Franz-David Fritzmeier

Franz-David Fritzmeier
Date of birth	April 18, 1980
place of birth	Bad Toelz , Germany
size	178 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-1997	SC Riessersee
1997-1999	EC Bad Toelz
1999-2000	Young eagle Mannheim
2000-2001	EC Bad Nauheim
2001-2002	Kassel Huskies
2001-2002	Territory lions Oberhausen
2002-2003	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2003-2005	Iserlohn Roosters
2005-2007	Krefeld penguins
2007-2008	Foxes Duisburg
2008-2009	Herner EV 2007
2009-2011	Foxes Duisburg

Franz-David Fritzmeier (born April 18, 1980 in Bad Tölz ) is a former German ice hockey player who has been the sports director of the Löwen Frankfurt since December 2017 .

Player career

The left shooter began his professional career in the 1996/97 season at the age of 16 in the first division south at SC Riessersee . He came in 25 missions on 3 goals and 7 points. Then in 1997 he moved back to his home club, EC Bad Tölz , where he scored 3 goals and 10 points in 44 second division games. Also in the 1998/99 season he played at EC Bad Tölz and achieved a record of 3 goals and 15 points in 45 games.

He then ventured overseas, where he played eight games with two assists for the Ottawa 67’s . But already during the 1999/2000 season he moved back to Germany, where he joined the Mannheim young eagle . For this he was preferably used in the league , where he reached 27 goals and 47 points in 39 games. In addition, he was pulled up for 7 games in the German Ice Hockey League, where he remained without points. By this time, the junior national player had completed a total of 23 international matches at junior world and European championships with 9 goals and 13 points.

For the 2000/01 season he joined the EC Bad Nauheim . For the team from Hessen he was used 44 times in the 2nd division , scored 4 goals and reached 8 points.

Fritzmeier (r.) And Roland Verwey at an autograph session in 2004

At the age of 21 signed a contract with the Kassel Huskies in the DEL. Here he got no points in 10 missions and was handed over to the Revierlöwen Oberhausen . In total he played 50 times for the Revierlöwen, scored 2 goals and gave 6 assists for 8 points with a +/- of +1. For the 2002/03 season he moved to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . In 42 games, including play-offs, he scored 2 goals and 8 points with a +/- of +4.

He spent the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons with the Iserlohn Roosters . In 52 games he was able to achieve the best data of his career up to this point in the first season with 5 goals this season and 9 points. For the 2005/06 season he moved to the Krefeld Penguins with the Roosters Teal Fowler's assistant trainer and his teammate Roland Verwey . His contract ran until the end of the 2005/06 season.

In October 2006 his contract was terminated by mutual agreement, after which Fritzmeier joined the Füchsen Duisburg . After he was too old there to be given a production license , he switched to the cooperation partner, the Herner EV 2007 . In addition to his role as a player, he also worked in management. Until 2009 he was to take care of the management of the license players there, as well as work as a scout . He then moved back to the Füchsen in Duisburg, where he played as captain in the regional league.

Trainer and functionary career

In 2011 he ended his playing career and became the Füchse's assistant coach. At the end of September, Andreas Lupzig left the club and Fritzmeier was promoted to head coach. From October 10, 2014, he was assistant trainer at the Kölner Haien .

At the beginning of November 2015, Fritzmeier became the head coach of the Krefeld Pinguine , using an exit clause in his contract with the Kölner Haien. He became the youngest trainer in DEL history. He was released on December 19, 2016 in Krefeld. At the time of the split, the penguins were at the bottom of the table.

On December 21, 2017, he took up the post of sports director of Löwen Frankfurt  in the DEL2 . In addition to his position as sports director, he has also been the Löwen head coach since mid-March 2018.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1996/97	SC Riessersee	1. LgS		25th	3	4th	7th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	EC Bad Toelz	1. LgS		44	3	7th	10	24		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	EC Bad Toelz	BL		54	3	12	15th	24		-	-	-	-	-
1999/2000	Ottawa 67's	OHL		8th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
1999/2000	Young eagle Mannheim	OIL		39	27	20th	47	78		-	-	-	-	-
1999/2000	Adler Mannheim	DEL		7th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	EC Bad Nauheim	2nd BL		43	4th	4th	8th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Kassel Huskies	DEL		10	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Territory lions Oberhausen	DEL		50	2	6th	8th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		37	2	4th	6th	16		5	0	2	2	0
2003/04	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		52	4th	5	9	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		52	3	9	12	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Krefeld penguins	DEL		52	0	10	10	58		5	0	0	0	6th
2006/07	Krefeld penguins	DEL		10	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Foxes Duisburg	DEL		40	4th	4th	8th	40		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Foxes Duisburg	DEL		56	2	5	7th	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Herner EV	OIL		15th	0	10	10	24		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Foxes Duisburg	RL		36	44	59	103	16		7th	5	3	8th	8th
DEL total				366	17th	44	61	210		10	0	2	2	6th

( 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

• Franz-David Fritzmeier at eurohockey.com
• Franz-David Fritzmeier at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeyweb.de, Franz Fritzmeier jun. changes to the Gysenberg
2. ↑ H.-G. Schoofs, Josef Hermanns: Krefeld Penguins: Penguins: Adduono goes, Fritzmeier comes. In: rp-online.de. November 4, 2015, accessed November 5, 2015 . 
3. ^ Stephan Esser: Fritzmeier - new penguin trainer. In: wz-newsline.de. November 4, 2015, accessed November 5, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Krefeld Pinguine release Franz Fritzmeier from his duties as head coach - Rick Adduono takes over - official website of KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH. (No longer available online.) In: www.krefeld-pinguine.de. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Christian cell: Krefeld penguins dismiss trainer Fritzmeier . December 19, 2016 ( wdr.de [accessed December 19, 2016]).
6. ↑ https://www.loewen-frankfurt.de/saison/aktuelles/detail/fruehzeitige-habenstellung-franz-david-fritzmeier-neuer-sportdirektor/
7. ↑ Frankfurt separates from Coach Paul Gardner with immediate effect. Retrieved March 18, 2018 .