Alex Biega

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Alex Biega
Date of birth April 4, 1988
place of birth Montréal , Québec , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 55
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 5th round, 147th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2006-2010 Harvard University
2010-2011 Portland Pirates
2011-2013 Rochester Americans
2013-2019 Utica Comets
2015-2019 Vancouver Canucks
since 2019 Detroit Red Wings

Alex Biega (born April 4, 1988 in Montréal , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League since October 2019 and plays there in the position of defender . His younger brother Danny Biega was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Biega was selected directly from the Salisbury School , a high school in Connecticut , for which he played between 2004 and 2006, by the Buffalo Sabers of the National Hockey League in the fifth round in 147th place of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft . The defender then studied for four years until the summer of 2010 at Harvard University and played parallel to this for the university team in ECAC hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . During this time, Biega was appointed to numerous selection teams and led the team on the ice as team captain in his final year of college .

After finishing his college career, the defender was finally taken for two years by the Buffalo Sabers in May 2010. Despite a temporary extension of the employment relationship in the summer of 2012 by one year, Biega did not play a game in the Sabers jersey. Instead, he ran in the 2010/11 season for Buffalo's farm team Portland Pirates , and after they had changed their cooperation partner for two years for the Rochester Americans - also in the AHL. After his contract expired, the defensive player switched to the Vancouver Canucks franchise as a free agent . Although he was mostly there for the farm team Utica Comets for points in the following two seasons , Biega made his NHL debut for the Canadians in February 2015 during the 2014/15 season . With the beginning of the 2015/16 season , he finally got a regular place in the NHL squad and played 51 season games.

In October 2019, after more than six years in the Canucks organization, Biega was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings , while David Pope moved to Vancouver in return .

International

Biega represented his home country in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2005 , in which he led the team from the province of Québec as team captain. The team finished the tournament far from the medal ranks in ninth place. In five missions, the defender remained pointless.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2007 ECAC All-Rookie Team
  • 2008 ECAC All-Tournament Team
  • 2008 ECAC Third All-Star Team
  • 2009 ECAC All-Academic Team
  • 2009 ECAC Third All-Star Team
  • 2009 All- Ivy League First Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Harvard University NCAA 33 6th 12 18th 36
2007/08 Harvard University NCAA 34 3 19th 22nd 28
2008/09 Harvard University NCAA 31 4th 16 20th 50
2009/10 Harvard University NCAA 33 2 8th 10 30th
2010/11 Portland Pirates AHL 61 3 15th 18th 52 12 1 1 2 6th
2011/12 Rochester Americans AHL 65 5 18th 23 47 2 0 2 2 6th
2012/13 Rochester Americans AHL 72 5 20th 25th 59 3 0 2 2 2
2013/14 Utica Comets AHL 73 3 19th 22nd 53 - - - - -
2014/15 Utica Comets AHL 62 3 16 19th 24 23 0 4th 4th 16
2014/15 Vancouver Canucks NHL 7th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2015/16 Utica Comets AHL 14th 1 5 6th 8th - - - - -
2015/16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 0 7th 7th 22nd - - - - -
2016/17 Utica Comets AHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2016/17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 36 0 3 3 18th - - - - -
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 44 1 8th 9 32 - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 41 2 14th 16 22nd - - - - -
2018/19 Utica Comets AHL 3 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
2019/20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 49 0 3 3 24 - - - - -
NCAA overall 131 15th 55 70 144
AHL total 351 20th 95 115 245 40 1 9 10 30th
NHL overall 228 4th 35 39 118 - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada Québec U17-WHC 9th place 5 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 5 0 0 0 4th

( 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 )

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