Dan Fritsche
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| Born |
July 13, 1985 Parma, OH, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NLA team Former teams |
ZSC Lions Columbus Blue Jackets New York Rangers Minnesota Wild Genève-Servette HC HC Lugano |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 46th overall, 2003 Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
Daniel J. Fritsche (born July 13, 1985 in Parma, Ohio) is a Swiss-American professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A (NLA).
Fritsche began his junior hockey career with his hometown Cleveland Barons of the North American Hockey League. He then played for the Sarnia Sting and the London Knights, and won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Hockey Championship, playing for the United States. He won a Memorial Cup playing for the Knights in 2005. He also played youth hockey for the Parma Flyers and is one of three players to go into the NHL from there. The other two players are Brian Holzinger and Michael Rupp.
Ranked in the top ten in nearly every pre-draft report, but shoulder concerns scared teams away, the Columbus Blue Jackets got a steal when Fritsche was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 46th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets. After playing for parts of four seasons with the Blue Jackets, Fritsche was traded along with Nikolai Zherdev to the New York Rangers on July 2, 2008 for defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Christian Bäckman.
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