Jens Meilleur

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Flag of Canada and Germany.svg  Jens Meilleur Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 11, 1993
place of birth Marquette , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Right wing
number # 70
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2009-2010 Waywayseecappo Wolverines
2010-2014 Brandon Wheat Kings
2014-2016 Kassel Huskies
2016 Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2016-2019 Kassel Huskies

Jens Meilleur (born January 11, 1993 in Marquette , Manitoba ) is a former ice hockey player who has Canadian and German citizenship. In total, he spent almost five seasons with the Kassel Huskies in the DEL2 .

career

Meilleur played as a youth for the Winnipeg Hawks in the Winnipeg AAA League and then for the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. In late December 2009 / early January 2010, he took part with the Canadian selection at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Timmins , Ontario . Between 2010 and 2014 he completed 227 games for the WHL club Brandon Wheat Kings .

From 2014 Meilleur played for the German second division club Kassel Huskies . In the 2015/16 season he won the DEL2 championship title with the Huskies and shortly afterwards signed a two-year contract with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). In November 2016, he asked for the contract to be terminated in Nuremberg, and the association complied with this request. The next day the Kassel Huskies announced his return.

In 2019 he ended his career.

Personal

Meilleur grew up in the town of Elie in the province of Manitoba , he has German grandparents. In 2013 he received German citizenship.

His younger sister Meike plays ice hockey at Penn State University . His older brothers Mats and Lars are also ice hockey players.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Meilleur making noise. In: Portage Daily Graphic. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ nurun.com: Meilleur back from U17s. In: Portage Daily Graphic. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Huskies sign 21-year-old Jens Meilleur . In: Hockeyweb . ( hockeyweb.de [accessed on November 17, 2016]).
  4. ↑ When the Huskies became champions: minutes for the history book . In: http://www.hna.de . April 24, 2016 ( hna.de [accessed November 17, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Ice Tigers get Jens Meilleur from the DEL2 master. In: icetigers.de. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Jens Meilleur leaves the Ice Tigers. In: icetigers.de. Retrieved November 17, 2016 .
  7. ↑ EC Kassel Huskies: Jens Meilleur returns to Kassel - Stürmer has already played for the Huskies for two years . In: eishockey.info . ( eishockey.info [accessed November 18, 2016]).
  8. ^ Meilleur heading Overseas. In: wheatkings.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  9. ^ Meike Meilleur Bio - Women's Ice Hockey - Penn State University. In: www.gopsusports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  10. ^ Mats Meilleur - Forward St. Vital Victoria. In: mmjhl.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Lars Meilleur - Defender St. Vital Victorias. In: mmjhl.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Meilleur, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Marquette (Manitoba) , Canada