{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Eric Knodel.jpg | caption = Knodel with Lehigh Valley in 2020. | image_size = 230px | position = Defense | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 216 | played_for = Toronto Marlies<br>San Diego Gulls<br>Rochester Americans<br>Lehigh Valley Phantoms | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. | draft = 128th overall | draft_year = 2009 | draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs | career_start = 2014 | career_end = 2020 }} '''Eric Knodel''' (born June 8, 1990) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fifth round (128th overall) of the 2009 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leafs Sign Knodel To Entry Level Contract |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/leafs-sign-eric-knodel-to-entry-level-contract/c-711147 |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |access-date=December 17, 2021 |date=March 25, 2014}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2007–08 || Philadelphia Junior Flyers || 18U AAA || 51 || 16 || 23 || 39 || 36 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 || Philadelphia Junior Flyers || 18U AAA || 51 || 13 || 32 || 45 || 30 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2009–10 || Des Moines Buccaneers || USHL || 50 || 3 || 17 || 20 || 37 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 || University of New Hampshire || H-East || 37 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 24 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2012–13 || University of New Hampshire || H-East || 38 || 10 || 11 || 21 || 8 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 || University of New Hampshire || H-East || 41 || 7 || 21 || 28 || 28 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2013–14 || Toronto Marlies || AHL || 10 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 || Toronto Marlies || AHL || 19 || 0 || 8 || 8 || 6 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2014–15 || Orlando Solar Bears || ECHL || 38 || 5 || 14 || 19 || 10 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 || San Diego Gulls || AHL || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2015–16 || Utah Grizzlies || ECHL || 56 || 7 || 15 || 22 || 16 || 10 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 || Cincinnati Cyclones || ECHL || 58 || 8 || 20 || 28 || 30 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2017–18 || Cincinnati Cyclones || ECHL || 57 || 13 || 39 || 52 || 16 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 || Rochester Americans || AHL || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2018–19 || Cincinnati Cyclones || ECHL || 70 || 17 || 36 || 53 || 34 || 11 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 || Reading Royals || ECHL || 44 || 7 || 32 || 39 || 16 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- | 2019–20 || Lehigh Valley Phantoms || AHL || 10 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 49 ! 0 ! 14 ! 14 ! 10 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |}

==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | Hockey East |- | Second All-Star Team | 2014 | |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | ECHL |- | ECHL All-Star Game | 2017 | |- | Defenseman of the Year | 2019 | <ref>{{cite web |title=Cincinnati’s Knodel named CCM/ECHL Defenseman of the Year |url=https://www.echl.com/en/news/2019/4/cincinnati-knodel-named-ccm-echl-defenseman-of-the-year |publisher=ECHL |access-date=December 17, 2021 |date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> |- | First All-Star Team | 2019 | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echl.com/en/news/2019/4/all-echl-first-and-second-teams-announced |title=All-ECHL First and Second Teams Announced |publisher=ECHL |date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> |- | Second All-Star Team | 2018, 2020 | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echl.com/2017-18-echl-all-second-team-announced |title=2017–18 All-ECHL Second Team Announced |publisher=ECHL |date=April 5, 2018 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405210138/https://www.echl.com/2017-18-echl-all-second-team-announced |archive-date=April 5, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echl.com/en/news/2020/4/all-echl-first-and-second-teams-announced |title=ALL-ECHL FIRST AND SECOND TEAMS ANNOUNCED |publisher=ECHL |date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> |}

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