Jacob Micflikier

Jacob Micflikier
Date of birth	July 11, 1984
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	173 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 11
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2003	Sioux Falls Stampede
2003-2007	University of New Hampshire
2007-2008	Springfield Falcons Stockton Thunder
2008-2009	Rochester Americans Florida Everblades
2009-2010	Albany River Rats Florida Everblades
2010-2011	Charlotte Checkers
2011–2012	Hershey Bears
2012-2013	EHC Biel
2013	Dinamo Minsk
2013-2014	HC Lugano
2014-2015	Linköpings HC
2015-2016	Luleå HF
2016-2018	EHC Biel
2018-2019	Friborg-Gottéron

Jacob Micflikier (born July 11, 1984 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Friborg-Gottéron in the Swiss National League .

Career

Beginnings in college hockey

Jacob Micflikier began his career at the age of 18 in the United States Hockey League at Sioux Falls Stampede . In the team from South Dakota , where he was on the ice with the later NHL player Thomas Vanek , the left winger became the team's top scorer in his second season . After this station he enrolled at the University of New Hampshire , where he played for the Wildcats in the Hockey East Association , a division of the NCAA . In his final season at the college, he was elected assistant captain. With 150 points scored, the attacker ranks 24th on the all-time best list of Wildcats . In addition, he was awarded the Ted Karmeris Fan Favorite Award , the prize for the most popular player among fans , three times in a row . In his second season in Hockey East, he was named MVP of his university. In his four years at the University of New Hampshire, the offensive player scored four hat tricks .

First professional positions in the AHL

On March 28, 2007, after the end of the Hockey East season, Micflikier signed an amateur tryout agreement with the Springfield Falcons , the farm team of the Edmonton Oilers . In his nine appearances in the American Hockey League , he was able to recommend himself for the following season and thus signed his first professional contract. However, Micflikier was mostly used in the East Coast Hockey League at Stockton Thunder that season. The move to Rochester Americans followed , where he signed a one-year contract. Here, too, he was transferred to the ECHL to the Florida Everblades during the season , where the left winger was named player of the week once in the league. The majority of the games Micflikier completed this time in the AHL. The Canadian completed his third season in the highest minor league in North American ice hockey with his third club, the Albany River Rats . Also in this season he came to the Florida Everblades in the ECHL. Although he only played 16 games for the Estero team , he was named "November Player of the Month" and nominated for the ECHL All-Star Game . For the 2010/11 season , the player's contract was extended. However, the Canadians tied up for a change of location this season for the Charlotte Checkers , the skates . In his first full AHL season he was third behind Zach Boychuk and Chris Terry on the internal scoring list. Nevertheless, another club change followed. Micflikier signed with the Washington Capitals from the National Hockey League, but was only used by their farm team, the Hershey Bears .

Change to Europe

The Canadian decided to move to Europe and signed a contract with the Swiss first division club EHC Biel . Due to the lockout , Micfikier ran mostly in line with NHL stars Patrick Kane and Tyler Seguin . As a result, the attacker scored the most points of his team and took fourth place in the scorer ranking in the league. He also won the Spengler Cup with Team Canada on New Year's Eve with a 7-2 final triumph over HC Davos . Nevertheless, the Canadian left the National League A after the season and opted for a more lucrative offer from HK Dinamo Minsk . However, he could not assert himself in the Continental Hockey League and left the Belarusian capital after only eleven missions . This was followed by a return to the Swiss elite class, where he signed a two-year contract with HC Lugano . The 2014/15 season spent Micflikier at Linköpings HC in Svenska Ligan hockey before in May 2015 within the league to Luleå HF changed. With 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists) he was Luleås best scorer in the main round of the 2015/16 season .

In April 2016 he was signed by EHC Biel from the Swiss National League A (NLA), where he was already employed during the 2012/13 season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
• 2012 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
• 2016 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2001/02	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL		61	24	20th	44	30th		3	0	0	0	6th
2002/03	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL		59	31	36	67	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	University of New Hampshire Wildcats	HE		39	11	15th	26th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	University of New Hampshire Wildcats	HE		42	20th	24	44	44		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	University of New Hampshire Wildcats	HE		37	16	26th	42	52		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	University of New Hampshire Wildcats	HE		36	11	27	38	37		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Springfield Falcons	AHL		9	3	1	4th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Stockton Thunder	ECHL		29	10	27	37	29		6th	4th	9	13	10
2007/08	Springfield Falcons	AHL		8th	1	4th	5	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Florida Everblades	ECHL		10	10	14th	24	21st		6th	2	2	4th	8th
2008/09	Rochester Americans	AHL		39	4th	12	16	12		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Florida Everblades	ECHL		16	9	23	32	15th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Albany River Rats	AHL		59	18th	22nd	40	30th		7th	1	1	2	2
2010/11	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		78	29	32	61	80		14th	0	3	3	6th
2011/12	Hershey Bears	AHL		57	21st	35	56	58		5	0	1	1	2
2012/13	EHC Biel	NLA		48	21st	29	50	26th		4th	0	1	1	0
2013/14	Dinamo Minsk	KHL		11	3	0	3	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	HC Lugano	NLA		35	16	11	27	45		2	0	1	1	10
HE total				153	58	92	150	157		-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				53	28	62	90	57		12	6th	11	17th	18th
AHL total				250	76	106	182	184		26th	1	5	6th	10
NLA total				83	37	40	77	71		6th	0	2	2	10

( 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

• Jacob Micflikier at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ unhwildcats.com, Regan named MVP at Wildcat men's hockey banquet - Fornataro named 07-08 captain ( Memento from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ unhwildcats.com, Micflikier, Winnik named MVP at Wildcat hockey banquet ( Memento from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ oursportscentral.com Falcons sign Jacob Micflikier to ATO
4. ↑ oursportscentral.com Jacob Micflikier And Ben Simon Sign American Hockey League Contracts
5. ↑ capitals.nhl.com Capitals sign forward Jacob Micflikier
6. ^ Bieler Tagblatt , New foreigner for the EHC Biel
7. ↑ spenglercup.ch game report
8. ↑ news.belta.by Dinamo Minsk sign forward Jacob Micflikier to one-year deal , June 6, 2013, accessed on February 16, 2016
9. ↑ hclugano.ch Il quinto straniero è Jacob Micflikier ( Memento of the original of December 27, 2013 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. 
10. ^ Jacob Micflikier for 2 years to the EHC Biel - EHC Biel-Bienne - The official website of the EHC Biel. (No longer available online.) In: ehcb.ch. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016 ; accessed on April 16, 2016 . 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.