Person in history
Daniel Sprong
Daniel Sprong, Dutch ice hockey player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1997 · March 17
- Age this year
- 29No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- ice hockey player. Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands, Canada
- Born
- 29th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Sprong was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His father, Hannie, was a professional hockey player in the Netherlands during the early 1990s and later managed a team there. [ 1 ] At the age of seven Sprong moved from the Netherlands to Canada with his family in order to help develop his hockey career. The family settled in Île Bizard, Quebec , a community near Montreal . [ 2 ] Sprong remains a Dutch citizen, but has applied for Canadian citizenship; as of 2022,
Daniel Sprong is a Dutch professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Sprong was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the 2015 NHL entry draft after playing two seasons with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and made the Penguins immediately after being drafted, though he would return to the QMJHL and play two more seasons with the Islanders.
Path and career
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2011–12 Deux-Rives Dauphins Bantam AA LSLBAA 19 30 8 38 32 — — — — — 2011–12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Bantam AYBHL 11 9 23 32 24 4 7 4 11 4 2012–13 Lac St-Louis Tigres Espoir QMEAA 30 48 56 104 36 3 5 3 8 0 2013–14 Charlottetown Islanders QMJHL 67 30 38 68 20 4 4 1 5 0 2014–15 Charlottetown Islanders QMJHL 68 39 49 88 18 10 7 4 11 6 2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 2015–16 Charlottetown Islanders…
Why this date
Daniel Sprong appears on our March 17 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1997.
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- May 101997 Qayen earthquake
- September 11Kurkse tragedy
- July 22Eiichiro Oda
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express
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- 1997Kodak BlackJune 11
- 1997Steven KwanSeptember 5
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Sources
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“Daniel Sprong”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/daniel-sprong, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Daniel Sprong
When was Daniel Sprong born?
March 17 1997.
How old would Daniel Sprong be today?
29 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on March 17?
Patrick Cantlay, Pietro Pellegri, Terry Rozier and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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