About Erik Reitz
Born 1982. Erik Reitz is an American ice hockey player.
Erik Reitz (born July 29, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey player, known as an enforcer, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers.
Playing career Reitz was drafted 170th overall in the 2000 NHL entry draft by the Minnesota Wild from the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League. He plays defense, and has also spent six seasons with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL). He made his NHL debut with the Wild in the 2005β06 season, playing in 5 games.
Reitz made the Wild roster for the 2008β09 season and played in 31 games before he was traded by the Wild to the New York Rangers in exchange for Dan Fritsche on January 29, 2009. After 11 games with the Rangers, Erik was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 4, 2009. Reitz never debuted for the Leafs after suffering a season-ending ankle injury on March 7, 2009.
On August 22, 2009, Reitz signed with Sibir Novosibirsk of the KHL. After a single season in Russia, Reitz left to sign a one-year contract for EC Red Bull Salzburg of Austria on November 10, 2010. Lacking match conditioning, Reitz trained with Salzburg for under a month before he was released without making his debut. Reitz returned to Salzburg the following 2011β12 season, appearing in 19 games for 1 assist before he was mutually released from his contract on January 30, 2012.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998β99 Leamington Flyers WOHL 50 5 10 15 80 β β β β β 1999β2000 Barrie Colts OHL 63 2 10 12 85 25 0 5 5 44 1999β2000 Barrie Colts MC β β β β β 5 0 1 1 4 2000β01 Barrie Colts OHL 68 5 21 26 178 5 1 0 1 21 2001β02 Barrie Colts OHL 61 13 27 40 153 20 4 16 20 40 2002β03 Houston Aeros AHL 62 6 13 19 112 11 0 3 3 31 2003β04 Houston Aeros AHL 69 5 19 24 148 2 0 0 0 0 2004β05 Houston Aeros AHL 38 2 12 14 91 β β β β β 2005β06 Houston Aeros AHL 72 5 23 28 139 8 0 5 5 20 2005β06 Minnesota Wild NHL 5 0 0 0 4 β β β β β 2006β07 Houston Aeros AHL 73 9 25 34 132 β β β β β 2006β07 Minnesota Wild NHL 1 0 0 0 0 β β β β β 2007β08 Houston Aeros AHL 49 8 26 34 99 3 0 0 0 2 2007β08 Minnesota Wild NHL β β β β β 2 0 0 0 0 2008β09 Minnesota Wild NHL 31 1 1 2 41 β β β β β 2008β09 New York Rangers NHL 11 0 0 0 24 β β β β β 2009β10 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 38 1 6 7 146 β β β β β 2011β12 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 19 0 1 1 49 β β β β β AHL totals 363 35 118 153 721 24 0 8 8 53 NHL totals 48 1 1 2 69 2 0 0 0 0
International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2002 United States WJC 7 0 1 1 12 Junior totals 7 0 1 1 12
Awards and honors Award Year Ontario Hockey League Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2000 First All-Star Team 2002 Max Kaminsky Trophy 2002
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American ice hockey player
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Erik Reitz was born on 29 July 1982 in Detroit.
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