Fabrice Herzog (born 9 December 1994) is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward currently playing for SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the National League (NL). He was drafted 142nd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 NHL entry draft.
Playing career As a youth, Herzog played local team Pikes EHC Oberthurgau before joining the junior program of EV Zug. In his second season of Elite Junior A, Herzog made his professional debut with EV Zug in the 2012–13 season, appearing in 20 games for 4 points.
After his selection to the Maple Leafs in the off-season, Herzog opted to play major junior hockey in North America in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League after he was selected 42nd overall in the 2013 CHL Import Draft by the Québec Remparts. Herzog adapted quickly with the Remparts and was amongst the team's top scorers with 58 points in 61 games. Following an opening-round post-season defeat, Herzog continued his 2013–14 season by agreeing to an amateur try-out contract with the Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, on 3 April 2014. Herzog featured in five scoreless games with the Marlies.
On 6 June 2014, without a contract offer from the Maple Leafs, Herzog opted to continue his development in his homeland, returning to EV Zug on a one-year deal. During the 2014–15 season, Herzog agreed to a two-year contract with top NLA club, ZSC Lions to commence the following year.
Following a breakout season in which he posted a career-high 22 points in his debut campaign with the Lions in 2015–16, Herzog agreed to a two-year contract extension on 29 April 2016.
On 16 November 2018, Herzog signed a two-year contract with HC Davos for the 2019–20 season and through the 2020–21 season.
On February 1, 2021, Herzog agreed to a two-year deal to return to EV Zug for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 season.
On 18 February 2021, Herzog was suspended for eight games following a hit to the head of SCB's Eric Blum on 14 February 2021. He also received a CHF 11,150 fine.
On 4 November 2021, he was suspended for another five games following a cross-check against HC Fribourg-Gottéron's Mauro Dufner on 31 October 2021 and fined CHF 7,700.
International play
Herzog first played in the Swiss national program at the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships. He later made his full international debut after he was selected to the Swiss national team to participate at the 2017 IIHF World Championship in Germany/France. Herzog impressively scored the game-tying and overtime winning goal for Switzerland in a round-robin comeback win over Canada on 13 May 2017.
He represented Switzerland at the 2024 IIHF World Championship and won a silver medal.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 Pikes Oberthurgau SUI U17 32 6 7 13 12 — — — — — 2010–11 Pikes Oberthurgau SUI U17 27 22 14 36 14 — — — — — 2010–11 Pikes Oberthurgau SUI.3 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Pikes Oberthurgau SUI.5 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2011–12 EV Zug SUI U20 35 18 14 32 45 10 6 2 8 6 2012–13 EV Zug SUI U20 32 28 17 45 26 4 3 2 5 2 2012–13 EV Zug NLA 20 2 2 4 6 — — — — — 2013–14 Québec Remparts QMJHL 61 32 26 58 34 5 3 2 5 4 2013–14 Toronto Marlies AHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2014–15 EV Zug NLA 43 6 3 9 16 6 0 3 3 0 2015–16 ZSC Lions NLA 34 9 13 22 57 4 2 0 2 0 2016–17 ZSC Lions NLA 44 9 11 20 14 6 2 1 3 4 2017–18 ZSC Lions NL 46 7 8 15 57 18 6 2 8 6 2018–19 ZSC Lions NL 41 6 6 12 33 — — — — — 2019–20 HC Davos NL 50 14 17 31 36 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Davos NL 33 18 12 30 59 3 0 1 1 0 2021–22 EV Zug NL 38 15 11 26 18 15 7 7 14 4 2022–23 EV Zug NL 52 15 16 31 12 11 3 4 7 0 2023–24 EV Zug NL 52 18 16 34 14 11 4 5 9 4 2024–25 EV Zug NL 43 13 6 19 6 — — — — — NL totals 496 132 121 253 328 66 25 26 51 18 AHL totals 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2012 Switzerland U18 7th 6 2 0 2 0 2014 Switzerland WJC 7th 5 3 0 3 0 2017 Switzerland WC 6th 8 3 0 3 0 2018 Switzerland OG 10th 3 0 1 1 0 2021 Switzerland WC 6th 6 1 2 3 2 2022 Switzerland OG 8th 5 1 1 2 2 2022 Switzerland WC 5th 8 3 3 6 2 2023 Switzerland WC 5th 8 1 2 3 2 2024 Switzerland WC 10 0 1 1 2 Junior totals 11 5 0 5 0 Senior totals 48 9 10 19 10
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