David Printz

Summary

David Printz (born July 24, 1980 in Solna, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman, who last played for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1]

David Printz
Born (1980-07-24) July 24, 1980 (age 43)
Solna, Sweden
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for AIK IF
HPK
Ilves Tampere
Philadelphia Flyers
Djurgårdens IF
HC Slovan Bratislava
Dornbirner EC
KalPa
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Karlskrona HK
Timrå IK
Frölunda HC
NHL Draft 225th overall, 2001
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2001–2020

Playing career edit

 
Printz played 13 NHL games over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Printz is a product of the AIK youth system. He moved to the US for the 2000-01 season, joining AWHL side Great Falls Americans.

Back in his native Sweden, he played in 37 games for his hometown side AIK in the 2001-02 SHL season, before moving to Finland for the following campaign, splitting the season between Liiga clubs HPK and Ilves. In 2003-04, he returned to AIK, then playing in Sweden's second-tier league, the Allsvenskan.

Drafted 225th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, Printz came to North America prior to the 2004–05 AHL season. He played in 50 regular season games and 1 playoff game for the Calder Cup Champion Philadelphia Phantoms. The following season he played in 80 games for the Phantoms and played in his first NHL game after being called up late in the 2005–06 season. In 2006–07, he played 12 more games with the Flyers. Following the season, he signed with Djurgårdens IF, where he played until the end of the 2011-12 campaign.

Printz went to Slovakia for the 2012-13 season, joining KHL club HC Slovan Bratislava, for whom he played only one game before moving to Dornbirner EC of the EBEL for the remainder of the season.[2]

He started the 2013-14 season with KalPa of Finland's Liiga, but transferred to Germany during the season, signing with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the top flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[3]

Career statistics edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 AIK J20 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 AIK J20 8 0 0 0 6
1998–99 AIK J20 23 1 0 1 14
1999–2000 AIK J20 36 8 4 12 53
2000–01 Great Falls Americans AWHL 54 13 23 36 93 13 3 5 8 16
2001–02 AIK J20 8 2 3 5 20
2001–02 AIK SEL 37 3 2 5 59
2002–03 HPK SM-liiga 17 1 0 1 10
2002–03 Ilves SM-liiga 25 1 2 3 10
2003–04 AIK J20 5 0 2 2 29
2003–04 AIK Allsv 41 0 7 7 42 10 2 2 4 18
2004–05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 50 1 5 6 77 1 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Trenton Titans ECHL 2 0 1 1 0
2005–06 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 80 6 14 20 135
2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 62 4 12 16 73
2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 0 0 0 4
2007–08 Djurgårdens IF SEL 54 6 9 15 71 5 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Djurgårdens IF SEL 52 5 5 10 52
2009–10 Djurgårdens IF SEL 55 2 5 7 71 16 0 1 1 10
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 50 1 7 8 79 7 0 0 0 2
2011–12 Djurgårdens IF SEL 43 0 3 3 34
2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 1 0 0 0 2
2012–13 Dornbirner EC AUT 32 4 9 13 48
2013–14 KalPa Liiga 5 0 0 0 4
2013–14 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 33 0 5 5 62 2 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 45 1 6 7 94 5 0 0 0 4
2015–16 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 46 1 5 6 69 12 0 3 3 4
2016–17 Karlskrona HK SHL 44 0 4 4 20
2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 52 0 10 10 46
2018–19 Timrå IK SHL 27 0 2 2 39
2018–19 Frölunda HC SHL 14 1 0 1 8 16 0 0 0 4
SHL totals 474 18 54 72 511 44 0 2 2 20
AHL totals 192 11 31 42 274 1 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 13 0 0 0 4

Awards and honours edit

Award Year
AWHL
Champion (Great Falls Americans) 2001
AHL
Calder Cup (Philadelphia Phantoms) 2005
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC) 2019 [4]
SHL
Le Mat Trophy (Frölunda HC) 2019 [5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Printz lägger av – blir juniortränare".
  2. ^ "Transferbombe geplatzt: Printz spielt für EC Dornbirn". vol.at. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  3. ^ "Ice Tigers holen Verteidiger David Printz | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". icetigers.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. ^ "Frolunda crowned CHL champions". Champions Hockey League. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  5. ^ "Frölunda are the Swedish Champions". Swedish Hockey League. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-03.

External links edit

  • Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database