| Will Petschenig | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | February 3, 1995, Manotick, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Left |
| ECHL team F. teams |
Fort Wayne Komets Genève-Servette HC EHC Biel |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–2020 |
William "Will" Petschenig (born February 3, 1995) is a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey defenseman who last played with the Fort Wayne Komets in the ECHL. He previously played with EHC Biel and Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL) and with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL).
Playing career[]
Petschenig was born in Manotick, Ontario. After representing the Upper Canada Cyclones and after a short stint with the Nepean Raiders, Petschenig joined the Cornwall Colts of the Central Canada Hockey League for the 2011-12 season. From 2012 to 2015, he spent time with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and helped win the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 2015.[1] A broken arm forced him to sit out, when his team captured the Memorial Cup the same year. After the season, he was traded to the Saginaw Spirit, where he spent his final OHL season.[2]
Petschenig signed his first professional contract on May 19, 2016, putting pen to paper on a two-year deal with Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).[3]
On October 16, 2018, Petschenig was loaned to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League.[4] On December 7, 2018, Petschenig, was traded by Geneva to EHC Biel for Mauro Dufner.[5] He appeared in 19 regular season games and 2 playoffs contests for Biel.[6]
On August 26, 2019, Petschenig signed his first professional contract in North America, agreeing to a deal with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL for the 2019–20 season.[7] He registered 2 assists in 26 games before he was claimed off waivers by the Kalamazoo Wings on March 10, 2020, before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Personal[]
He received the All Weather Windows Humanitarian of the Year Award[8] and the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy for OHL Humanitarian of the Year in May 2016.[9] Petschenig had created the programme "A Heart Like Mine" for kids who have lost a parent in memory of his father Dan, a former football player for the Toronto Argonauts[10] who died in 2013.[11]
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2011–12 | Cornwall Colts | CCHL | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 52 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 68 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 68 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2017–18 | Genève-Servette HC | NL | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Genève-Servette HC | NL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | SL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | EHC Biel | NL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Fort Wayne Komets | ECHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NL totals | 118 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||
Awards and honours[]
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| OHL | ||
| Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy | 2016 | [9] |
| CHL Humanitarian of the Year | 2016 | |
References[]
- ↑ Trophées de la OHL - Ligue Junior Ontario de Hockey | Marqueur.com.
- ↑ Will Petschenig's parting is sweet sorrow for Saginaw Spirit, community.
- ↑ Club, www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey. Will Petschenig devient Grenat - Genève-Servette Hockey Club.
- ↑ Club, www gshc ch, GSHC-Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey. Will Petschenig prêté au HCC - Genève-Servette Hockey Club (fr).
- ↑ Will Petschenig à Bienne, Mauro Dufner à Genève (fr-CH).
- ↑ Will Petschenig at eliteprospects.com (en).
- ↑ Komets add pair to preseason roster. Fort Wayne Komets (August 26, 2019). Retrieved on August 26, 2019.
- ↑ CHL announces 2015-16 Award winners (en-GB).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Spirit's Will Petschenig named OHL Humanitarian of the Year (en-US).
- ↑ Spirit's Will Petschenig giving back in honour of father - Sportsnet.ca (en-US).
- ↑ A Heart Like Mine – Saginaw Spirit.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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