Benjamin Petrik

Benjamin Petrik
Date of birth	October 27, 1988
place of birth	Villach , Austria
Nickname	Beno
size	186 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
number	# 21
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2005-2018	EC VSV

Benjamin Petrik (born October 27, 1988 in Villach ) is a former Austrian ice hockey striker who spent his entire career at EC VSV in the Austrian ice hockey league .

Career

Benjamin Petrik is the younger brother of Nikolas Petrik and the son of the former VSV player Helmut Petrik . So he came to VSV as a teenager. At the age of 17 he made his debut in the VSV combat team. By 2014 he had played almost 400 Bundesliga games for Villach. In 2012 he was loaned to ATSE Graz for the playoff games of the Austrian National League , at that time the second highest division in the country , with which he reached the playoff final, but was defeated there against HC Innsbruck .

In 2018 he first switched to EC KAC , but decided a few days later to end his career immediately. The reasons for this were a chronic hip injury and his training with the police.

International

In the junior division Petrik took part in the U18 World Cup 2006 in Division I for Austria. He made his debut in the men's national team on April 8, 2009 in Innsbruck when he lost 3-1 to Austria . At a major senior tournament of the IIHF he was used for the first time in Division I of the 2014 World Cup when he was promoted to the top division with the team from the Alpine country.

Inline hockey

In addition to ice hockey, Petrik also plays inline hockey. With the Austrian national inline hockey team , he took part in the 2013 World Cup in Dresden , where the Austrians played in Division I. He reached the final of the tournament with his team, but missed promotion to the top division due to the 5-1 defeat in the final against Great Britain .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Austrian champion with the EC VSV
• 2007 Austrian youth champion with the EC VSV
• 2008 Austrian youth champion with the EC VSV
• 2014 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003/04	EC VSV U20	Austria U20		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	EC VSV U20	Austria U20		24	5	11	16	54		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	EC VSV U20	Austria U20		25th	19th	11	30th	28		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	EC VSV	EBEL		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	EC VSV U20	Austria U20		22nd	28	26th	54	96		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	EC VSV	EBEL		23	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0
2007/08	EC VSV U20	Austria U20		11	12	14th	26th	6th		6th	6th	9	15th	6th
2007/08	EC VSV	EBEL		35	1	0	1	6th		4th	0	0	0	2
2008/09	EC VSV	EBEL		54	1	2	3	16		6th	0	0	0	0
2009/10	EC VSV	EBEL		53	5	6th	11	12		5	0	0	0	4th
2010/11	EC VSV	EBEL		54	4th	7th	11	34		10	1	0	1	0
2010/11	EC VSV II	Austria3		1	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	EC VSV	EBEL		42	7th	4th	11	53		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	ATSE Graz	Austria2		0	0	0	0	0		10	4th	2	6th	10
2012/13	EC VSV	EBEL		51	5	7th	12	27		6th	1	4th	5	0
2013/14	EC VSV	EBEL		47	7th	16	23	47		9	0	5	5	6th
2014/15	EC VSV	EBEL		54	7th	9	16	43		5	1	0	1	0
2015/16	EC VSV	EBEL		47	12	10	22nd	10		11	3	1	4th	16
2016/17	EC VSV	EBEL		43	10	9	19th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	EC VSV	EBEL		53	5	9	14th	15th		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

Commons : Benjamin Petrik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Benjamin Petrik at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A lot of work for Unterluggauer: Does Benjamin Petrik have to end his career? In: kleinezeitung.at. March 28, 2018, accessed August 16, 2018 . 
2. ^ Mario Kleinberger: End of career instead of KAC: Benjamin Petrik withdrew. In: kleinezeitung.at. August 7, 2018, accessed August 16, 2018 .