| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 181 |
| Team: | Schwenninger Wild Wings |
| Former Teams: | Oklahoma City Barons Bakersfield Condors KooKoo Tappara JYP Jyväskylä |
| League: | DEL |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 2015 |
| Draft: | 96th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2013 |
| Draft Team: | Edmonton Oilers |
Kyle Platzer (born March 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Forward currently playing with Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth-round, 96th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[1]
Platzer played major junior hockey with the London Knights and the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and was selected by the Oilers in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, 96th overall. He was later signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Oilers on April 5, 2015.[2]
Platzer made his professional debut in the American Hockey League (AHL), appearing with the Oilers affiliates, the Oklahoma City Barons and the Bakersfield Condors.
A free agent following his entry-level contract with the Oilers, Platzer left North America after four seasons in the minor leagues, and signed a contract with top tier Finnish outfit, KooKoo of the Liiga on July 10, 2019.[3] Establishing himself with KooKoo, Platzer enjoyed two productive seasons in the Liiga, collecting 70 points in 108 games.
On May 19, 2021, Platzer as a free agent joined fellow Finnish club, Tappara, on a one-year deal for the 2021–22 season.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2011–12 | Waterloo Siskins | GOJHL | 50 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 70 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | London Knights | OHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | London Knights | OHL | 65 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14 | London Knights | OHL | 39 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 27 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 68 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 48 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 51 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Wichita Thunder | ECHL | 20 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 44 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 58 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | KooKoo | Liiga | 56 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | KooKoo | Liiga | 52 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Tappara | Liiga | 55 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | JYP | Liiga | 60 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 52 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Liiga totals | 223 | 39 | 93 | 132 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||