Dan Bjornlie

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United StatesUnited States  Dan Bjornlie Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th October 1977
place of birth Eagan , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1996-2000 University of Wisconsin
2000-2002 Quad City Mallards
2002-2004 SC Riessersee
2004-2005 Cologne Sharks
2005-2007 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2007-2013 Vienna Capitals

Dan Bjornlie (born October 17, 1977 in Eagan , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian ice hockey league .

Career

Dan Bjornlie began his career as an ice hockey player in the team of the University of Wisconsin , for which he was active parallel to his studies from 1996 to 2000 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . During this period he won the 1998 championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with his university team . From 2000 to 2002 the defender played in his first station in professional ice hockey for the Quad City Mallards in the United Hockey League . In the 2001/02 season he also played two games for the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League .

In the summer of 2002 Bjornlie moved to Europe, where he played for SC Riessersee in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey league in the following year and a half , before moving to the Kölner Haien in the German ice hockey league during the 2003/04 season. For the Haie he scored a total of 16 points scorer in 66 games before his contract was not renewed in 2005. The US-American then played for the German second division club SC Bietigheim-Bissingen for two years . The left-handed shooter has been active for the Vienna Capitals from the Austrian ice hockey league since the 2007/08 season . For the capital club he scored 55 scorer points in the main round in the 2008/09 season , making him the top scorer of all defenders in the league.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 28 0 5 5 2 - - - - -
1997/98 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 40 1 11 12 8th - - - - -
1998/99 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 38 2 12 14th 16 - - - - -
1999/00 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 40 7th 12 19th 26th - - - - -
2000/01 Quad City Mallards UHL 38 6th 14th 20th 27 12 1 6th 7th 4th
2001/02 Quad City Mallards UHL 68 10 34 44 54 12 5 2 7th 21st
2001/02 Portland Pirates AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2002/03 SC Riessersee 2nd Bundesliga 56 25th 36 61 64 10 2 2 4th 33
2003/04 SC Riessersee 2nd Bundesliga 13 3 6th 9 18th - - - - -
2003/04 Cologne Sharks DEL 7th 0 1 1 4th 3 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Cologne Sharks DEL 49 4th 11 15th 32 7th 0 0 0 4th
2005/06 Bietigheim Steelers 2nd Bundesliga 37 7th 30th 37 36 7th 1 4th 5 10
2006/07 Bietigheim Steelers 2nd Bundesliga 31 10 30th 40 30th - - - - -
2007/08 Vienna Capitals EBEL 38 11 15th 26th 34 7th 2 2 4th 2
2008/09 Vienna Capitals EBEL 46 13 42 55 61 7th 2 2 4th 6th
2009/10 Vienna Capitals EBEL 42 14th 33 47 65 12 5 5 10 8th
2010/11 Vienna Capitals EBEL 42 4th 34 38 85 7th 2 5 7th 8th
2011/12 Vienna Capitals EBEL 46 7th 25th 32 44 7th 2 4th 6th 8th
2012/13 Vienna Capitals EBEL 32 1 9 10 33 - - - - -
DEL total 56 4th 12 16 36 10 0 0 0 4th
EBEL total 246 50 158 208 322 40 13 18th 31 32
2. Bundesliga overall 137 45 102 147 148 17th 3 6th 9 43
NCAA overall 146 10 40 50 52 - - - - -
UHL overall 106 16 48 64 81 24 6th 8th 14th 25th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Bjornlie, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Eagan , Minnesota, United States