Mitch Fritz
| Mitch Fritz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
November 24, 1980 Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) | ||
| Weight | 249 lb (113 kg; 17 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New York Islanders | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2000–2011 | ||
Mitch Fritz (born November 24, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 20 games in the National Hockey League's 2008–09 season for the New York Islanders. Fritz was born in Osoyoos, British Columbia.
Playing career
Fritz made his NHL debut against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 30, 2008. He is a noted enforcer, regularly accumulating a high amount of penalty minutes and fighting majors each season. In 2005–2006, Fritz was awarded the AHL Man of the Year award for outstanding service in the Springfield community, while playing for the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons.
On September 30, 2009, Fritz signed a one-year contract as a free agent to return to the Tampa Bay Lightning organization and was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals.[1] During the 2010–11 season, Fritz suffered from a groin injury and shortly retired.[2]
His brother, Luke, played offensive guard for the CFL Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 52 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 156 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 58 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 204 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Tallahassee Tiger Sharks | ECHL | 42 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Columbus Cottonmouths | ECHL | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 284 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Columbus Cottonmouths | ECHL | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Columbus Cottonmouths | ECHL | 64 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 45 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 69 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 212 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | New York Islanders | NHL | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 73 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 157 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 354 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 954 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 184 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 656 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ "Tampa Bay Lightning signs left wing Mitch Fritz, sends him to Norfolk". TampaBay.com. 2009-09-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ Rod Fitzwell (2011-04-18), Mitch Fritz, archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved 2018-02-13
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1980 births
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Columbus Cottonmouths (ECHL) players
- Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Kelowna Rockets players
- Living people
- Lowell Lock Monsters players
- Milwaukee Admirals players
- New York Islanders players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Norfolk Admirals players
- People from Osoyoos
- Saint John Flames players
- Springfield Falcons players
- Tallahassee Tiger Sharks players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Worcester IceCats players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1980s births stubs