Dave Pszenyczny

Dave Pszenyczny
Born February 18, 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 27)
Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defenseman
Shoots Right
AHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Chicago Wolves
Missouri Mavericks (CHL)
AHL
Toronto Marlies
CHL
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
ECHL
Reading Royals
Alaska Aces
Phoenix RoadRunners
UHL
Muskegon Fury
Playing career 2004–present

Dave Pszenyczny (pronounced "pshuh-NITCH-nee")[1](born February 18, 1985 in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.) is an hockey defenseman with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League. Fans have referred to him as "Pez", "Chez", and other nicknames due to the difficult spelling of his last name.

Career

Pszenyczny began his Junior Hockey career in 2001, playing forty-two games for the Capital Centre Pride of the North American Hockey League during its 2001–02 season and five games for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League during its 2001–02 season.[2] He returned to the Sting for the 2002–03 season, with whom he played through early in the 2004–05 season, at which point he was traded from the Sting to the Mississauga IceDogs, in exchange for Chad Painchaud.[2][3] After the 2004-05 season ended, Pszenyczny appeared in four games as an amateur for the Muskegon Fury of the United Hockey League, with whom he won the Colonial Cup for the 2004-2005 UHL season.[2][4] Pszenyczny concluded his Junior Hockey career after the 2005–06 season, starting the season with the IceDogs, before being traded to the Barrie Colts on January 9, 2006 in exchange for Brett Oliphant.[2][5]

Pszenyczny began his full-time Professional Ice Hockey career in 2006, playing four games for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League during its 2006-07 season, before joining the Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL for the remainder of the ECHL's 2006-07 season.[2] Pszenyczny began the 2007-08 season with the RoadRunners before joining the Alaska Aces, also of the ECHL, during that same season.[2] Pszenyczny was again moved during the 2007-08 season, this time in a trade to the Reading Royals on February 12, 2008 which brought Brett Hemingway to the Aces.[6]

Pszenyczny joined the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs of the Central Hockey League for the 2008-09 season, playing with the team through the 2010-11 season.[2] During his final season with the Mudbugs, he won the Ray Miron President's Cup.

After the Mudbugs folded after the 2010-11 season, Pszenyczny signed with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League on July 21, 2011.[1][7] On September 22, 2011, after technically being released by the Mavericks, Friesen signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, before being optioned back to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new CHL affiliate.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mavericks Sign Four More Players, Including First Goaltender". Missouri Mavericks. July 21, 2011. http://www.missourimavericks.com/news-and-stats/news/486-mavs-sign-four-including-goalie.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com Profile". EliteProspects.com. http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=France&player=11825&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Sting Make Tuesday 'Transaction Day'". Sarnia Sting. October 19, 2004. http://www.sarniasting.com/article/sting-make-tuesday-transaction-day. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  4. ^ "David Pszenyczny Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Profile". Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. http://www.mudbugshockey.com/team/roster/?player_id=87. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  5. ^ "IceDogs Deal with Barrie". OurSportsCentral.com. January 10, 2006. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3257303. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Royals Acquire Defenseman Dave Pszenyczny". Reading Royals. February 12, 2008. http://www.royalshockey.com/news/news.asp?story_id=501&print=yes. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs win CHL Title, Then Cease Operations". Yahoo! Sports. June 10, 2011. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Bossier-Shreveport-Mudbugs-win-CHL-title-then-c?urn=nhl-wp6920. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Mavericks Announce Three Players to Be on Two-Way Contracts". Missouri Mavericks. September 22, 2004. http://www.missourimavericks.com/news-and-stats/news/511-three-players-signed-to-two-way-contracts.html. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 

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