David Printz

David Printz
Born (1980-07-24) July 24, 1980
Solna, SWE
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
AIK IF (SEL)
HPK (SM-liiga)
Ilves (SM-liiga)
HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL)
Dornbirner EC (EBEL)
KalPa (SM-liiga)
Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
NHL Draft 225th overall, 2001
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2001present

David Printz (born July 24, 1980 in Solna, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman, currently playing for Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

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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 making the move to Finland for the following campaign, splitting the season between Liiga clubs HPK and Ilves. The 2003-04 season saw him return to AIK, now playing in Sweden's second-tier league Allsvenskan.

Drafted 225th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, Printz came over to North America prior to the 2004–05 AHL season. He played in 50 regular season games and dressed in 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 saw more NHL action as 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 took his game to Slovakia for the 2012-13 season, turning out for KHL side HC Slovan Bratislava, but after a short stint (one game played), Austria turned out to be his next destination. He joined Dornbirner EC of the EBEL for the remainder of the season.[1]

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.[2] In 2015-16, he is still skating for the Ice Tigers.

Awards

Junior

Professional

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Great Falls Americans AWHL 5413233693
2001–02 AIK SEL 3732559 1000012
2002–03 HPK FNL 1710110
2002–03 Ilves FNL 2512310
2003–04 AIK Allsv 4107742 1022418
2004–05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 5015677 10000
2004–05 Trenton Titans ECHL 20110
2005–06 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 8061420135
2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10000
2006–07 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 624121673
2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 120004
2007–08 Djurgårdens IF SEL 54691571 50114
2008–09 Djurgårdens IF SEL 52551052
2009–10 Djurgårdens IF SEL 5525771 1601110
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 5017879 70002
2011–12 Djurgårdens IF SEL 4303334
2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 10002
2012–13 Dornbirner EC EBEL 32491348
2013–14 KalPa FNL 50004
2013–14 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 3305562 20000
2014–15 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 4516794 50004
SEL totals 291173148366 4824646

References

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