Fabrice Herzog

Fabrice Herzog
Born (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams		 ZSC Lions
EV Zug
Toronto Marlies
National team   Switzerland
NHL Draft 142nd overall, 2013
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2012–present

Fabrice Herzog (born 9 December 1994) is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL). He was drafted 142nd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

As a youth, Herzog played local team Pikes EHC Oberthurgau before joining the junior program of EV Zug. In his second season of Elite Junior A, Herzog made his professional debut with EV Zug in the 2012–13 season, appearing in 20 games for 4 points.

After his selection to the Maple Leafs in the off-season, Herzog opted to play major junior hockey in North America in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League after he was selected 42nd overall in the 2013 CHL Import Draft by the Québec Remparts. Herzog adapted quickly with the Remparts and was amongst the team's top scorers with 58 points in 61 games. Following an opening round post-season defeat, Herzog continued his 2013–14 season, by agreeing to an amateur try-out contract with the Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, on April 3, 2014.[1] Herzog featured in five scoreless games with the Marlies.

On June 6, 2014, without a contract offer from the Maple Leafs, Herzog opted to continue his development in his homeland, returning to EV Zug, on a one-year deal.[2] During the 2014–15 season, Herzog agreed to a two-year contract with top NLA club, ZSC Lions to commence the following year.

Following a breakout season in which he posted a career high 22 points in his debut campaign with the Lions in 2015–16, Herzog agreed to a two-year contract extension on April 29, 2016.[3]

International play

Herzog first played in the Swiss national program at the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships. He later made his full international debut after he was selected to the Swiss national team to participate at the 2017 IIHF World Championship in Germany/France.[4] Herzog impressively scored the game-tying and overtime winning goal for Switzerland in a round-robin comeback win over Canada on May 13, 2017.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2011–12 Zug Elite Jr. A 35 18 14 32 45 10 6 2 8 6
2012–13 Zug Elite Jr. A 32 28 17 45 26 4 3 2 5 2
2012–13 EV Zug NLA 20 2 2 4 6 — — — — —
2013–14 Québec Remparts QMJHL 61 32 26 58 34 5 3 2 5 4
2013–14 Toronto Marlies AHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 EV Zug NLA 43 6 3 9 16 6 0 3 3 0
2015–16 ZSC Lions NLA 34 9 13 22 57 4 2 0 2 0
2016–17 ZSC Lions NLA 44 9 11 20 14 6 2 1 3 4
NLA totals 141 26 29 55 93 16 4 4 8 4
AHL totals 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2012 Swizterland WJC18 7th 6 2 0 2 0
2014 Switzerland WJC 7th 5 3 0 3 0
2017 Switzerland WC 6th 8 3 0 3 0
Junior totals 11 5 0 5 0
Senior totals 8 3 0 3 0

References

  1. ↑ "Fabrice Herzog agrees to ATO contract with Marlies". Toronto Marlies. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Fabrice Herzog returns to Zug" (in German). EV Zug. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Contract extensions announced" (in German). ZSC Lions. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  4. ↑ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey League. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Herzog the Hero!". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
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