Dave Pszenyczny

Dave Pszenyczny
Born (1985-02-18) February 18, 1985
Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
ECHL team Tulsa Oilers
Played for AHL
Toronto Marlies
Chicago Wolves
CHL
Missouri Mavericks
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
ECHL
Missouri Mavericks
Reading Royals
Alaska Aces
Phoenix RoadRunners
UHL
Muskegon Fury
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2004–present

Dave Pszenyczny (pronounced "pshuh-NITCH-nee")[1][2](born February 18, 1985 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.[3] Fans have referred to him as "Pez", "Chez", and other nicknames due to the difficult spelling of his last name.

Playing 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.[3] 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.[3][4] 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.[3][5] 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.[3][6]

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.[3] Pszenyczny began the 2007-08 season with the RoadRunners before joining the Alaska Aces, also of the ECHL, during that same season.[3] 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.[7]

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.[3] 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][8] On September 22, 2011, after technically being released by the Mavericks, Pszenyczny signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, before being optioned back to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new CHL affiliate.[9]

On June 4, 2012, Pszenyczny signed a contract directly with the Mavericks for the 2012-2013 season.[10]

On June 13, 2013, Pszenyczny re-signed with the Mavericks for the 2013-14 season.[11] During this season, Pszenyczny won the Oakley Central Hockey League Player of The Week Award for the week prior to December 23, 2013.[12]

On July 12, 2014, Pszenyczny re-signed with the Mavericks for the 2014-15 season.[13]

In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Pszenyczny the seventh-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence.[14][15][16]

On October 7, 2014, it was announced that the Central Hockey League had folded and had joined the ECHL, nullifying Thinel's Central Hockey League contract with the team.[17][18] In light of the change in leagues, the Mavericks became subject to a Veteran Rule in the ECHL more restrictive than that in the CHL.[19] Because of the more strict Veteran Rule, the Mavericks were unable to re-sign Pszenyczny to an ECHL contract.[20]

On October 17, 2014, Pszenyczny signed with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mavericks Sign Four Players Including First Goaltender". OurSportsCentral.com. July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Oilers Land Veteran Blue-Liner Pszenyczny". OurSportsCentral.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com Profile". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sting Make Tuesday 'Transaction Day'". Sarnia Sting. October 19, 2004. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ "David Pszenyczny Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Profile". Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ "IceDogs Deal with Barrie". OurSportsCentral.com. January 10, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Royals Acquire Defenseman Dave Pszenyczny". Reading Royals. February 12, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs win CHL Title, Then Cease Operations". Yahoo! Sports. June 10, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mavericks Announce Three Players to be on Two-Way Contracts". OurSportsCentral.com. September 22, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Mavericks Re-Sign Dickson, Pszenyczny and Simoes". OurSportsCentral.com. June 4, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Mavericks Unveil Season 5 Logo, Announce Multiple Player Signings". OurSportsCentral.com. June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Mavericks Sweep Weekly CHL Awards". OurSportsCentral.com. December 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Mavericks Announce Player Re-Signings at Summer Games Event". OurSportsCentral.com. July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ "MISSOURI MAVERICKS TOP 10 VOTE: THE RESULTS". Missouri Mavericks. July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  15. ↑ Althaus, Bill (July 12, 2014). "Mavs to Reveal All-Time Top 10". The Examiner. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ Althaus, Bill (July 23, 2014). "Mavericks All-Time Top 10 - No. 7 Dave Pszenyczny". The Examiner. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Days Before Season Begins, ECHL Adds 7 Former Central Hockey League Teams". SB Nation. October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  18. ↑ Genet, Mike (October 10, 2014). "A NEW ERA". The Examiner. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  19. ↑ Brent Thiessen (Speaker) (2014). Mavericks Join ECHL Press Conference (Online Video). Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  20. ↑ Althaus, Bill (October 10, 2014). "ECHL Rule Forces Mavs to Cut Fan Favorite Pszenyczny". The Examiner. Retrieved October 11, 2014.

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