Josh Langfeld

Josh Langfeld
Date of birth	17th July 1977
place of birth	Coon Rapids , Minnesota , USA
size	186 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 21
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1997 , 3rd round, 66th position Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1996-1997	Lincoln Stars
1997-2001	University of Michigan
2001-2002	Grand Rapids Griffins
2002-2005	Binghamton Senators
2005-2006	San Jose Sharks
2006	Boston Bruins
2006-2007	Grand Rapids Griffins
2007-2008	Milwaukee Admirals
2008-2010	Frankfurt Lions
2010	HC Plzeň
since 2010	EC VSV

Josh Langfeld (born July 17, 1977 in Coon Rapids , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey striker who has been playing for the EC VSV in the Austrian ice hockey league since November 2010 .

Career

Josh Langfeld began his career in the AFJHL before moving to the United States Hockey League for the Lincoln Stars in 1996 . With 58 points in 38 games, the winger recommended for the National Hockey League and was finally selected in the third round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft at position 66 by the Ottawa Senators . For the next four years, however, the right-handed shooter played for the University of Michigan team , with whom he was able to win the 1998 NCAA championship and thus the most important title in college sports. Langfeld scored the decisive goal in the final and was elected to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

In 2001, the Canadian moved to the Grand Rapids Griffins , which were then the Ottawa Senators' farm team and played in the AHL . The attacker had a solid season and was even allowed on the ice for a game in the NHL. In the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons Langfeld got more missions in the NHL, but could not prevail and therefore continued to play in the AHL, this time with the Binghamton Senators , the new cooperation partner of the Senators.

2004/05 was his best season in the AHL, but the striker's contract with the Senators was not renewed and he moved to the San Jose Sharks , for whom he was used 39 times. During the season, the Canadian was given to the Boston Bruins , but they did not renew his contract after the season. In the summer of 2006, Josh Langfeld received a contract with the Detroit Red Wings , but he did not make it into the NHL roster initially and began the 2006/07 season with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL, which now served as the Red Wings farm team . Due to an injury problem at the Red Wings, the attacker was often called up in the NHL squad during the season and so came to 33 missions.

After the season, Langfeld's contract in Detroit was not extended again and he moved to the Nashville Predators , who sent him to their farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals , in the AHL. After the Canadian did not receive a new contract in the NHL at the end of the 2007/08 season , he moved to Germany to the Frankfurt Lions . At the Lions Langfeld became the top scorer with 21 goals and also provided 16 assists.

In the summer of 2010, after the Lions went bankrupt, Langfeld was initially without a club. In early September he was committed by HC Plzeň from the Extraliga , where he could not convince. In November he then completed a one-week tryout at the EC VSV in the Austrian league and was then put under contract until the end of the season.

Achievements and Awards

• 1998 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Michigan
• 1998 NCAA All-Tournament Team
• 2000 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
1996-97	Lincoln Stars	USHL		38	35	23	58	100		14th	8th	13	21st	42
1997-98	University of Michigan	CCHA		46	19th	17th	36	66		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	University of Michigan	CCHA		41	21st	14th	35	84		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	University of Michigan	CCHA		39	9	21st	30th	56		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	University of Michigan	CCHA		42	16	12	28	44		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		68	21st	16	37	29		5	2	0	2	0
	Ottawa Senators	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Binghamton Senators	AHL		59	14th	21st	35	38		13	5	3	8th	8th
	Ottawa Senators	NHL		12	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Binghamton Senators	AHL		30th	13	14th	27	25th		2	0	0	0	0
	Ottawa Senators	NHL		38	7th	10	17th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Binghamton Senators	AHL		74	32	25th	57	75		6th	2	2	4th	2
2005-06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		39	2	9	11	16		-	-	-	-	-
	Boston Bruins	NHL		18th	0	1	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		33	0	2	2	12		-	-	-	-	-
	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		38	13	19th	32	44		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Nashville Predators	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		44	22nd	7th	29	34		5	5	1	6th	6th
2008-09	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		45	21st	16	37	63		4th	0	0	0	2
2009-10	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		45	9	12	21st	42		4th	0	0	0	2
2010-11	HC Plzeň	Extra league		9	0	1	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	EC VSV	EBEL
USHL total				38	35	23	58	100		14th	8th	13	21st	42
CCHA total				168	65	64	129	250		0	0	0	0	0
AHL total				313	115	102	217	245		31	14th	6th	20th	16
DEL total				90	30th	28	58	105		8th	0	0	0	4th
NHL overall				143	9	23	32	60		1	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Josh Langfeld at hockeydb.com (English)
• Josh Langfeld at eurohockey.com