Jordan Szwarz

Jordan Szwarz (born May 14, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Szwarz was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 2009 NHL entry draft. He later joined the Boston Bruins organization, before joining the Ottawa Senators as a free agent in July 2019.

Playing career Amateur Szwarz was selected by the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in the second round, 25th overall in the 2007 OHL Priority Draft. He made his debut for the Spirit in the 2007–08 season, appearing in 65 games, scoring 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points. The Spirit finished seventh in the OHL's Western Conference and faced the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the opening round of the playoffs. However, their playoff experience was short-lived as the team was swept in four games in their best-of-seven series. Szwarz went scoreless in the series. Moving on to the second round, they faced the London Knights who elimnated them. In eight playoff games, Szwarz added one goal and six points. Szwarz tallied one goal and three points in the six games. He established new highs in goals with 27 and points with 66 in 65 appearances. Szwarz added four goals and 13 points in 12 playoff games.

Professional Phoenix Coyotes Szwarz was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fourth round, 97th overall, of the 2009 NHL entry draft. He was signed to an amateur try-out contract with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL) on March 31, 2010. Szwarz made his professional debut with the Rampage in the 2009–10 season, appearing in one game, going scoreless.

In his first full professional season in 2011–12, Szwarz was assigned to the Portland Pirates of the AHL. He put up seven goals and 20 points in 53 games in his rookie season. In 60 games he recorded 11 goals and 33 points. He was recalled by Phoenix for the first time on October 28, 2013 and made his NHL debut on October 29, playing eight minutes and 16 seconds for the Coyotes in a 3–1 win over the Los Angeles Kings. His first NHL goal was scored in his next NHL game, on October 31 against Carter Hutton of the Nashville Predators. He was named the first star of the game. He split the next three months between Phoenix and Portland, before finishing the season in the AHL. He recorded three goals in 26 games with the Coyotes and eight goals and 14 points in 27 games with the Pirates. He was sent to Portland to start the 2014–15 season, but missed six weeks with a lower body injury. He was recalled for the first time by the renamed Arizona Coyotes on March 23, 2015, and made his NHL season debut on March 24. In nine games with Arizona, he scored one goal. However, Szwarz suffered an injury before training camp and missed all of it. He was assigned to Springfield at the end of September. Providence finished fourth in the Atlantic Division and qualified for the playoffs, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference final, losing to the Syracuse Crunch. Szwarz tallied six goals and 11 points in 17 playoff games. He was assigned to Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, to start the 2017–18 season. He was recalled by Boston on November 1 after forward David Backes was injured. He made his Boston debut on November 2 in a 2–1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, marking his first NHL game since 2015. On November 22, he was returned to Providence having appeared in nine games, registering three assists. He was recalled on an emergency basis by Boston twice more during the season before being sent to the minors for the final time on March 30, 2018. That same day, Szwarz was signed to a one-year, two-way contract extension. In 12 games with Boston, he recorded three points. He was named the AHL Bruins' captain. He spent the entire season with Providence, scoring 23 goals and 46 points in 68 games. Providence finished fourth in their division for the third consecutive year. They made the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round for the second consecutive year, this time by the Charlotte Checkers.

Ottawa Senators After three seasons within the Bruins organization, Szwarz left as an unrestricted free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on July 1, 2019. Acquired to add depth to the Senators organization, Szwarz was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators, to begin the 2019–20 season. His stint in Belleville was short as he was recalled by Ottawa on October 14, replacing the injured Artem Anisimov. He made his Ottawa debut that night in a 2–0 loss to the Minnesota Wild. He appeared in two more games Szwarz and went scoreless before being returned to the AHL on October 20. In November, he was named the team's captain, the third in team history. In the AHL he collected 18 goals and 36 points through 48 regular season games before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Europe As an impending free agent, Szwarz opted to embark on a career abroad by agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on July 22, 2020. In his lone season in the KHL, he recorded ten goals 27 points in 51 games. Torpedo made the playoffs, but were eliminated by Ak Bars Kazan in the opening round. In two playoff games, Szwarz went scoreless. In his first season in the DEL in 2021–22, he tallied 14 goals and 37 points in 48 games. In the playoffs he added four goals and eight points in nine games. In his second season in 2022–23, he saw a decline in scoring, only marking nine goals and 28 points in 45 games. In four playoff games he scored once. In 2023–24, he recorded nine goals and 16 points in 36 games, with two goals and seven points in seven playoff games. In his final season with Mannheim in 2024–25, his scoring craters, tallying only seven goals and 14 points in 35 games. He put up only two assists in seven playoff games. In 45 games with the Wild Wings he tallied six goals and 26 points and added four more assists in seven games during the playoffs.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2007–08 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 12 21 33 56 4 0 0 0 2 2008–09 Saginaw Spirit OHL 67 17 34 51 76 8 1 5 6 10 2009–10 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 26 28 54 82 6 1 2 3 0 2009–10 San Antonio Rampage AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 27 39 66 90 12 4 9 13 8 2011–12 Portland Pirates AHL 58 7 13 20 28 — — — — — 2012–13 Portland Pirates AHL 60 11 22 33 31 — — — — — 2013–14 Portland Pirates AHL 27 8 6 14 55 — — — — — 2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 26 3 0 3 19 — — — — — 2014–15 Portland Pirates AHL 45 9 13 22 65 5 1 2 3 8 2014–15 Arizona Coyotes NHL 9 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2015–16 Springfield Falcons AHL 56 12 11 23 31 — — — — — 2016–17 Providence Bruins AHL 65 22 32 54 76 17 6 5 11 18 2017–18 Providence Bruins AHL 52 21 27 48 37 4 1 2 3 12 2017–18 Boston Bruins NHL 12 0 3 3 2 — — — — — 2018–19 Providence Bruins AHL 68 23 23 46 56 4 2 2 4 12 2019–20 Belleville Senators AHL 46 18 18 36 40 — — — — — 2019–20 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2020–21 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 51 10 17 27 39 2 0 0 0 2 2021–22 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 14 23 37 27 9 4 4 8 6 2022–23 Adler Mannheim DEL 45 9 19 28 37 4 1 0 1 2 2023–24 Adler Mannheim DEL 36 9 7 16 25 7 2 5 7 2 2024–25 Adler Mannheim DEL 35 7 7 14 32 7 0 2 2 7 NHL totals 50 4 3 7 25 — — — — — KHL totals 51 10 17 27 39 2 0 0 0 2