Dan Fritsche

#49 ZSC Lions / NLA - 15/16

Date of Birth: Jul 13, 1985
Age: 41
Place of Birth: Parma, OH, USA
Nation: USA / Switzerland
Youth Team: HC Lugano
Position: C/W
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Dan Fritsche Facts

Player Type: Speedster
Drafted: 2003 round 2 #46 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets

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

Dan Fritsche Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1999-2000	Cleveland Barons 14U AAA	14U AAA	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000-2001	Cleveland Barons	NAHL	49	23	29	52	47	-	Playoffs	1	1	1	2	0	-
2001-2002	Sarnia Sting	OHL	17	5	13	18	20	1
2001-2002	Switzerland U17 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002-2003	Sarnia Sting	OHL	61	32	39	71	79	7	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	4	0
2003-2004	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	19	1	0	1	12	-5
2003-2004	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	4	2	0	2	0	2	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	4	1
2003-2004	Sarnia Sting	OHL	27	16	13	29	26	-6	Playoffs	5	1	5	6	0	0
2003-2004	USA U20	WJC-20	6	2	2	4	4	5
2004-2005	Sarnia Sting	OHL	2	1	1	2	0	-1
2004-2005	London Knights	OHL	28	17	18	35	18	27	Playoffs	17	9	13	22	12	12
2004-2005	USA U20	WJC-20	7	3	4	7	22	-3
2005-2006	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	59	6	7	13	22	-14
2005-2006	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	19	5	4	9	12	3	Playoffs	6	2	2	4	8	-1
2006-2007	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	59	12	15	27	35	3
2007-2008	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	69	10	12	22	22	2
2008-2009	New York Rangers	NHL	16	1	3	4	2	-2
2008-2009	Minnesota Wild	NHL	34	4	5	9	10	-3
2009-2010	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	67	13	29	42	12	-10
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	39	15	18	33	66	7
2011-2012	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	14	1	1	2	6	-4	Relegation	9	2	5	7	2	-2
2012-2013	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	43	16	16	32	18	15	Playoffs	7	2	3	5	2	2
2013-2014	HC Lugano	NLA	12	1	3	4	4	1
2013-2014	ZSC Lions	NLA	22	6	7	13	6	13	Playoffs	18	2	3	5	10	6
2014-2015	ZSC Lions	NLA	46	9	11	20	10	11	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0
2014-2015	Switzerland (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	2
2015-2016	ZSC Lions	NLA	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dan Fritsche Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2004-2005	London Knights	Memorial Cup	4	3	3	6	8	3
2008-2009	New York Rangers	Victoria Cup	1	1	0	1	2	1
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC	Spengler Cup	4	2	1	3	8	-
2014-2015	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	6	0	1	1	2	-4
2014-2015	ZSC Lions	Swiss Cup	4	0	1	1	2	-

Dan Fritsche Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
14U AAA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
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
Memorial Cup	1	4	3	3	6	1.50	8	3	0
NAHL	1	49	23	29	52	1.06	47	-	1	1	1	1	2	2.00	0	-
NHL	5	256	34	42	76	0.30	103	-19	0
NLA (NL)	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
Swiss Cup	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	2	-	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

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Dan Fritsche Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Cleveland Barons (NAHL)	1	49	23	29	52	1.06	47	-	1	1	1	1	2	2.00	0	-
Cleveland Barons 14U AAA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	206	29	34	63	0.31	91	-14	0
Genève-Servette HC	3	100	34	36	70	0.70	98	18*	2	16	4	8	12	0.75	4	0
HC Lugano	1	12	1	3	4	0.33	4	1	0
London Knights	1	32	20	21	41	1.28	26	30	1	17	9	13	22	1.29	12	12
Minnesota Wild	1	34	4	5	9	0.26	10	-3	0
New York Rangers	1	17	2	3	5	0.29	4	-1	0
Sarnia Sting	4	107	54	66	120	1.12	125	1	2	10	3	7	10	1.00	4	0
Switzerland (all)	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0
Switzerland U17 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Syracuse Crunch	3	90	20	33	53	0.59	24	-5	2	10	2	3	5	0.50	12	0
USA U20	2	13	5	6	11	0.85	26	2	0
ZSC Lions	3	78	15	20	35	0.45	20	20*	2	21	2	3	5	0.24	10	6

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Dan Fritsche Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2000-2001	NAHL All-Rookie First Team
2002-2003	CHL Top Prospects Game
2003-2004	U20 WJC Gold Medal
2004-2005	CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team CHL Memorial Cup Champion OHL Champion
2009-2010	AHL All-Star Game
2010-2011	Spengler Cup All-Star Team
2013-2014	NLA Champion (ZSC)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
11/29/2013	Confirmed	HC Lugano	ZSC Lions
11/15/2012	Confirmed	Genève-Servette HC	HC Lugano
10/03/2010	Confirmed	Syracuse Crunch	Genève-Servette HC
10/05/2009	Confirmed	Minnesota Wild	Syracuse Crunch

Dan Fritsche Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2001, 1 #6 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