David Printz

David Printz (born July 24, 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who last played for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career Printz played 13 NHL games over parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers. alt=An ice hockey player is balanced on one foot with his stick in the air having just taken a shot. He is wearing an orange uniform with white bands on each arm and '54' on the sleeve. He is also wearing a black helmet. 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.

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.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 AIK J20 10000 ————— 1997–98 AIK J20 80006 ————— 1998–99 AIK J20 2310114 ————— 1999–2000 AIK J20 36841253 ————— 2000–01 Great Falls Americans AWHL 5413233693 1335816 2001–02 AIK J20 823520 ————— 2001–02 AIK SEL 3732559 — — — — — 2002–03 HPK SM-liiga 1710110 ————— 2002–03 Ilves SM-liiga 2512310 ————— 2003–04 AIK J20 502229 ————— 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 AUT 32491348 ————— 2013–14 KalPa Liiga 50004 ————— 2013–14 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 3305562 20000 2014–15 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 4516794 50004 2015–16 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 4615669 120334 2016–17 Karlskrona HK SHL 4404420 ————— 2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 520101046 ————— 2018–19 Timrå IK SHL 2702239 ————— 2018–19 Frölunda HC SHL 141018 160004 SHL totals 474185472511 4402220 AHL totals 192113142274 10000 NHL totals 130004 — ————

Awards and honours Award Year AWHL Champion (Great Falls Americans) 2001 AHL Calder Cup (Philadelphia Phantoms) 2005 CHL Champions (Frölunda HC) 2019 SHL Le Mat Trophy (Frölunda HC) 2019