Lucas Birnbaum

Lucas Birnbaum
Date of birth	June 9, 1997
place of birth	Bruck an der Mur , Austria
Nickname	Birni
size	192 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
number	# 76
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2006-2011	KSV ice hockey
2011-2013	Graz 99ers
2013 - 2018	Red Bull Hockey Academy
since 2018	Vienna Capitals

Lucas Birnbaum (born June 9, 1997 in Bruck an der Mur ) is an Austrian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian ice hockey league since November 2018 .

Career

Lucas Birnbaum started out in ice hockey in the youth team at KSV Eishockey . During his youth he moved to the Graz 99ers . In 2013 he switched to the Red Bull Hockey Academy in Salzburg. Birnbaum spent a total of six seasons in Salzburg. After he was mainly used in the second team - which plays in the Alps Hockey League - Birnbaum signed a contract with the Vienna Capitals in November 2018 . In July 2019, his contract was extended for one year.

International

Birnbaum played in the youth division for the various U-national teams. As captain of the U18 national team, he won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup of Division IB and thus achieved promotion to Division IA.

For the U20 national team, he played in Division IA at the 2016 and 2017 World Cups .

With the Red Bull Hockey Juniors team he played in the Jr. A SM-liiga (Finland), MHL (Russia) and RBS Elite Junior A (Switzerland).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2013/14	RB Hockey Academy	RBHRC U18		30th	2	2	4th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	EC Red Bull Salzburg U20	EBYSL		11	0	1	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	RB Hockey Academy	RBHRC U18		11	2	2	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	EC Red Bull Salzburg U18	EBJL		0	0	0	0	0		5	0	2	2	2
2014/15	EC Red Bull Salzburg U20	EBYSL		8th	0	3	3	10		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	RB Hockey Juniors	MHL		15th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	RB Hockey Juniors	RBHS U20		40	1	3	4th	28		4th	0	0	0	6th
2016/17	EC Red Bull Salzburg II	Alps Hockey League		33	2	4th	6th	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
2017/18	EC Red Bull Salzburg II	Alps Hockey League		38	1	3	4th	18th		5	0	0	0	2
2017/18	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	EC Red Bull Salzburg II	Alps Hockey League		17th	1	4th	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		28	0	4th	4th	4th		2	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Vienna Capitals II	First League		8th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Vienna Capitals Silver	Alps Hockey League		12	0	2	2	12		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		41	0	6th	6th	12		-	-	-	-	-
Alps Hockey League overall				100	4th	13	17th	72		5	0	0	0	2
EBEL total				73	0	10	10	16		3	0	0	0	0

( 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

• Lucas Birnbaum at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Caps reinforce the defensive with Lucas Birnbaum. Retrieved November 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Birnbaum remains. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .