Dan Fritsche
  Dan Fritsche 
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| Date of birth | July 13, 1985 |
| place of birth | Parma , Ohio , USA |
| size | 188 cm |
| Weight | 90 kg |
| position | Left wing |
| number | # 49 |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2003 , 2nd round, 46th position Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Career stations | |
| 2000-2001 | Cleveland Barons |
| 2001-2004 | Sarnia Sting |
| 2004 | London Knights |
| 2004-2008 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2008-2009 | New York Rangers |
| 2009 | Minnesota Wild |
| 2009-2010 | Syracuse crunch |
| 2010-2013 | Genève-Servette HC |
| 2013-2016 | ZSC Lions |
Dan Fritsche (born July 13, 1985 in Parma , Ohio ) is a Swiss - American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the ZSC Lions in the National League A between October 2013 and 2016 .
Career
Fritsche played in his junior years for the Sarnia Sting , London Knights and in his hometown for the local club Parma Flyers. After Brian Holzinger and Michael Rupp, Fritsche is the third Flyers player to make the leap into the NHL.
Fritsche was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2003 in the second round in a total of 46th position by the Columbus Blue Jackets . After five years and four seasons with the Blue Jackets, Fritsche was transferred to his current club in New York on July 2, 2008, together with Nikolai Scherdew . The Blue Jackets were given by the rangers Fjodor Tjutin and Christian Bäckman . The striker only stayed in the Rangers' organization for about half a year, as he was transferred to the Minnesota Wild on January 29, 2009 for defender Erik Reitz . At the beginning of the 2009/10 season Fritsche initially found no new employer in the NHL, whereupon the Syracuse Crunch from the American Hockey League signed him shortly after the start of the season . In October 2010, signed Fritsche at HC Servette Genève in the National League A . In the 2013/14 season , Fritsche moved to HC Lugano after signing a three-year contract in November 2012.
The Swiss-American dual citizen wore the ZSC jersey 89 times, but missed the entire 2015/16 season due to a concussion.
International
Fritsche first played for the US junior national team and took part with the team in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2004 and 2005. He won the gold medal in 2004.
At the Arosa Challenge in December 2014, he wore the jersey of the Swiss national team for the first time.
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 2004 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
- 2010 All-Star-Team of the Spengler Cup
Personal
His great-grandparents emigrated from Appenzell to the United States.
His brother Tom is also a professional ice hockey player, just like his cousin John , with whom he played in a team at Genève-Servette HC for a time.
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001/02 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 17th | 5 | 13 | 18th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 61 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | ||
| 2003/04 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 27 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 26th | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 2003/04 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 19th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
| 2004/05 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| London Knights | OHL | 28 | 17th | 18th | 35 | 18th | 17th | 9 | 13 | 22nd | 12 | |||
| 2005/06 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 59 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 19th | 5 | 4th | 9 | 12 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 8th | ||
| 2006/07 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 59 | 12 | 35 | 27 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 69 | 10 | 12 | 22nd | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | New York Rangers | NHL | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Minnesota Wild | NHL | 34 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2009/10 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 67 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 39 | 15th | 18th | 33 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 14th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6th | 9 1 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 2 | ||
| 2012/13 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 43 | 16 | 15th | 31 | 18th | 7th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| OHL total | 135 | 71 | 84 | 155 | 143 | 27 | 12 | 20th | 32 | 16 | ||||
| AHL total | 90 | 20th | 33 | 53 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| NHL overall | 256 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| NLA total | 96 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 90 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
International
| year | team | event | result | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | |
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| 2004 | United States | U20 World Cup |
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6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | |
| 2005 | United States | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 22nd | |
| Juniors overall | 13 | 5 | 6th | 11 | 26th | ||||
( 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 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ tsn.ca, Columbus sends Zherdev to the Rangers
- ↑ hockeyfans.ch Dan Fritsche on Lugano
- ↑ Arosa Challenge: Dan Fritsche makes his debut in the national team. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ The Debut of Dual Citizens. In: bernerzeitung.ch/. Retrieved March 14, 2016 .
Web links
- Dan Fritsche at hockeydb.com (English)
- Dan Fritsche at eliteprospects.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Fritsche, Dan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parma , Ohio , United States |