Gabe Guentzel

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Flag of the United States and Germany.svg  Gabe Guentzel Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 2, 1988
place of birth Woodbury , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 10
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2006-2007 Southern Minnesota Express
2007-2008 Sioux Falls Stampede
2008–2012 Colorado College
2012 Syracuse crunch
2012-2013 Norfolk Admirals
2013-2014 Ritten sport
2014-2015 Asplöven HC
2015-2016 Fish town penguins
2016-2018 Augsburg panther

Gabriel John "Gabe" Guentzel (born May 2, 1988 in Woodbury , Minnesota ) is an American - German ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the Augsburg Panthers in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).

Career

After his beginnings at the Hill-Murray School in Maplewood (US state Minnesota), Guentzel developed in the North American Hockey League with Southern Minnesota Express and in the United States Hockey League with Sioux Falls Stampede.

From 2008 to 2012 he studied and played at Colorado College , then in the American Hockey League for Syracuse Crunch and the Norfolk Admirals , before he had a brief guest appearance at the ECHL club Fort Wayne Komets in the 2012/13 season .

For the 2013/14 season moved Guentzel Suedtiroler club Rittner Buam in the Italian Serie A .

He started the 2014/15 season with the Swedish second division Asplöven HC before signing a contract with the German second division Fischtown Pinguins in January 2015 . In spring 2015 he received a German passport. At the end of the main round of the 2015/16 season, Guentzel received the title of Defender of the Year in the DEL2 .

In May 2016, the Augsburg Panthers from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) announced Guentzel's commitment.

family

Guentzel's father Mike is a longtime ice hockey coach at the University of Minnesota . Mike was assistant coach at Colorado College in the 2008/09 season and previously coach and manager of the USHL club Omaha Lancers and assistant coach of the US junior national team.

Gabe's older brother Ryan played ice hockey at the University of Notre Dame and was active in the 2011/12 season as a professional for the German upper division EHC Klostersee and in Denmark for the first division club Aalborg Pirates . His younger brother Jake played ice hockey at the University of Nebraska-Omaha before turning pro.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 60 4th 22nd 26th 69 3 1 1 2 0
2008/09 Colorado College NCAA 36 3 14th 17th 46 - - - - -
2009/10 Colorado College NCAA 39 3 20th 23 53 - - - - -
2010/11 Colorado College NCAA 45 6th 22nd 28 56 - - - - -
2011/12 Colorado College NCAA 36 4th 22nd 26th 16 - - - - -
2011/12 Syracuse crunch AHL 12 0 0 0 6th 4th 0 1 1 2
2012/13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 40 0 10 10 22nd - - - - -
2012/13 Fort Wayne Comet ECHL 5 1 3 4th 6th - - - - -
2013/14 Ritten sport Italy 38 9 22nd 31 28 13 3 5 8th 4th
2014/15 Asplöven HC Allsvenskan 39 2 4th 6th 26th - - - - -
2014/15 Fish town penguins DEL2 18th 3 6th 9 12 16 3 10 13 14th
2015/16 Fish town penguins DEL2 50 16 32 48 66 7th 1 2 3 14th
2016/17 Augsburg panther DEL 51 6th 16 22nd 71 7th 0 5 5 2
2017/18 Augsburg panther DEL 52 4th 17th 21st 38 - - - - -

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gabe Guentzel - 2011-2012 Men's Ice Hockey. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  2. AHL player profile of Gabe Guentzel. In: theahl.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  3. Gabe Guentzel completes Rittner back team. In: rittensport.it. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  4. Asplöven värvar amerikansk back. In: Hockeysverige. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  5. Fischtown Pinguins: Replacement for Ryan Martinelli. (No longer available online.) In: fischtown-pinguins.de. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fischtown-pinguins.de
  6. Bremerhaven: Gabe Guentzel now ice hockey German. In: eishockeynews.de. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  7. Justin Kelly is DEL2 player of the year. In: Hockeyweb. Retrieved March 13, 2016 .
  8. Gabe Guentzel becomes a panther - News - Augsburger Panther. In: www.aev-panther.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
  9. ^ Mike Guentzel Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site. In: gophersports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  10. ^ Ryan Guentzel Bio - Notre Dame Ice Hockey. In: und.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  11. Ryan Guentzel - LinkedIn. In: www.linkedin.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  12. Jake Guentzel Bio. In: omavs.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .