Alexander Cijan

Alexander Cijan
Date of birth	May 16, 1994
place of birth	Klagenfurt , Austria
size	180 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2010	EC KAC
2010–2012	Linköpings HC
2012-2014	Mora IK
2014-2019	EC Red Bull Salzburg
2019-2020	EHC Linz
since 2020	Vienna Capitals

Alexander Cijan (born May 16, 1994 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vienna Capitals in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since August 2020 .

Career

Alexander Cijan is the son of the former ice hockey player Thomas Cijan and, like him, began his career with the Austrian record champions EC KAC before moving to Sweden at the age of 16, where he also graduated from high school. During this time he played for the U18 team of Linköpings HC and the U20 team of Mora IK , where he also received six appearances in the second-highest division Allsvenskan .

In April 2014, the EC Red Bull Salzburg announced Alexander Cijan as a new signing. In his first season in the EBEL he won the Austrian championship title with the Bulls and also received three assignments in the farm team , which played in the MHL . In the 2015/16 season he again won the championship title with Salzburg, but missed the play-offs due to a joint injury.

In April 2019, the EHC Linz announced the commitment of Cijan, for whom he collected 9 scorer points in 51 games. In August 2020 he moved to the Vienna Capitals within the Austrian league .

International

Alexander Cijan took part with the U18 national team in the World Championships for this age group in 2010 , 2011 and 2012 , with promotion to Division I being fought for in 2011. Cijan contributed seven goals and five assists to this success. The bronze medal was won in 2012.

He played with the U20 national team at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships , most recently as the team's assistant captain, each in Division I.

He made his debut for the men's national team on November 6, 2014 in a 3-2 win in the friendly against Belarus in Ljubljana, Slovenia . He was also a participant in the 2015 World Cup in the Top Division, in which Austria was relegated to Division I.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	EC-KAC U20	Austria U20		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
2009/10	EC-KAC U20	Austria U20		15th	1	6th	7th	10		5	1	0	1	0
2010/11	Linköping HC J18	J18 elite		20th	6th	7th	13	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan		14th	2	5	7th	2		3	0	0	0	0
2011/12	Linköping HC J18	J18 elite		16	6th	5	11	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan		11	4th	4th	8th	2		3	1	0	1	0
2012/13	Mora IK J20	SuperElit		41	8th	4th	12	47		2	2	1	3	0
2013/14	Mora IK J20	SuperElit		39	9	11	20th	26th		2	0	0	0	0
2013/14	Mora IK	Allsvenskan		6th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	RB Hockey Juniors	MHL		3	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		50	4th	2	6th	16		13	0	0	0	0
2015/16	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		40	3	7th	10	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		45	3	4th	7th	23		11	1	0	1	8th
2017/18	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		45	4th	2	6th	12		18th	4th	2	6th	2
2018/19	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		27	2	3	5	6th		13	0	0	0	6th
2018/19	EC Red Bull Salzburg II	Alps Hockey League		1	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	EHC Linz	EBEL
EBEL total				207	16	18th	34	77		55	5	2	7th	16
SuperElit overall				80	17th	15th	32	73		4th	2	1	3	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

• Alexander Cijan at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Introduced: Alexander Cijan
2. ↑ EC Salzburg signs Dehner and Cijan
3. ^ End of the season for Alex Cijan
4. ↑ Alexander Cijan first newcomer