Cyclones add Fritz

Cincinnati, Ohio - The Cincinnati Cyclones have signed defenseman Daniel Fritzto a contract for the 2020-21 season. Fritz comes to Cincinnati after a career year at Utica College which saw him amass 39 points (11g-28a) over 29 games. His senior year performance earned him UCHC Defenseman of the Year, All-USCHO First Team and the ACHA/CCM Division III All America team. The highest scoring defensemen in Division III averaged 1.34 points per game ranking him 26th nationally amongst all skaters. He was 13th in the country with an average of 0.97 assists per game and ranked ninth in the nation with eight power-play goals. He finished his career tied for the most points by a Utica defenseman with 82 points (20g-62a), the most career assists and highest points-per-game average of any defenseman to play for Utica.Prior to his collegiate career, Fritz played junior hockey for Coquitlam in the British Columbia Hockey League and the Tri-City Storm and Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League. The Harwood, Maryland native earned defensive MVP honors in his final season of junior hockey with Coquitlam where he led all defenders on the team with 38 points. Fritz, also played three years of hockey at Canterbury Prep, earning MVP and All-New England Prep Team accolades in 2013.