Will Petschenig

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Will Petschenig
Date of birth 3rd February 1995
place of birth Manotick , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2011 Upper Canada Cyclones
2011 Nepean Raiders
2011–2012 Cornwall Colts
2012-2015 Oshawa Generals
2015-2016 Saginaw Spirit
2016-2018 Genève-Servette HC
since 2018 EHC Biel

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

William "Will" Petschenig (born February 3, 1995 in Manotick , Ontario ) is a Canadian - Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Biel in the Swiss National League since December 2018 .

Player career

Petschenig first played in the youth field for the Upper Canada Cyclones, he spent the 2011/12 season with the Cornwall Colts in the Central Canada Hockey League and moved to the Ontario Hockey League for the 2012/13 season . There he played for three years for the Oshawa Generals . In the 2014/15 season he won the OHL championship with the team and won the Memorial Cup , the Canadian junior championship. However, he could not take part in the latter title win due to a cross break on the ice. In the 2015/16 season he wore the shirt of Saginaw Spirit , also in the OHL.

In May 2016 he received his first contract as a professional player with Genève-Servette HC from the Swiss National League A (NLA). At the beginning of December 2018, Petschenig switched to EHC Biel in exchange for Mauro Dufner .

Personal

Petschenig's father Dan, who once played in the Canadian Football League , died in 2013. In memory of his father, he launched the “A Heart Like Mine” initiative in Saginaw, which offered activities for children who had also lost a parent to have. In May 2016 he was awarded the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy of the Ontario Hockey League for his commitment . A little later he also received the CHL Humanitarian of the Year of the entire Canadian Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trophies de la OHL - Ligue Junior Ontario de Hockey | Marqueur.com. In: www.marqueur.com. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  2. ^ Oshawa Generals' Will Petschenig bittersweet about trade to Saginaw. In: www.durhamregion.com. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club: Will Petschenig devient Grenat - Genève-Servette Hockey Club. In: www.gshc.ch. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  4. ^ Trade Will Petschenig / Mauro Dufner. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  5. ^ Will Petschenig's parting is sweet sorrow for Saginaw Spirit, community. In: MLive.com. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  6. ^ Spirit's Will Petschenig named OHL Humanitarian of the Year. In: MiHockey - MiHockeyNow & MiHockeyMag. Retrieved May 21, 2016 (American English).
  7. ↑ La LCH announcement ses gagnants for the season 2015-16. In: Réseau LCH. Retrieved May 30, 2016 (French Canadian).
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Squad of EHC Biel in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Petschenig, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petschenig, William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Manotick , Ontario