Garrett Festerling

Garrett Festerling
Born (1986-03-03) March 3, 1986
Prince George, BC, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Hamburg Freezers
Hannover Scorpions
National team  Germany
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present

Garrett Festerling (born March 3, 1986 in Prince George, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League).[1][2] He is a dual citizen of Canada and Germany.[3]

Career

Festerling played for the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL before making the move to the WHL. He first represented the Portland Winter Hawks and then joined the Regina Pats.

In 2007, Festerling headed over the pond to play professionally in Germany and spent the 2007-08 season with EV Füssen, a team from the third division in Germany. Festerling excelled as the league’s leading scorer, recording 50 goals and 70 assists in 45 games, while being named Oberliga Player of the Year by eishockeynews.de.[4]

His outstanding performances with the Füssen team drew the attention of teams from the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Festerling eventually signed with the Hannover Scorpions in 2008, joining the DEL side on a three-year contract.[5] In his second year in Hannover, Festerling saw action in 18 contests en route to winning the German championship with the Scorpions.[6]

He left the team after the championship season to pursue more playing time and joined the Hamburg Freezers for the 2010–11 campaign.[7] Festerling developed into a key member of the Freezers’ squad and inked a four-year contract extension with the Freezers in June 2014.[8]

International career

In December 2011, Festerling made his debut on the German Men’s National Team in an exhibition game against Russia.[9]

Personal life

His twin brother Brett Festerling who previously played in the Winnipeg Jets organization of the National Hockey League is also currently on the Hamburg roster.

Festerling’s grandfather emigrated from Hamburg, Germany, to Canada after World War 2.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Vernon Vipers BCHL 43 7 5 12 10 — — — — —
2003–04 Portland Winterhawks WHL 37 4 12 16 37 5 0 1 1 0
2004–05 Portland Winterhawks WHL 72 14 20 34 45 7 1 1 2 4
2005–06 Regina Pats WHL 72 22 36 58 51 6 3 4 7 6
2006–07 Regina Pats WHL 67 22 51 73 46 10 5 7 12 16
2006–07 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 EV Füssen 3.GBun 45 50 70 120 46 11 5 8 13 16
2008–09 Hannover Scorpions DEL 43 1 4 5 14 8 0 2 2 4
2009–10 Hannover Scorpions DEL 18 2 3 5 2 11 1 0 1 0
2010–11 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 4 15 19 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 11 22 33 40 5 0 0 0 14
2012–13 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 14 22 36 24 6 2 1 3 0
2013–14 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 8 29 37 14 12 4 3 7 10
2014–15 Hamburg Freezers DEL 40 14 18 32 45 7 1 2 3 6
DEL totals 307 54 113 167 157 49 8 8 16 34

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Germany OGQ NQ 3 0 1 1 0
Senior totals 3 0 1 1 0

References

  1. ↑ Garrett Festerling's profile and statistics at DEL.org (German)
  2. ↑ "2013/2014 Spieler" [Players] (in German). Hamburg Freezers. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Festerling signs with German team". The Telegram. 2012-07-23. His twin brother Garrett has played in Germany the last five years, the past two with the Hanover Scorpions of the DEL as a dual Canadian-German citizen. The Festerlings' paternal grandfather is a native of Germany.
  4. ↑ Tag, Medienhaus Der Neue. "Garrett Festerling Spieler des Jahres". onetz.de. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ "Garrett Festerling kommt nach Hannover". Hockeyweb. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. ↑ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Hannover Scorpions: Kaum neue Gesichter beim Meister - Hannover Scorpions beim Fototermin in Langenhagen". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  7. ↑ "Festerling signs with the Freezers" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  8. ↑ "Freezers verlängern mit Stürmer Garrett Festerling bis 2018 - 07 - DEL.org". www.del.org. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  9. ↑ ONLINE, RP. "Eishockey-Länderspiel: DEB-Auswahl überrascht gegen Russland". RP ONLINE. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  10. ↑ Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt -. "Garrett Festerlings mühsamer Weg zurück auf das Eis". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-14.

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