Andrew Sarauer

Andrew Sarauer
Date of birth	17th November 1984
place of birth	Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 4th round, 125th position Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2002-2003	Victoria Salsa
2003-2004	Langley Hornets
2004-2008	Northern Michigan University
2008-2009	Johnstown Chiefs Lake Erie Monsters Norfolk Admirals
2009-2011	Reading Royals
2011–2012	Frederikshavn White Hawks
2012-2013	Las Vegas Wranglers
2013-2017	Fehérvár AV19
2017-2018	Villacher SV
since 2018	Fehérvár AV19

Andrew Sarauer (born November 17, 1984 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player with Hungarian citizenship who has been under contract with Fehérvár AV19 in the Austrian ice hockey league since 2018 .

Career

Andrew Sarauer began his career as a hockey player with Victoria Salsa, for which he was active from 2002 to 2003 in the Canadian junior league British Columbia Hockey League . In the following season he played for league rivals Langley Hornets. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the fourth round as a total of 125 players by the Vancouver Canucks , for which he never played. Instead, he played the next four years for the Northern Michigan Wildcats , the team from Northern Michigan University , in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . He then played from 2008 to 2011 primarily in the ECHL for the Johnstown Chiefs and the Reading Royals , but was also used by the Lake Erie Monsters , the Norfolk Admirals and once each the Rockford IceHogs and the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League . In 2011 he first moved west across the pond and played one season for the Frederikshavn White Hawks in the Danish first division . After the 2012/13 season again in the ECHL with the Las Vegas Wranglers spent, he returned to Europe and plays since then with an interruption 2016/17, when he for the Villach SV was active for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Ice Hockey League . In 2015 he was named top scorer of the ÖEHL.

International

In 2015, Sarauer received Hungarian citizenship and made his debut at the World Cup of the same year for the Hungarian national team , with which he was promoted to the top division by finishing second in the A group of Division I. As the top scorer - together with the Kazakhs Roman Startschenko , Kevin Dallman , Evgeni Rymarew , Wadim Krasnoslobodzew and Konstantin Rudenko - and as the best goal setter (together with his compatriot Frank Banham and the Kazakhs Talgat Schailauow ), he contributed significantly to the success. He was also named the best player on his team. At the 2016 World Cup , he then played in the top division, from which the Magyars were relegated immediately despite a 5-2 win against Belarus . He played again in Division I at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships . He also represented his new home in the Olympic qualification for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

• 2015 top scorer of the Austrian ice hockey league
• 2015 Promotion to the top division with Hungary at the World Cup of Division I, Group A.
• 2015 Most assists and top scorers at the World Cup, Division I, Group A.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
AHL regular season	2	20th	1	1	2	10
AHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
ÖEHL regular season	5	248	75	137	212	214
ÖEHL playoffs	2	10	4th	4th	8th	10

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Andrew Sarauer at hockeydb.com (English)
• Andrew Sarauer at eliteprospects.com (English)