Jordan Szwarz

Jordan Szwarz
Szwarz with Adler Mannheim in 2023
Born (1991-05-14) May 14, 1991
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Schwenninger Wild Wings
Arizona Coyotes
Boston Bruins
Ottawa Senators
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
NHL draft 97th overall, 2009
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 2010–present

Jordan Szwarz (born May 14, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Szwarz was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 2009 NHL entry draft. He later joined the Boston Bruins organization, before joining the Ottawa Senators as a free agent in July 2019.

Playing career

Amateur

Szwarz was selected by the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in the second round, 25th overall in the 2007 OHL Priority Draft.[1] He made his debut for the Spirit in the 2007–08 season, appearing in 65 games, scoring 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points.[2] The Spirit finished seventh in the OHL's Western Conference and faced the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the opening round of the playoffs.[3] However, their playoff experience was short-lived as the team was swept in four games in their best-of-seven series.[4] Szwarz went scoreless in the series.[2]

For the 2008–09 season he made 67 appearances, scoring 17 goals and 51 points.[2] Once again making the playoffs, the Spirit recorded the franchise's first playoff victory by sweeping the Guelph Storm.[5] Moving on to the second round, they faced the London Knights who elimnated them.[6] In eight playoff games, Szwarz added one goal and six points.[2] In 2009–10 he added 26 goals and 54 points, as the Spirit faced the Kitchener Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.[2] The Rangers knocked the Spirit out of contention winning their best-of-seven series in six games.[7] Szwarz tallied one goal and three points in the six games.[2]

In his final OHL season in 2010–11 with the Spirit, Szwarz was named the team's captain as voted on by the players.[8] He established new highs in goals with 27 and points with 66 in 65 appearances.[2] The Spirit advanced past the Guelph Storm in the first round to face the Windsor Spitfires, only to be eliminated in the second round again.[9] Szwarz added four goals and 13 points in 12 playoff games.[2] He was recognised as the team's Most Valuable Player and was awarded the Heart and Soul Award at the end of the season. He was the team's third all-time leading scorer with 204 career points by the end of his OHL career.[10]

Professional

Phoenix Coyotes

Szwarz was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fourth round, 97th overall, of the 2009 NHL entry draft. He was signed to an amateur try-out contract with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL) on March 31, 2010.[11] Szwarz made his professional debut with the Rampage in the 2009–10 season, appearing in one game, going scoreless.[2] On June 1, 2011 it was announced that he had signed an entry-level contract with the Coyotes.[12]

In his first full professional season in 2011–12, Szwarz was assigned to the Portland Pirates of the AHL. He put up seven goals and 20 points in 53 games in his rookie season.[2] The Pirates finished third in the Atlantic Division but missed the playoffs.[13] He was returned to Portland for the 2012–13 season, but his season was shortened due to a shoulder injury.[14] In 60 games he recorded 11 goals and 33 points.[2] He began the 2013–14 season with Portland, and was named the team's captain.[14][15] He was recalled by Phoenix for the first time on October 28, 2013 and made his NHL debut on October 29, playing eight minutes and 16 seconds for the Coyotes in a 3–1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.[16][17] His first NHL goal was scored in his next NHL game, on October 31 against Carter Hutton of the Nashville Predators. He was named the first star of the game.[18] He split the next three months between Phoenix and Portland, before finishing the season in the AHL.[19] He recorded three goals in 26 games with the Coyotes and eight goals and 14 points in 27 games with the Pirates.[2] The Pirates finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.[20]

As a restricted free agent in the offseason, the Coyotes re-signed him to a two-year, two-way contract on July 15.[21] He was sent to Portland to start the 2014–15 season, but missed six weeks with a lower body injury.[22] He was recalled for the first time by the renamed Arizona Coyotes on March 23, 2015, and made his NHL season debut on March 24.[22][23][24] In nine games with Arizona, he scored one goal.[2] He was returned to Portland in April, which had finished fourth in the Atlantic Division and qualified for the playoffs.[25] In 45 regular season games, he tallied nine goals and 23 points.[2] The Pirates lost to the Manchester Monarchs in the first round best-of-five series.[25] In five playoff games, he added one goal and three points.[2]

Going into the 2015–16 season, the Coyotes changed their AHL affiliate to the Springfield Falcons.[26] However, Szwarz suffered an injury before training camp and missed all of it.[27] He was assigned to Springfield at the end of September.[26] He spent the entire season in Springfield making 56 appearances, scoring 12 goals and 23 points.[2] Springfield finished last in the Atlantic Division and missed the playoffs.[28]

Boston Bruins

In the offseason, Szwarz could not find an NHL deal and signed a one-year with the Providence Bruins of the AHL. He set new career highs with 22 goals and 54 points in 65 games in the 2016–17 season.[29] Providence finished fourth in the Atlantic Division and qualified for the playoffs, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference final, losing to the Syracuse Crunch.[30] Szwarz tallied six goals and 11 points in 17 playoff games.[29] As a result, the Boston Bruins signed him to a one-year, two-way deal on July 1, 2017.[31] He was assigned to Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, to start the 2017–18 season.[32] He was recalled by Boston on November 1 after forward David Backes was injured.[33] He made his Boston debut on November 2 in a 2–1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, marking his first NHL game since 2015.[29] He recorded his first points for Boston, tallying two assists in a 5–3 win over the Minnesota Wild on November 7.[34] On November 22, he was returned to Providence having appeared in nine games, registering three assists.[35] He was recalled on an emergency basis by Boston twice more during the season before being sent to the minors for the final time on March 30, 2018.[36][37][38] That same day, Szwarz was signed to a one-year, two-way contract extension.[39] In 12 games with Boston, he recorded three points.[2] Providence finished fourth once again and made the playoffs, but were eliminated in the first round by the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.[40] In 52 regular season games, he scored 21 goals and 48 points for Providence and in four playoff games, two goals and four points.[2] Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Szwarz was placed on waivers by Boston. After going unclaimed, he was assigned to Providence.[41] He was named the AHL Bruins' captain.[42] He spent the entire season with Providence, scoring 23 goals and 46 points in 68 games.[2] In January 2019, he replaced the injured Ryan Fitzgerald as the player representing Providence at the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic.[43] Providence finished fourth in their division for the third consecutive year. They made the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round for the second consecutive year, this time by the Charlotte Checkers.[44]

Ottawa Senators

After three seasons within the Bruins organization, Szwarz left as an unrestricted free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on July 1, 2019.[45] Acquired to add depth to the Senators organization, Szwarz was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators, to begin the 2019–20 season.[46] His stint in Belleville was short as he was recalled by Ottawa on October 14, replacing the injured Artem Anisimov.[47] He made his Ottawa debut that night in a 2–0 loss to the Minnesota Wild.[48] He appeared in two more games Szwarz and went scoreless before being returned to the AHL on October 20.[49] In November, he was named the team's captain, the third in team history.[50] In the AHL he collected 18 goals and 36 points through 48 regular season games before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][51]

Europe

As an impending free agent, Szwarz opted to embark on a career abroad by agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on July 22, 2020.[52] In his lone season in the KHL, he recorded ten goals 27 points in 51 games. Torpedo made the playoffs, but were eliminated by Ak Bars Kazan in the opening round.[53] In two playoff games, Szwarz went scoreless.[2]

Szwarz left Russia and signed a two-year contract with German club, Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on May 17, 2021.[54] In his first season in the DEL in 2021–22, he tallied 14 goals and 37 points in 48 games. In the playoffs he added four goals and eight points in nine games. In his second season in 2022–23, he saw a decline in scoring, only marking nine goals and 28 points in 45 games. In four playoff games he scored once.[2] On November 30, 2022, his contract was extended by Mannheim to 2025.[55] In 2023–24, he recorded nine goals and 16 points in 36 games, with two goals and seven points in seven playoff games. In his final season with Mannheim in 2024–25, his scoring craters, tallying only seven goals and 14 points in 35 games. He put up only two assists in seven playoff games.[2] On June 6, 2025, the now free agent Szwarz signed a contract with Schwenninger Wild Wings of the DEL.[56] In 45 games with the Wild Wings he tallied six goals and 26 points and added four more assists in seven games during the playoffs.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 12 21 33 56 4 0 0 0 2
2008–09 Saginaw Spirit OHL 67 17 34 51 76 8 1 5 6 10
2009–10 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 26 28 54 82 6 1 2 3 0
2009–10 San Antonio Rampage AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Saginaw Spirit OHL 65 27 39 66 90 12 4 9 13 8
2011–12 Portland Pirates AHL 58 7 13 20 28 — — — — —
2012–13 Portland Pirates AHL 60 11 22 33 31 — — — — —
2013–14 Portland Pirates AHL 27 8 6 14 55 — — — — —
2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 26 3 0 3 19 — — — — —
2014–15 Portland Pirates AHL 45 9 13 22 65 5 1 2 3 8
2014–15 Arizona Coyotes NHL 9 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2015–16 Springfield Falcons AHL 56 12 11 23 31 — — — — —
2016–17 Providence Bruins AHL 65 22 32 54 76 17 6 5 11 18
2017–18 Providence Bruins AHL 52 21 27 48 37 4 1 2 3 12
2017–18 Boston Bruins NHL 12 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Providence Bruins AHL 68 23 23 46 56 4 2 2 4 12
2019–20 Belleville Senators AHL 46 18 18 36 40 — — — — —
2019–20 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2020–21 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 51 10 17 27 39 2 0 0 0 2
2021–22 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 14 23 37 27 9 4 4 8 6
2022–23 Adler Mannheim DEL 45 9 19 28 37 4 1 0 1 2
2023–24 Adler Mannheim DEL 36 9 7 16 25 7 2 5 7 2
2024–25 Adler Mannheim DEL 35 7 7 14 32 7 0 2 2 7
NHL totals 50 4 3 7 25 — — — — —
KHL totals 51 10 17 27 39 2 0 0 0 2

References

  1. ^ Nagel, Kevin (May 9, 2007). "Five minor midget Eagles selected in OHL priority draft". The Burlington Post. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via InsideHalton.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Jordan Szwarz". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  3. ^ Bernreuter, Hugh (March 17, 2008). "Saginaw Spirit beat Plymouth, face Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Hockey League playoffs". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  4. ^ Petzold, Bill (March 28, 2008). "Soo sweeps Saginaw Spirit out of OHL playoffs". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  5. ^ Mott, Geoff (March 27, 2009). "Saginaw Spirit win first Ontario Hockey League playoff series in franchise history, sweep Guelph with 4-1 victory". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  6. ^ McFarland, Jodi (April 8, 2009). "Slide Show: London Knights defeat Saginaw Spirit to take series". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  7. ^ Austin, Kyle (March 29, 2010). "Saginaw Spirit eliminated from OHL playoffs after 4-2 loss to Kitchener Rangers". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  8. ^ "Spirit Name Captains". Saginaw Spirit. September 24, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via CHL.ca.
  9. ^ Austin, Kyle (April 4, 2011). "Saginaw Spirit beat Guelph Storm, 6-5, advance to second round of playoffs". MLive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  10. ^ "Spirit host rookie camp and have 2010-11 awards ceremony". Saginaw Spirit. May 1, 2011. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "Rampage Add Summers And Szwarz To Roster". San Antonio Rampage. March 31, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  12. ^ "Spirit Captain Jordan Szwarz Signs with Phoenix Coyotes". Ontario Hockey League. June 1, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via CHL.ca.
  13. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 279.
  14. ^ a b Betit, Paul (September 26, 2013). "Coyotes assign two players to Pirates". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  15. ^ Pelletier, Justin (October 9, 2013). "AHL: Szwarz ready to lead Pirates". Sun Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  16. ^ "Coyotes Recall Szwarz from Portland". Portland Pirates. October 28, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  17. ^ "Szwarz makes NHL debut with Coyotes". Brampton Guardian. October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  18. ^ "Nashville Predators 4 – 5 Phoenix Coyotes". NHL.com. National Hockey League. October 13, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  19. ^ "Coyotes Recall Murphy, Assign Szwarz to Portland". Portland Pirates. January 27, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  20. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 281.
  21. ^ McLellan, Sarah (July 15, 2014). "Coyotes sign Brandon McMillan, Jordan Szwarz". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  22. ^ a b McLellan, Sarah (March 24, 2015). "Burke: Coyotes' Smith's play 'every bit as good today as it was 3 years ago'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  23. ^ Pelletier, Justin (October 2, 2014). "Portland Pirates: Coyotes assign six to AHL team". Sun Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  24. ^ "Coyotes Recall Szwarz, Assign Hodgman to Portland". Portland Pirates. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  25. ^ a b Chaimovitch 2025, p. 282.
  26. ^ a b Dillon, Kevin (September 30, 2015). "Arizona Coyotes reduce training camp roster by five, Springfield Falcons release one". MassLive. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  27. ^ "Coyotes' Szwarz To Miss Training Camp". CBS Sports. September 9, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  28. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 283.
  29. ^ a b c Loftus, Mike (November 2, 2017). "Bruins Journal: Szwarz earns fresh NHL start with Boston". The Providence Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  30. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 284.
  31. ^ "Bruins sign depth players Kenny Agostino, Paul Postma to one-year, one-way deals". CSNNE. July 1, 2017. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  32. ^ Ryan, Conor (October 2, 2017). "Boston Bruins assign Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, 5 other skaters to Providence". MassLive. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  33. ^ "Bruins' Jordan Szwarz: Recalled Wednesday". CBS Sports. November 1, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  34. ^ Kalman, Matt (November 7, 2017). "Five players score for Bruins in win against Wild". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  35. ^ "Bruins Assign Jordan Szwarz To Providence". Boston Bruins. November 22, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via NHL.com.
  36. ^ "Bruins Recall Jordan Szwarz On Emergency Basis; Assign Rob O'Gara". Boston Bruins. November 25, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via NHL.com.
  37. ^ "Bruins Recall Jordan Szwarz from Providence on Emergency Basis". Boston Bruins. February 16, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via NHL.com.
  38. ^ "Bruins' Jordan Szwarz: Sent to Providence". CBS Sports. March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  39. ^ "Bruins sign Jordan Szwarz to contract extension". Boston Bruins. March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via NHL.com.
  40. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 285.
  41. ^ Ryan, Conor (September 28, 2018). "Boston Bruins training camp roster: Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson assigned to Providence, Jakub Lauko sent to juniors". MassLive. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  42. ^ "Jordan Szwarz Named P-Bruins Captain". Providence Bruins. October 19, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  43. ^ Russo, Eric (January 23, 2019). "Szwarz Headed to First AHL All-Star Game". Boston Bruins. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via NHL.com.
  44. ^ Chaimovitch 2025, p. 286.
  45. ^ "Senators sign Jordan Szwarz to one-year, two-way contract". Ottawa Senators. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via NHL.com.
  46. ^ "Ottawa Assigns Four to Belleville". Belleville Senators. September 26, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via OurSportsCentral.
  47. ^ "Senators' Jordan Szwarz: Moves up to NHL". CBS Sports. October 14, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  48. ^ "Wild blank Senators 2-0 for 1st win of the season". ESPN. Associated Press. October 14, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  49. ^ "Senators' Jordan Szwarz: Sent down Sunday". CBS Sports. October 20, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  50. ^ Foot, David (November 6, 2019). "B-Sens name Szwarz as captain". Quinte News. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  51. ^ "AHL cancels remainder of 2019-20 season". American Hockey League. May 11, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  52. ^ "Джордан Шварц - в "Торпедо"!" [Jordan Szwarz is in Torpedo] (in Russian). Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. July 22, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  53. ^ "Standings - 2020/2021 - Playoffs". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  54. ^ "Jordan Szwarz verstärkt die Offensive" [Jordan Szwarz signed to boost the offence] (in German). Adler Mannheim. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  55. ^ "Adler Mannheim: Tiefensee, Mnich, Reul, Dziambor, Wolf und Szwarz verlängern" [Adler Mannheim: Tiefensee, Mnich, Reul, Dziambor, Wolf and Szwraz extend]. Eishockey News (in German). November 30, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  56. ^ "Ex-Adler Szwarz geht nach Schwenningen – Weiden bestätigt Schiemenz, Clarke zur DEG" [Ex-eagle Szwarz goes to Schwenningen – Weiden confirms Schiemenz, Clarke to DEG]. Eishockey News (in German). June 6, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2026.

Bibliography

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.