Travis Ewanyk (born March 29, 1993) is a

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professional

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currently playing for

Starbulls Rosenheim The Starbulls Rosenheim are a professional ice hockey team based in Rosenheim, Germany. The team competes in the DEL2, the second highest level of play in professional German ice hockey. They play their home games at the ROFA-Stadion. ROFA AG i ...

of the

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Playing career

Before turning professional, Ewanyk played in the junior

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with

Edmonton Oil Kings The Edmonton Oil Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, that play in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team, founded in 2006, shares an ownership group with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The te ...

. He was drafted 74th overall by the

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in the

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after his second season with the Oil Kings. He played two more seasons for the Oil Kings before signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Oilers. Ewanyk spent two seasons with the Oilers'

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affiliate the

Oklahoma City Barons The Oklahoma City Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). The team's first season was 2010–11 AHL season, 2010–11. They played their home games at the Cox Convention Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...

before he was traded to the

Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. The Senators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Di ...

for

Eric Gryba Eric David Gryba (born April 14, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Gryba was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the third round, 68th overall, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Ottawa Senators Gryba was sel ...

. He spent just one season with the Senators' AHL affiliate the

Binghamton Senators The Binghamton Senators were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2002 to 2017. Nicknamed the B-Sens, they played in Binghamton, New York, at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. The B-Sens w ...

before becoming a free agent. With no NHL interest, Ewanyk signed for the

Idaho Steelheads The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season. In 1996, t ...

of the

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on October 12, 2016. He also played one game for the AHL's

Texas Stars The Texas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Cedar Park, Texas. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Dallas Stars. They play their homes games at the H-E-B Center. History In ...

during the 2016-17 season. He also had spells with the

Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig ...

and the

Wichita Thunder The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014, and then in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season. From 1992 until December 2009, the Thunder played in ...

. On August 29, 2018, Ewanyk moved to Europe and signed with the

Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the Yayla Arena. Founded in 1936 by entrepreneur Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liab ...

of the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called Penny (supermarket), PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga) (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a professional ice hockey league in Germany and the highest division in German i ...

(DEL). He signed a new one-year contract with Krefeld on April 3, 2019.

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* 1993 births Living people Binghamton Senators players Canadian ice hockey centres Edmonton Oil Kings players Edmonton Oilers draft picks ETC Crimmitschau players Fort Wayne Komets players Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Krefeld Pinguine players Oklahoma City Barons players Ice hockey people from St. Albert, Alberta Texas Stars players Wichita Thunder players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1990s-stub