Daniel Sprong

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Daniel Sprong
Date of birth March 17, 1997
place of birth Amsterdam , Netherlands
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2015 , 2nd round, 46th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
2005–2012 Deux-Rives Dauphins
2011–2012 Wilkes-Barrie / Scranton Knights
2012-2013 Lac St-Louis Tigres Espoir
2013-2017 Charlottetown Islanders
2016-2018 Pittsburgh Penguins
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2018-2020 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls
since 2020 Hershey Bears

Daniel Sprong (born March 17, 1997 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) since February 2020 and for their farm team, the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League (AHL) plays in the position of the right winger .

He is the first native Dutchman to be selected in the NHL Entry Draft and the third Dutch NHL player after Ed Kea and Ed Beers .

Career

Sprong in the jersey of the Penguins (2015)

Daniel Sprong started playing ice hockey in Amsterdam . His father Hannie Sprong played professional ice hockey in the Netherlands in the nineties and was then manager of a team in Amsterdam. From the age of four to five, Daniel Sprong played in a team of twelve and thirteen year olds. In order to better promote the sporting development of their son, the entire family moved to Île Bizard , Québec in 2005 . There Sprong played in the Deux-Rives Dauphins youth program until 2012 . After playing for two other youth teams from 2012 to 2013, the Charlottetown Islanders selected him in the first round in the 2013 LHJMQ Entry Draft in 13th place. In the 2013/14 season Sprong then made his debut in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec and was elected to the all-rookie team of the Canadian top junior league after 73 points scorer in 71 games. The next year he increased his yield to 99 points in 78 games and took part in the CHL Top Prospects Game .

In the 2015 NHL Entry Draft , the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him in the second round in 46th place. On August 28, Sprong signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Penguins. In five preparation games he scored two goals and one assist. Due to his good performance, Sprong was not sent back to the LHJMQ and made his National Hockey League debut against the Dallas Stars on October 8, 2015 . This made him only the eighth player in the last two decades to be drafted in the second round or later, and played in the NHL at the age of 18. On October 15, 2015, he scored his first NHL goal against the Ottawa Senators . After 18 games with two goals, Sprong was sent back to the Charlottetown Islanders on December 19, 2015 for more Ice Age. At the end of the 2015/16 season, he was also used in the Penguins' farm team , the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , in the playoffs of the American Hockey League (AHL).

After another season in Charlottetown, he switched permanently to the organization of the penguins in the 2017/18 season and was mainly deployed in Wilkes-Barre / Scranton during the season. At the end of his first full AHL season, the attacker was appointed to the AHL All-Rookie Team . At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, the Dutchman was finally in Pittsburgh's regular squad, but was given to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Marcus Pettersson at the beginning of December 2018 . Sprong was active in Anaheim for a little more than a year until he was transferred to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Christian Djoos for the trade deadline in February 2020 .

International

Daniel Sprong is currently only a Dutch citizen , but has applied for a Canadian passport. In order not to take the chance to play for Canada , he has so far refused to play for the Dutch national team.

Achievements and Awards

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 +/-
2011/12 Deux-Rives Dauphins LSLBAA 19th 30th 8th 38 32
2011/12 Wilkes-Barre Knights AYBHL 11 9 23 32 24 4th 7th 4th 11 4th
2012/13 Lac St-Louis Tigres Espoir QMEAA 30th 48 56 104 36 3 5 3 8th 0
2013/14 Charlottetown Islanders LHJMQ 67 30th 38 68 20th -20 4th 4th 1 5 0 -5
2014/15 Charlottetown Islanders LHJMQ 68 39 49 88 18th -23 10 7th 4th 11 6th –6
2015/16 Charlottetown Islanders LHJMQ 33 16 30th 46 22nd –7 12 4th 11 15th 12 -3
2015/16 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL - - - - - - 10 5 2 7th 2 +1
2015/16 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18th 2 0 2 0 -1 - - - - - -
2016/17 Charlottetown Islanders LHJMQ 31 32 27 59 29 +8 12 9 11 20th 17th +3
2017/18 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 65 32 33 65 28 +4 3 1 0 1 0 -4
2017/18 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8th 2 1 3 0 +2 - - - - - -
2018/19 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 16 0 4th 4th 0 –7 - - - - - -
2018/19 Anaheim Ducks NHL 47 14th 5 19th 10 –9 - - - - - -
2019/20 Anaheim Ducks NHL 8th 1 1 2 0 -2 - - - - - -
2019/20 San Diego Gulls AHL 39 11 16 27 24 –11 - - - - - -
2019/20 Hershey Bears AHL 5 1 5 6th 2 -1 - - - - - -
LHJMQ total 199 117 144 261 68 -21 38 24 27 51 35 –11
AHL total 109 44 54 98 54 -8th 13 6th 2 8th 2 -3
NHL overall 97 19th 11 30th 10 -17 - - - - - -

( 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 : Daniel Sprong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: [1]
  2. ↑ hockeyworldblog.com: [2]
  3. ↑ nhl.com: [3]
  4. ↑ sportsnet.ca: [4]
  5. ↑ penguins.nhl.com: [5]
  6. ↑ triblive.com: [6]
  7. ↑ sportsnet.ca: [7]
personal data
SURNAME Sprong, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands