Luka Vidmar

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SloveniaSlovenia  Luka Vidmar Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 17, 1986
place of birth Ljubljana , SR Slovenia
size 186 cm
Weight 87 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2002-2005 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2005-2007 Chicago Steel
2007-2011 Anchorage Seawolves
2011–2012 Las Vegas Wranglers
Colorado Eagles
2012-2014 South Carolina Stingrays
2014 Rochester Americans
2014-2015 BK Mladá Boleslav
2015-2016 Star hockey
2016-2017 Frederikshavn White Hawks
2017-2018 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2018-2019 HK Olimpija
2019-2020 HC Bozen
SønderjyskE Ishockey

Luka Vidmar (born May 17, 1986 in Ljubljana , SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with SønderjyskE Ishockey in the Danish Metal Ligaen .

Career

Luka Vidmar started his career at HDD Olimpija Ljubljana . At the age of 16 he made his debut for Olimpija in the Slovenian league , which he won with the club from his hometown in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he moved to the United States for nine years. First he played for two years for Chicago Steel from the United States Hockey League . During his studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage he played from 2007 to 2011 for their ice hockey team, the Anchorage Sewolfes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , which belongs to Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he was elected to the Conference's All-Academic Team. From 2011 to 2014 he played in the ECHL with the Las Vegas Wranglers , the Colorado Eagles and the South Carolina Stingrays . During his time with the Stingrays, he also came to six missions for the Rochester Americans in the higher-class American Hockey League . In 2014 Vidmar returned to Europe and initially played for BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech extra league . In 2015/16 he was on the ice at Stjernen Hockey in the Norwegian GET-ligaen and in 2016/17 at the Frederikshavn White Hawks from the Danish Metal Ligaen . He then moved to Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Ice Hockey League , for which he scored 18 points by the end of the 2017/18 season.

From November Vidmar played briefly at HC Bozen in the EBEL before he switched to SønderjyskE Ishockey in January 2020 .

International

Luka Vidmar (center, # 4) in February 2015

Luka Vidmar took part in the junior division of Slovenia in the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2003 and 2004 and in the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2005 and 2006 .

He played with the Slovenian men's national team at the World Championships in Division I in 2010 , 2016 and 2018 and in the top division in 2015 and 2017 . He also represented his colors in qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics and in the Pyeongchang Winter Games itself.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana U20 Slovenia 13 3 6th 9 8th 5 1 1 2 2
2002/03 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 15th 0 1 1 6th
2003/04 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana U20 Slovenia 18th 6th 9 15th 12 5 0 1 1 0
2003/04 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 16 6th 4th 10 8th
2004/05 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana U20 Slovenia 18th 11 16 27 30th 4th 4th 3 7th 2
2004/05 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 21st 8th 6th 14th 12
2005/06 Chicago Steel USHL 47 3 6th 9 24
2006/07 Chicago Steel USHL 57 6th 22nd 28 74 5 0 4th 4th 14th
2007/08 Anchorage Seawolves WCHA 30th 1 5 6th 37
2008/09 Anchorage Seawolves WCHA 30th 1 4th 5 30th
2009/10 Anchorage Seawolves WCHA 20th 2 10 12 30th
2010/11 Anchorage Seawolves WCHA 34 2 8th 10 38
2011/12 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 3 0 0 0 0
2011/12 Colorado Eagles ECHL 58 3 18th 21st 56 3 0 1 1 0
2012/13 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 62 6th 21st 27 22nd 1 0 0 0 0
2013/14 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 57 2 12 14th 28 3 1 0 1 2
2013/14 Rochester Americans AHL 6th 0 0 0 6th
2014/15 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 30th 0 2 2 26th 3 0 0 0 4th
2015/16 Star hockey GET leagues 18th 4th 15th 19th 20th 6th 2 3 5 6th
2016/17 Frederikshavn White Hawks Metal leagues 45 4th 21st 25th 20th 15th 1 9 10 6th
2017/18 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár ÖEHL 47 2 16 18th 22nd
2018/19 HK Olimpija Alps Hockey League 5 0 5 5 6th 16 3 9 12 10
2018/19 HK Olimpija Slovenia 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
2019/20 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 11 0 1 1 6th
2019/20 SønderjyskE ishockey Metal leagues 11 0 1 1 2

International

year team event Sp T V Pt +/- SM result
2003 Slovenia U18 World Championship Div. I. 5 2 2 4th ± 0 2 3rd place
2004 Slovenia U18 World Championship Div. I. 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 2nd place
2005 Slovenia U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 2 4th 6th +2 2 2nd place
2006 Slovenia U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 2 2 4th +2 4th 3rd place
2010 Slovenia WM Div. I. 3 0 0 0 +2 2 1st place, promotion
2015 Slovenia WM 7th 0 0 0 -3 2 16th place, relegation
2016 Slovenia WM Div. I. 5 0 0 0 +1 0 1st place, promotion
2016 Slovenia Olympic qualification 3 0 0 0 +2 0 1st place, qualified
2017 Slovenia WM 7th 0 1 1 –6 4th 15th place, relegation
2018 Slovenia Olympia 4th 0 1 1 -4 4th 9th place
2018 Slovenia WM Div. I. 4th 0 2 2 -1 2 5th place

( 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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personal data
SURNAME Vidmar, Luka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana