Will Petschenig
Will Petschenig | |||
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Born |
Manotick, Ontario, Canada | February 3, 1995||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
ECHL team Former teams |
Kalamazoo Wings Genève-Servette HC EHC Biel | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2016–present |
William "Will" Petschenig (born February 3, 1995) is a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently playing with the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL. He previously played with EHC Biel and Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL) and with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL).
Playing career
Petschenig was born in Manotick, Ontario. After representing the Upper Canada Cyclones and after a short stint with the Nepean Raiders, Petschenig joined the Cornwall Colts of the Central Canada Hockey League for the 2011-12 season. From 2012 to 2015, he spent time with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and helped win the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 2015.[1] A broken arm forced him to sit out, when his team captured the Memorial Cup the same year. After the season, he was traded to the Saginaw Spirit, where he spent his final OHL season.[2]
Petschenig signed his first professional contract on May 19, 2016, putting pen to paper on a two-year deal with Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).[3]
On October 16, 2018, Petschenig was loaned to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League.[4] On December 7, 2018, Petschenig, was traded by Geneva to EHC Biel for Mauro Dufner.[5] He appeared in 19 regular season games and 2 playoffs contests for Biel.[6]
On August 26, 2019, Petschenig signed his first professional contract in North America, agreeing to a deal with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL for the 2019–20 season.[7] He registered 2 assists in 26 games before he was claimed off waivers by the Kalamazoo Wings on March 10, 2020, before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Personal
He received the All Weather Windows Humanitarian of the Year Award[8] and the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy for OHL Humanitarian of the Year in May 2016.[9] Petschenig had created the programme "A Heart Like Mine" for kids who have lost a parent in memory of his father Dan, a former football player for the Toronto Argonauts[10] who died in 2013.[11]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2011–12 | Cornwall Colts | CCHL | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
2012–13 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 52 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 68 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
2014–15 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
2015–16 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 68 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
2016–17 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
2017–18 | Genève-Servette HC | NL | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
2018–19 | Genève-Servette HC | NL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | SL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | EHC Biel | NL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Fort Wayne Komets | ECHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NL totals | 118 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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OHL | ||
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy | 2016 | [9] |
CHL Humanitarian of the Year | 2016 |
References
- ^ "Trophées de la OHL - Ligue Junior Ontario de Hockey | Marqueur.com". www.marqueur.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ "Will Petschenig's parting is sweet sorrow for Saginaw Spirit, community". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ Club, www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey. "Will Petschenig devient Grenat - Genève-Servette Hockey Club". www.gshc.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Club, www gshc ch, GSHC-Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey. "Will Petschenig prêté au HCC - Genève-Servette Hockey Club". www.gshc.ch (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Will Petschenig à Bienne, Mauro Dufner à Genève". Planète Hockey (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Will Petschenig at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Komets add pair to preseason roster". Fort Wayne Komets. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "CHL announces 2015-16 Award winners". CHL Network. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ a b "Spirit's Will Petschenig named OHL Humanitarian of the Year". MiHockey - MiHockeyNow & MiHockeyMag. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ "Spirit's Will Petschenig giving back in honour of father - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ "A Heart Like Mine – Saginaw Spirit". saginawspirit.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1995 births
- EHC Biel players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Fort Wayne Komets players
- Genève-Servette HC players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Living people
- Memorial Cup winners
- Oshawa Generals players
- Saginaw Spirit players
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Swiss ice hockey players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland