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Riley Holzapfel
Canadian ice hockey player

Riley Holzapfel

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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of birth
Regina
Age
36 years
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Biography

Riley Holzapfel (born August 18, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently contracted by the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Playing career

Holzapfel played major junior hockey for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, chosen 43rd overall. On September 6, 2007, Riley signed a three-year entry level contract with the Thrashers. In 2008 he played for Canada in the IIHF World U20 Championship where Canada went on to win gold in a 3-2 victory over Sweden.

On February 13, 2012, Holzapfel was traded by the Winnipeg Jets to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Maxime Macenauer. He was then immediately assigned to Ducks AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch.

He signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2012, but spent the season in AHL with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In July 2013, he signed a two-year deal with the Swedish Hockey League club HV71.

After a further third season in Sweden with newly promoted Karlskrona HK in 2015–16 season, Holzapfel left as a free agent to sign a one-year deal with Austrian club, the Vienna Capitals of the EBEL on July 20, 2016.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2004–05Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL631513283251238
2005–06Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL641938574622791620
2006–07Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL7239438294
2007–08Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL4918234143635812
2007–08Chicago WolvesAHL10000
2008–09Chicago WolvesAHL7313193238
2009–10Chicago WolvesAHL607162330140336
2010–11Chicago WolvesAHL6812152720
2011–12St. John's Ice CapsAHL2987158
2011–12Syracuse CrunchAHL28814223440114
2012–13Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsAHL76213051931546108
2013–14HV71SHL481012224940000
2014–15HV71SHL4976131460000
2015–16Karlskrona HKSHL489162524
AHL totals33569101170223334101418

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2008CanadaWJC1st, gold medalist(s)70008
Junior totals70008

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