Dragan Umičević

Dragan Umičević
Date of birth	October 9, 1984
place of birth	Bosanska Dubica , SFR Yugoslavia
size	185 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 84
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 6th lap, 184th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 2006	Södertälje SK
2003-2004	IF Björklöven
2006-2007	Djurgårdens IF
2007	HK CSKA Moscow
2007-2009	Södertälje SK
2009-2011	Färjestad BK
2011–2012	Malmo Redhawks
2012-2013	Porin Ässät Tappara
2013-2014	Porin Ässät
2014-2015	EHC Biel
2015-2016	Cologne Sharks
2016-2018	Krefeld penguins
since 2018	EHC Linz

Dragan Umičević (born October 9, 1984 in Bosanska Dubica , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Swedish ice hockey player of Bosnian origin who has been under contract with EHC Linz in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since May 2018 .

Career

Dragan Umičević's family moved to Sweden when he was four years old and here he started playing ice hockey as a child at the ice hockey club in Köping, IK Westmannia and its successor club, Köping HC. In his youth he then moved to Södertälje SK , a club which at that time was active in Sweden's top ice hockey league (SHL) . In 2003 Umičević was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers for the NHL in 184 position in the 6 round. Although he dreams of a career in the NHL, he did not want to move to North America at this time to increase his chances of playing this league. After Södertälje relegated to the second highest division (Allsvenskan) after the 2005/06 season, moved to Djurgårdens IF for the coming season . In the 2007/08 season he played at HK ZSKA Moscow in the KHL , but returned after 9 games (2 goals) in the Swedish league to Södertälje SK, which had been promoted back to the first Swedish division for this season. After he was the best points player for his team Södertälje in the 2008/09 season, he moved to the reigning champions Färjestad BK for the next season . After a season with the Malmö Redhawks in the second highest Swedish league , he switched to the highest Finnish ice hockey league (Liiga) for the next two seasons , in which his qualities as a goal setter were particularly valued.

In the 2014/15 season he was committed to the relegation battle of EHC Biel from the highest Swiss ice hockey league (NLA) and was able to contribute to the club's relegation with 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) in the remaining 15 games, so that he also was signed for the coming season . In this EHC Biel was able to reach the play-offs, but due to the new signing of Tim Stapleton in the foreign contingent of Biel, a further cooperation with the Swiss club was not possible. Dragan Umičević moved to the Cologne Sharks in the German ice hockey league (DEL) for the 2015/16 season , where he again played with his compatriot Per Åslund , as in Färjestad . On the 10th matchday (October 11, 2015) of the season he scored his first DEL goal in the game against the Eisbären Berlin . With 42 points he was the third best scorer and with 35 assists the best preparer of the Haie in the 2015/16 season , but his contract was not extended by the Cologne team after the season.

At the beginning of August 2016, Cologne's league rival Krefeld Pinguine announced Umičević's commitment. He signed a contract until 2018. In particular in his second season for the Niederrhein team in the 2017/18 season , he again impressed as a preparer and was one of the most successful goal assistants in the league with 31 assists .

On May 1, 2018, the EHC Linz announced the Swede's commitment. He signed a two-year contract until 2020.

International

Umičević played international matches for various Swedish junior national teams - in 2002 he took part in the world championships for this age group with the Swedish U18 national team. In 2006 and 2007 he played a total of six international matches for the Swedish national ice hockey team .

Career statistics

A.

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Södertälje SK J18	J18 Allsvenskan		14th	8th	5	13	49		2	0	0	0	0
2000/01	Södertälje SK J20	J20 SuperElit		1	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	1	2
2001/02	Södertälje SK J20	J20 SuperElit		36	20th	31	51	41		2	0	0	0	2
2001/02	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		3	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Södertälje SK J20	J20 SuperElit		24	19th	14th	33	28		3	1	1	2	4th
2002/03	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		22nd	2	3	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Södertälje SK J20	J20 SuperElit		9	3	5	8th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		8th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	IF Björklöven	Allsvenskan		21st	8th	8th	16	45		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Södertälje SK J20	SuperElit		4th	2	9	11	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		47	6th	13	19th	20th		10	0	1	1	6th
2005/06	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		43	6th	16	22nd	14th		10	2	0	2	6th
2006/07	Djurgården Hockey	Elitserien		51	13	15th	28	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HK CSKA Moscow	Super league		9	2	0	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		39	10	7th	17th	28		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Södertälje SK	Elitserien		53	12	19th	31	41		10	7th	12	19th	2
2009/10	Färjestad BK	Elitserien		55	11	25th	36	30th		7th	3	3	6th	0
2010/11	Färjestad BK	Elitserien		40	7th	16	23	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Frölunda HC	Elitserien		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Malmo Redhawks	Allsvenskan		43	5	23	28	28		6th	3	6th	9	2
2012/13	Porin Ässät	SM-liiga		9	1	5	6th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Tappara	Liiga		12	3	5	8th	4th		15th	0	9	9	33
2013/14	Porin Ässät	Liiga		52	5	33	38	16		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	EHC Biel	NLA		3	2	2	4th	0		9	2	4th	6th	18th
2013/14	EHC Biel	NLA Q		-	-	-	-	-		3	2	4th	6th	0
2014/15	EHC Biel	NLA		44	10	20th	30th	26th		1	0	0	0	0
2015/16	Cologne Sharks	DEL		47	7th	35	42	20th		15th	2	9	11	8th
2016/17	Krefeld penguins	DEL		44	11	19th	30th	12		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Krefeld penguins	DEL		40	9	31	40	12		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	EHC Linz	EBEL
J20 SuperElit overall				74	44	59	103	97		8th	1	2	3	8th
Allsvenskan total				64	13	31	44	73		6th	3	6th	9	2
Elitserien total				364	68	114	182	177		37	12	16	28	14th
Liiga overall				73	9	43	52	20th		15th	0	9	9	33
NLA total				47	12	22nd	34	26th		10	2	4th	6th	18th
DEL total				131	27	85	112	44		15th	2	9	11	8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Dragan Umičević at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Dragan Umičević at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Q & A with Dragan Umicevic , In: Hockeyfuture, January 9, 2005, accessed July 11, 2015
2. ↑ Dragan Umicevic , In: FamousFix, July 1, 2012, accessed July 11, 2015
3. ↑ Dragan Umicevic - the golden eye ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , In: The Lion Chronicle, October 29, 2013, accessed July 11, 2015.  
4. ↑ Swedish striker for Biel, Slovak defender for the Lions , In: Watson, February 25, 2014, accessed July 11, 2015.
5. ↑ We'll have to win such games soon , In: Der Bund, March 16, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015.
6. ↑ Dragan Umicevic comes to the Kölner Haien , In: Kölner Rundschau, June 3, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015
7. ↑ Sundblad: I've been watching him since Christmas , In: Haimspiel, June 3, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015
8. ↑ Haie preparer also meets himself , Express , October 13, 2015, accessed on April 28, 2016
9. ↑ Officially confirmed: Boucher stays, Umicevic leaves , Haimspiel, April 12, 2016, accessed on April 28, 2016
10. ↑ Sport1.de: Krefeld Pinguine bring striker Dragan Umicevic. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
11. ↑ DEL 2017/18 player statistics goal preparer , Eliteprospects.com , accessed on October 7, 2018
12. ↑ Umicevic is to lead the penguins , Westdeutsche Zeitung , February 27, 2018, accessed on October 7, 2018
13. ↑ Sweden power for the Black Wings storm. Retrieved May 1, 2018 .