Bryan Jurynec Bryan Jurynec ( born December 17 , 1983 ) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the Kalamazoo Wings of the East Coast Hockey League . Hailing from a hockey family as his father , Mickey , was also a hockey player , he was selected as Captain of American International College ' s hockey team for the 2007 – 08 season . Playing career . Junior . Jurynec played 3 seasons in Junior hockey for the NAHL . He started with 44 games with the Capital Centre Pride during the 2001 - 02 season . Jurynec scored 3 goals , made 12 assists , and gained his first 57 penalty minutes with the Pride . Jurynec stayed with the Pride for most of the 2002 – 03 season playing another 35 games and having a more productive season with 11 goals , 6 assists , and 69 penalty minutes . After playing a partial season with the Capital Centre Pride for the 2002 – 03 season , Jurynec was moved to another NAHL team , the Springfield Spirit . Jurynec made 3 goals and 3 assists , and sat in the box for 42 minutes during his 19 game season with the Spirit . For the 2003 – 04 season , Springfield changed their name to the Springfield Junior Blues , where Jurynec stayed to play 50 games , score 4 goals , make 19 assists , and sit another 59 minutes in the box . College . Jurynec played hockey during all four of his college years at American International College located in Springfield , Massachusetts . In Jurynec ' s first season with American International ( 2004 – 05 ) , he made 2 goals , 7 assists , and had 12 penalty minutes in 29 games . In the 2005 – 06 season , Jurynec played 32 more games with the Yellow Jackets , scoring 4 goals , making 6 assists , and sitting 27 minutes in the box . In his third season for American International , Jurynec accumulated 6 goals , 9 assists , and 26 penalty minutes in 34 games . In his final season with the Yellowjackets , Jurynec was named Captain of the team , and played 31 games scoring 4 goals , making 10 assists , and sitting in the box for 22 minutes . Jurynec missed a total of 6 games in his career with American International . Professional . Bryan Jurynec made his professional hockey debut for the then IHL ' s Kalamazoo Wings in the 2008 – 09 season , replacing Tyler Willis ' position as team fighter and enforcer . Jurynec played 53 games with the K - Wings , scoring 6 goals and 7 assists with 108 penalty minutes . Bryan was in a total of 16 fights in his first season in professional hockey . He had two fights in the IHL preseason , one for the Muskegon Lumberjacks , and one for the Kalamazoo Wings . Bryan ' s first fight was against Kalamazoo ' s Justin Nattress , and his second against Fort Wayne ' s Brad MacMillan . Bryan has gotten in 14 fights during the regular season with the Wings , against Fort Wayne ' s Brad MacMillan , three versus Flint ' s Justin Styffe , Flint ' s Rob Voltera , Muskegon ' s Frank Littlejoh , Luke Stauffacher , and two against Alex Lamontagne . Jurynec also fought Port Huron ' s Robert Cowan and Jason Selleke , as well as Bloomington ' s Russell Smith , and twice with Sam Miller . In the following 2009 – 10 season with the K - Wings , their first in the ECHL , Jurynec appeared in 37 games before he was sidelined for the second consecutive year for the remainder of the campaign . Jurynec extended his tenure as a fan - favourite with Kalamazoo , signing a one - year contract to return for his third year on August 10 , 2010 .