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USA Switzerland Dan Fritsche
ZSC Lions / NLA - 15/16
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Date of Birth
Jul 13, 1985
Position
C/W
Age
35
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Parma, OH, USA
Weight
198 lbs / 90 kg
Nation
USA / Switzerland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
HC Lugano
Status
Retired
Drafted
2003 round 2 #46 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time CHL Memorial Cup Champion 1
1-time NLA Champion 1
1-time OHL Champion 1

Fritsche skates very well and has good two-way instincts. Plays a gritty game and owns decent hands, but isn't a natural on offense. Can play center and wing equally well.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2010)

Brother: Tom Fritsche
Uncle: John Fritsche
Cousin: John Fritsche Jr.

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2000-01 Cleveland Barons NAHL NAHL 49 23 29 52 47 | Playoffs 1 1 1 2 0
2001-02 Sarnia Sting OHL 17 5 13 18 20 1 | -
Switzerland U17 (all) International-Jr - - - - - | -
2002-03 Sarnia Sting OHL 61 32 39 71 79 7 | Playoffs 5 2 2 4 4 0
2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 19 1 0 1 12 -5 | -
Syracuse Crunch AHL 4 2 0 2 0 2 | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 4 1
Sarnia Sting OHL 27 16 13 29 26 -6 | Playoffs 5 1 5 6 0 0
USA U20 WJC-20 6 2 2 4 4 5 | -
2004-05 Sarnia Sting OHL 2 1 1 2 0 -1 | -
London Knights OHL 28 17 18 35 18 27 | Playoffs 17 9 13 22 12 12
USA U20 WJC-20 7 3 4 7 22 -3 | -
2005-06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 59 6 7 13 22 -14 | -
Syracuse Crunch AHL 19 5 4 9 12 3 | Playoffs 6 2 2 4 8 -1
2006-07 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 59 12 15 27 35 3 | -
2007-08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 69 10 12 22 22 2 | -
2008-09 New York Rangers NHL 16 1 3 4 2 -2 | -
Minnesota Wild NHL 34 4 5 9 10 -3 | -
2009-10 Syracuse Crunch AHL 67 13 29 42 12 -10 | -
2010-11 Genève-Servette HC NLA 39 15 18 33 66 7 | -
2011-12 Genève-Servette HC NLA 14 1 1 2 6 -4 | Relegation 9 2 5 7 2 -2
2012-13 Genève-Servette HC NLA 43 16 16 32 18 15 | Playoffs 7 2 3 5 2 2
2013-14 HC Lugano NLA 12 1 3 4 4 1 | -
ZSC Lions NLA 22 6 7 13 6 13 | Playoffs 18 2 3 5 10 6
2014-15 ZSC Lions NLA 46 9 11 20 10 11 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland (all) International 2 0 0 0 0 2 | -
2015-16 ZSC Lions NLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 | -
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2004-05 London Knights M-Cup 4 3 3 6 8 3 | -
2008-09 New York Rangers Victoria Cup 1 1 0 1 2 1 | -
2010-11 Genève-Servette HC Spengler Cup 4 2 1 3 8 | -
2014-15 ZSC Lions Champions HL 6 0 1 1 2 -4 | -
ZSC Lions Swiss Cup 4 0 1 1 2 | -
Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 90 20 33 53 0.59 24 -5 | 2 10 2 3 5 0.50 12 0
Champions HL 1 6 0 1 1 0.17 2 -4 | 0
International 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 | 0
International-Jr 1 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 | 0
M-Cup 1 4 3 3 6 1.50 8 3 | 0
NAHL 1 49 23 29 52 1.06 47 0 | 1 1 1 1 2 2.00 0 0
NHL 5 256 34 42 76 0.30 103 -19 | 0
NLA 6 176 48 56 104 0.59 110 43 | 4 37 6 11 17 0.46 14 6
OHL 4 135 71 84 155 1.15 143 28 | 3 27 12 20 32 1.19 16 12
Spengler Cup 1 4 2 1 3 0.75 8 0 | 0
Swiss Cup 1 4 0 1 1 0.25 2 0 | 0
Victoria Cup 1 1 1 0 1 1.00 2 1 | 0
WJC-20 2 13 5 6 11 0.85 26 2 | 0
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/29/2013
11/29/2013 Confirmed Lugano ZSC
11/15/2012
11/15/2012 Confirmed Genève-Servette Lugano
10/03/2010
10/03/2010 Confirmed Syracuse Crunch Genève-Servette
10/05/2009
10/05/2009 Confirmed Minnesota Wild Syracuse Crunch
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2001, 1 #6 overall by Sarnia Sting in the OHL Priority Selection

Cult/Star player for London Knights

Cult/Star player for Sarnia Sting

Career transactions
- 2010-10-03 • Signed to a three-year contract by Genève-Servette
- 2009-10-05 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Syracuse Crunch
- 2009-01-29 • Traded to the Minnesota Wild for Erik Reitz
- 2008-07-02 • Traded to the New York Rangers with Nikolai Zherdev for Fedor Tyutin & Christian Bäckman
- 2008-07-15 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2006-09-13 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2004-08-12 • Signed to a lockout contract by Ambrí-Piotta (but never joined team)
- 2004-01-07 • Returned to his junior team (Sarnia, OHL)
- 2003-10-06 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets

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