Mark Katic

Mark Katic
Date of birth	May 9, 1989
place of birth	Porcupine , Ontario , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2007 , 3rd round, 62nd position New York Islanders
Career stations
2005-2009	Sarnia Sting
2009–2012	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2012-2013	Polar bears Berlin
2013-2017	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2017-2018	Skellefteå AIK
since 2018	Adler Mannheim

Mark Katic (born May 9, 1989 in Porcupine , Ontario ) is a Croatian - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League since April 2018 .

Career

Mark Katic began his career as a hockey player with the Sarnia Sting , for which he was active from 2005 to 2009 in the Canadian top junior league Ontario Hockey League . During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in the third round as a total of 62nd player by the New York Islanders . From 2009 to 2012, the defender played as a regular for their farm team Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League . For the Islanders he came to only 11 appearances in the National Hockey League during the 2010/11 season .

For the 2012/13 season , Katic was signed by the Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League , became German champions with the capital city, but moved to KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Continental Hockey League after only one year . In addition to the games in the KHL, he also took part in the playoff games for the Croatian title with Medveščak and thus became Croatian national champion in 2014 . In December 2016 he won the Canadian selection at the traditional Spengler Cup in Davos .

On February 13, 2017, he moved from Zagreb to the Swedish first division club Skellefteå AIK , with whom he became Swedish runner-up in the 2017/18 season. At the end of April 2018 he was signed by the Adlers Mannheim (German Ice Hockey League). With the eagles he was able to convince again, reaching 32 points in 51 preliminary round games (3 of them goals). In the subsequent play-offs he became German champions with the Adler and completed the play-offs as the defender with the best points (14 points) and the most successful assists (10 assists).

International

For Canada , Katic took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2007 and achieved the best plus / minus balance there. He also played for Canada in the Germany Cup in 2012 . In December 2016 he won the Spengler Cup with the Canadian selection .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 OHL First All- Rookie Team
• 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2007 Best plus / minus balance at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2013 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
• 2014 Croatian champion with the KHL Medveščak Zagreb
• 2016 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
• 2019 German champion with the Adler Mannheim
• 2019 Best assists in the DEL play-offs (10)

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	1	11	0	1	1	4th
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL regular season	3	125	7th	41	48	59
AHL playoffs	1	1	0	0	0	0
DEL regular season	1	47	6th	13	29	22nd
DEL playoffs	1	13	1	0	1	0
KHL regular season	1	44	1	10	11	18th
KHL playoffs	1	4th	0	0	0	32

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Mark Katic at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Mark Katic at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team Canada wins Spengler Cup. Retrieved April 26, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Skellefteå AIK värvar från KHL. Retrieved February 13, 2017 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Adler sign Mark Katic. Accessed April 26, 2018 (German). 
4. ↑ DEL: Munich catches up three goals behind, then Larkin Mannheim shoots for the title. In: Spiegel Online . April 26, 2019, accessed May 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ice Hockey News Review 2018/19, page 57