Erik Reitz

Erik Reitz
Date of birth	July 29, 1982
place of birth	Detroit , Michigan , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	101 kg
position	defender
number	# 37
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 6th round, 170th position Minnesota Wild
Career stations
1999-2002	Barrie Colts
2002-2005	Houston Eros
2005-2008	Minnesota Wild
2009	New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs
2009-2010	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2010–2012	EC Red Bull Salzburg

Erik Reitz (born July 29, 1982 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player who was last under contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian ice hockey league .

Career

Erik Reitz began his career as a hockey player with the Barrie Colts , for which he was active from 1999 to 2002 in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the sixth round as a total of 170 players by the Minnesota Wild . After Reitz had already played for three years for Minnesota's farm team , the Houston Eros from the American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup in 2003 , he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Wild during the 2005/06 season . In total, the defender came to five appearances in his first NHL season, followed by one use in the regular season and two in the playoffs in the following two seasons.

In early 2009, the Minnesota Wild gave the American to the New York Rangers , who in turn transferred him to the Toronto Maple Leafs shortly before the end of the trade deadline . However, these did not use him in the further course of the season. Since his contract expired in the summer, he moved to HK Sibir Novosibirsk in the Continental Hockey League . For the 2010/11 season Reitz was signed by the EC Red Bull Salzburg , but until 2012 he only played 19 games for the EC. In January 2012, his contract was terminated.

International

For the USA Reitz took part in the Junior World Championships in 2002 , in which he reached fifth place with the team.

Achievements and Awards

2000 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Barrie Colts 2000 Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2002 OHL First All-Star Team 2002 Max Kaminsky Trophy

2003 Calder Cup win with the Houston Eros 2008 AHL All-Star Classic 2011 European Trophy win with the EC Red Bull Salzburg

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	3	48	1	1	2	69
NHL playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0
AHL regular season	6th	363	35	118	153	721
AHL playoffs	4th	24	0	8th	8th	53

Web links

• Erik Reitz at hockeydb.com (English)
• Erik Reitz at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Erik Reitz at eliteprospects.com (English)