place of birth	St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
number	# 57
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 6th round, 172nd position Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2006-2007	Niagara Falls Thunder
2007–2012	Niagara IceDogs
2012-2013	Chicago Wolves Kalamazoo Wings
2013-2016	Utica Comets
2016-2017	Chicago Wolves
2017-2018	Leksands IF
since 2018	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven

Alexander "Alex" Friesen (born January 30, 1991 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a German - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) since the 2018/19 season .

Career

Friesen began his career at Niagara Falls Thunder , where he played for one season. For the 2007/08 season he moved to the Niagara IceDogs and completed 353 games for the club in the Ontario Hockey League . In his last season, 2011/12 , he was assistant captain of the team.

In 2012 Alex Friesen moved to the United States , where he first played for the Chicago Wolves before moving to the ECHL to the Kalamazoo Wings .

For the 2013/14 season Friesen went back to the American Hockey League and played there for the Utica Comets , which also belonged to the organization of the Kalamazoo Wings and the Vancouver Canucks . In the 2015/16 season , the native Canadian also played his first and only game in the National Hockey League for Vancouver and then continued to play in the AHL for the Utica Comets. In 2016, Alex Friesen moved again to the Chicago Wolves in the AHL.

For the 2017/18 season, Alex Friesen dared to move to Europe to Leksands IF , after just one season he moved to Germany to the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven .

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	Niagara Ice Dogs	OHL		46	5	9	14th	26th		10	0	2	2	6th
2008/09	Niagara Ice Dogs	OHL		64	11	22nd	33	94		12	3	7th	10	25th
2009/10	Niagara Ice Dogs	OHL		60	23	37	60	94		14th	2	8th	10	19th
2010/11	Niagara Ice Dogs	OHL		60	26th	40	66	61		14th	2	8th	10	19th
2011/12	Niagara Ice Dogs	OHL		62	26th	45	71	106		20th	8th	14th	22nd	18th
2012/13	Chicago Wolves	AHL		42	1	4th	5	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Kalamazoo Wings	ECHL		10	0	4th	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Utica Comets	AHL		54	6th	14th	20th	32		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Utica Comets	AHL		60	10	20th	30th	57		23	4th	6th	10	12
2015/16	Utica Comets	AHL		65	14th	17th	31	75		4th	1	1	2	2
2015/16	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Chicago Wolves	AHL		76	3	9	12	47		10	1	3	4th	8th
2017/18	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan		52	15th	29	44	36		11	1	2	3	35
2018/19	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	DEL		50	10	20th	30th	105		3	1	2	3	2
2019/20	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	DEL		50	7th	25th	32	38
OHL total				292	91	153	244	381		61	14th	37	51	76
AHL total				297	34	64	98	233		37	6th	10	16	22nd
DEL total				100	17th	45	62	143		3	1	2	3	2

( 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 )

Web links

• Alex Friesen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Alex Friesen at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Alex Friesen at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BRAD ZIEMER: Home ice misery continues as Canucks fall 5-2 to Wild. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (Canadian English). 
2. ↑ Alex Friesen for more Leksands IF. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Alex Friesen storms for the Fischtown Pinguins. June 29, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2020 (German).