Garrett Festerling

Garrett Festerling
Born (1986-03-03) March 3, 1986
Quesnel, 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		 Adler Mannheim
Hannover Scorpions
Hamburg Freezers
National team  Germany
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present

Garrett Festerling (born March 3, 1986) is a professional ice hockey forward who is under contract with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is a dual citizen of Canada and Germany.[1]

Playing 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.[2]

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.[3] In his second year in Hannover, Festerling saw action in 18 contests en route to winning the German championship with the Scorpions.[4]

He left the team after the championship season to pursue more playing time and joined the Hamburg Freezers for the 2010–11 campaign.[5] Festerling developed into a key member of the Freezers’ squad and was joined by his twin brother Brett who signed with the Freezers in April 2014. Garrett inked a four-year contract extension with the Freezers in June 2014.[6] The Freezers folded in May 2016, which made Festerling a free agent.[7] Only a couple of days later, he was picked up by another DEL team, Adler Mannheim.[8] He signed a three-year deal with the Adler organization.

International play

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 previously played in the Winnipeg Jets organization of the National Hockey League.

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
2015–16 Hamburg Freezers DEL 30 7 16 23 33 — — — — —
2016–17 Adler Mannheim DEL 37 11 16 27 29 7 1 1 2 2
DEL totals 374 72 145 217 219 56 9 9 18 36

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. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Tag, Medienhaus Der Neue. "Garrett Festerling Spieler des Jahres". onetz.de. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Garrett Festerling kommt nach Hannover". Hockeyweb. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. ↑ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Hannover Scorpions: Kaum neue Gesichter beim Meister - Hannover Scorpions beim Fototermin in Langenhagen". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ "Festerling signs with the Freezers" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Freezers verlängern mit Stürmer Garrett Festerling bis 2018 - 07 - DEL.org". www.del.org. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  7. ↑ "Former NHLer Schubert’s last-ditch effort to save Hamburg Freezers fails, DEL team folds". ddexpress.info | the world's sports. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  8. ↑ "ADLER Mannheim". www.adler-mannheim.de. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  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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