Quick Facts
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 season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 63 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 64 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 2006–07 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 72 | 39 | 43 | 82 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 49 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 2007–08 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 73 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 60 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | St. John's Ice Caps | AHL | 29 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 28 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 76 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 93 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14 | HV71 | SHL | 48 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HV71 | SHL | 49 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Karlskrona HK | SHL | 48 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 335 | 69 | 101 | 170 | 223 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Canada | WJC |  | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||