Jeff Szwez

Jeffrey Szwez (born June 16, 1981) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey right winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent.

Playing career Szwez began his career playing for various minor league teams between 2002 and 2009, mainly in the ECHL. He played for the Augusta Lynx, Dayton Bombers, Florence Pride and the Pee Dee Pride. He also played in the American Hockey League for the Binghamton Senators, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Syracuse Crunch and Philadelphia Phantoms. He also had ten game in the SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues during the 2007-08 SM-liiga season.

In 2009, Szwez signed for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League and had a standout year, scoring 36 goals in 41 games as he helped the Giants win the Playoff Championship. He also made the league's All-Star Second team. He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Augsburger Panther the following season, though the move ultimately did not work out for Szwez as he scored just 4 goals in 67 games over two seasons before moving to the Ravensburg Towerstars of the second-tier 2nd Bundesliga in January 2012 and later in the year, Szwez was playing in the third-tier Oberliga for EHC Freiburg.

On August 22, 2013, Szwez returned to the Belfast Giants for a second spell. He was able to recapture the same form he displayed in his previous spell, notching up 32 goals in 51 games and making the EIHL's All-Star Second Team once more. Szwez's second spell in Belfast would just end just like his first did, after one season and moving to the DEL, this time with ERC Ingolstadt. Szwez managed a relatively decent season with Ingolstadt, scoring 9 goals and 9 assists in 38 games, though he was not tendered a new contract and was released to free agency. On September 7, 2015, Szwez belatedly opted to remain in Germany, signing a contract with the Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL where he failed to score a single goal in 20 games and only notched up one assist. Szwez was released by Krefeld and he finished the season with Dresdner Eislöwen of DEL2. On October 13, 2016, Szwez signed for ESV Kaufbeuren of DEL2.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Streetsville Derbys OPJHL 48 47 46 93 52 — — — — — 2001–02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 22 35 57 59 4 1 0 1 8 2002–03 Augusta Lynx ECHL 48 10 15 25 30 — — — — — 2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL 9 1 0 1 5 — — — — — 2003–04 Dayton Bombers ECHL 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Florence Pride ECHL 50 23 16 39 71 — — — — — 2004–05 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 41 16 12 28 53 — — — — — 2004–05 Dayton Bombers ECHL 23 12 8 20 20 — — — — — 2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Dayton Bombers ECHL 51 25 22 47 90 — — — — — 2005–06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 21 5 6 11 52 — — — — — 2006–07 Syracuse Crunch AHL 47 12 11 23 106 — — — — — 2006–07 Dayton Bombers ECHL 9 3 1 4 26 — — — — — 2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 33 4 6 10 59 — — — — — 2007–08 Espoo Blues SM-l 10 2 3 5 25 5 0 0 0 2 2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 69 12 6 18 84 4 0 1 1 2 2009–10 Belfast Giants EIHL 50 42 25 67 166 4 3 0 3 6 2010–11 Augsburger Panther DEL 43 3 5 8 93 — — — — — 2011–12 Augsburger Panther DEL 24 1 5 24 93 — — — — — 2011–12 Ravensburg Towerstars 2.GBun 17 5 7 12 22 11 5 4 9 28 2012–13 EHC Freiburg GerObl 36 19 24 43 131 7 3 3 6 37 2013–14 Belfast Giants EIHL 58 35 32 67 121 4 1 2 3 2 2014–15 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 38 9 9 18 72 16 1 3 4 36 2015–16 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 20 0 1 1 26 — — — — — 2015–16 Dresdner Eislöwen DEL2 25 6 10 16 16 14 3 1 4 32 AHL totals 182 34 29 63 306 4 0 1 1 2

Honours and awards 2007–08 SM-liiga Silver Medal 2009-10 EIHL All-Star Second Team 2009–10 EIHL Playoff Champion 2013–14 EIHL Champion 2013–14 EIHL Erhard Conference Champion 2013–14 EIHL All-Star Second Team