Career
Juniors Witkowski played in the United States Hockey League prior to being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Witkowski played collegiate hockey with the Western Michigan University for four years. On April 1, 2013, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced the signing of Witkowski to a two-year entry level contract.
Witkowski was the captain of WMU, where he had two goals and 10 points and was named second-team ALL-CCHA. Witkowski played in 152 games over four years with the WMU Broncos.
Tampa Bay Lightning On October 19, 2014, the Tampa Bay Lightning recalled Witkowski from the Syracuse Crunch. He has played in all four games for this Crunch this season, recording an assist and 15 penalty minutes.
In his first professional season, he appeared in 76 games with the Crunch. During the 2013-2014 season, he recorded two goals and 12 points with 204 penalty minutes.
During the preseason with the Lightning, he had an assist and 11 penalty minutes.
On October 23, 2014, the Lightning reassigned Witkowski back to the Crunch. During his brief stint with the lightning, he did not appear in any games with the team On January 16, 2015, the Lightning recalled Witkowski from the Syracuse Crunch.
He has appeared in 36 games with the Crunch this season, posting a goal and six points to go along with 75 penalty minutes.
On January 20, 2015, Witkowski made his National Hockey League debut in a Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks. In his National Hockey League debute, Witkowski had 14:29 in ice time on the night.On April 14, 2014, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that Witkowsi had been reassigned to the Syracuse Crunch.
He is expected to help them finish out the regular season and during their playoff run. Witkowski played in 16 games in two stints with the Lightning during the 2014-2015 National Hockey League season, where his physical brand of hockey helped the team through a series of injuries on defense.
On July 17, 2015, the Lightning announced the re-signing of Witkowski to a one-year, two-way contract.
Witkowski played in 16 games with the Lightning during the 2014015 season, recording 15 penalty minutes. He had 37 hits and blocked 20 shots during his sixteen game stint with the team Witkowski skated in 50 games with the Crunch last season, collecting two goals and eight points along with 91 penalty minutes.
He also skated in three Playoff games with Syracuse in 2015, posting one assist and four penalty minutes.