Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 176 |
Team: | ZSC Lions |
League: | NL |
Former Teams: | Timrå IK Färjestad BK HV71 Düsseldorfer EG |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1991 |
Birth Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Draft: | 128th overall |
Draft Year: | 2010 |
Draft Team: | Atlanta Thrashers |
Career Start: | 2009 |
Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (born July 23, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL).
Pettersson-Wentzel was drafted 128th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He led Allsvenskan goaltenders in GAA for the 2009–10 season, but after failing to produce similar numbers in the following season Pettersson-Wentzel chose to sign with Timrå in Elitserien for the second half of the 2010–11 season.[1] Pettersson-Wentzel's Elitserien debut came on January 22, 2011 in relief of Juha Pitkämäki.[2]
After his third season with HV71 in 2017–18, Pettersson-Wentzel left Sweden as a free agent and agreed to a one-year contract with German outfit, Düsseldorfer EG of the DEL, on March 21, 2018.[3] Following his lone season in 2018–19 with Düsseldorfer EG. Wentzel was not offered a new contract with Düsseldorfer on April 6, 2019.[4]
On 31 May 2019, Pettersson-Wentzel returned to his native Sweden, agreeing to a one-year contract with newly promoted SHL club, IK Oskarshamn.[5]
Pettersson-Wentzel represented Sweden at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships along with Robin Lehner.
Award | Year | ||
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SHL | |||
Le Mat trophy (HV71) | 2017 | [6] |