Dave Pszenyczny

Dave Pszenyczny (pronounced "pshuh-NITCH-nee")<ref name="Mavericks Sign Four More (7-21-2011)" /><ref name="Tulsa Oilers Sign Dave Pszenyczny" />(born February 18, 1985 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /> Fans have referred to him as "Pez", "Chez", and other nicknames due to the difficult spelling of his last name.
Playing career
Pszenyczny began his Junior Hockey career in 2001, playing forty-two games for the Capital Centre Pride of the North American Hockey League during its 2001-02 season and five games for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League during its 2001-02 season.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /> He returned to the Sting for the 2002-03 season, with whom he played through early in the 2004-05 season, at which point he was traded from the Sting to the Mississauga IceDogs, in exchange for Chad Painchaud.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /><ref name="David Pszenyczny Traded to IceDogs" /> After the 2004-05 season ended, Pszenyczny appeared in four games as an amateur for the Muskegon Fury of the United Hockey League, with whom he won the Colonial Cup for the 2004-2005 UHL season.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /><ref name="David Pszenyczny Mudbugs Profile" /> Pszenyczny concluded his Junior Hockey career after the 2005-06 season, starting the season with the IceDogs, before being traded to the Barrie Colts on January 9, 2006 in exchange for Brett Oliphant.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /><ref name="David Pszenyczny Traded to Colts" />
Pszenyczny began his full-time Professional Ice Hockey career in 2006, playing four games for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League during its 2006-07 season, before joining the Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL for the remainder of the ECHL's 2006-07 season.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /> Pszenyczny began the 2007-08 season with the RoadRunners before joining the Alaska Aces, also of the ECHL, during that same season.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /> Pszenyczny was again moved during the 2007-08 season, this time in a trade to the Reading Royals on February 12, 2008 which brought Brett Hemingway to the Aces.<ref name="Royals Acquire Dave Pszenyczny" />
Pszenyczny joined the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs of the Central Hockey League for the 2008-09 season, playing with the team through the 2010-11 season.<ref name="David Pszenyczny EliteProspects.com profile" /> During his final season with the Mudbugs, he won the Ray Miron President's Cup.
After the Mudbugs folded after the 2010-11 season, Pszenyczny signed with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League on July 21, 2011.<ref name="Mavericks Sign Four More (7-21-2011)" /><ref name="Mudbugs Cease Operations" /> On September 22, 2011, after technically being released by the Mavericks, Pszenyczny signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, before being optioned back to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new CHL affiliate.<ref name="Pszenyczny Signs with Wolves (9-22-2011)" />
On June 4, 2012, Pszenyczny signed a contract directly with the Mavericks for the 2012-2013 season.<ref name="Mavericks Re-Sign Pszenyczny (6-4-2012)" />
On June 13, 2013, Pszenyczny re-signed with the Mavericks for the 2013-14 season.<ref name="Mavericks Re-Sign Dave Pszenyczny (6-13-2013)" /> During this season, Pszenyczny won the Oakley Central Hockey League Player of The Week Award for the week prior to December 23, 2013.<ref name="Dave Pszenyczny Wins Player of The Week Award (December 23, 2013)" />
On July 12, 2014, Pszenyczny re-signed with the Mavericks for the 2014-15 season.<ref name="Mavericks Re-Sign Dave Pszenyczny for 2014-15 Season" />
In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Pszenyczny the seventh-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the .<ref name="Missouri Mavericks Top-10 All-Time Players Named (2014) (Article 1)" /><ref name="Missouri Mavericks Top-10 All-Time Players Named (2014) (Article 2)" /><ref name="Mavericks All-Time Top 10 - No. 7 Dave Pszenyczny (2014 Vote)" />
On October 7, 2014, it was announced that the Central Hockey League had folded and had joined the ECHL, nullifying Thinel's Central Hockey League contract with the team.<ref name="Central Hockey League Folds, Missouri Mavericks Join ECHL" /><ref name="Central Hockey League Folds, Missouri Mavericks Join ECHL (Article 2)" /> In light of the change in leagues, the Mavericks became subject to a Veteran Rule in the ECHL more restrictive than that in the CHL.<ref name="Central Hockey League Veteran Rule Compared to ECHL Veteran Rule" /> Because of the more strict Veteran Rule, the Mavericks were unable to re-sign Pszenyczny to an ECHL contract.<ref name="Missouri Mavericks Release Dave Pszenyczny" />
On October 17, 2014, Pszenyczny signed with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.<ref name="Tulsa Oilers Sign Dave Pszenyczny" />

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