Riley Holzapfel

Riley Holzapfel (born August 18, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career Holzapfel played major junior hockey for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers at the 2006 NHL entry draft, chosen 43rd overall. On September 6, 2007, Riley signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Thrashers. In 2008, he played for Canada in the IIHF World U20 Championship where Canada went on to win gold in a 3-2 victory over Sweden.

On February 13, 2012, Holzapfel was traded by the Winnipeg Jets to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Maxime Macenauer. He was then immediately assigned to Ducks AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch.

He signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2012, but spent the season in AHL with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In July 2013, he signed a two-year deal with the Swedish Hockey League club HV71.

After a further third season in Sweden with newly promoted Karlskrona HK in 2015–16 season, Holzapfel left as a free agent to sign a one-year deal with Austrian club, the Vienna Capitals of the EBEL on July 20, 2016. After leading the Capitals with 53 points in 54 games in the 2016–17 season, and contributing with 23 points in just 12 post-season games, he received the Ron Kennedy Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 63 15 13 28 32 5 1 2 3 8 2005–06 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 64 19 38 57 46 22 7 9 16 20 2006–07 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 72 39 43 82 94 — — — — — 2007–08 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 49 18 23 41 43 6 3 5 8 12 2007–08 Chicago Wolves AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Chicago Wolves AHL 73 13 19 32 38 — — — — — 2009–10 Chicago Wolves AHL 60 7 16 23 30 14 0 3 3 6 2010–11 Chicago Wolves AHL 68 12 15 27 20 — — — — — 2011–12 St. John's Ice Caps AHL 29 8 7 15 8 — — — — — 2011–12 Syracuse Crunch AHL 28 8 14 22 34 4 0 1 1 4 2012–13 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 76 21 30 51 93 15 4 6 10 8 2013–14 HV71 SHL 48 10 12 22 49 4 0 0 0 0 2014–15 HV71 SHL 49 7 6 13 14 6 0 0 0 0 2015–16 Karlskrona HK SHL 48 9 16 25 24 — — — — — 2016–17 Vienna Capitals AUT 54 22 31 53 20 12 12 11 23 8 2017–18 Vienna Capitals AUT 53 21 26 47 20 2 1 2 3 0 2018–19 Vienna Capitals AUT 53 19 34 53 24 18 3 6 9 10 2019–20 Vienna Capitals AUT 48 18 28 46 18 3 2 0 2 0 AHL totals 335 69 101 170 223 33 4 10 14 18 AUT totals 208 80 119 199 82 35 18 19 37 18

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2008 Canada WJC 7 0 0 0 8 Junior totals 7 0 0 0 8

Awards and honours Award Year WHL CHL Top Prospects Game 2006 East First All-Star Team 2007 EBEL Ron Kennedy Trophy (MVP) 2017