Mark Popovic

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Mark Popovic
Date of birth October 11, 1982
place of birth Stoney Creek , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 2nd round, 35th position
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
1998-2002 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2002-2005 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2005-2008 Atlanta Thrashers
2008-2009 SKA Saint Petersburg
2009-2010 Atlanta Thrashers
2010-2011 HC Lugano
2011-2013 SCL Tigers
2013-2015 KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2015-2017 EC KAC

Mark Popovic (born October 11, 1982 in Stoney Creek , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the EC KAC and the Atlanta Thrashers , among others .

Career

Mark Popovic began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors , for which he was active from 1998 to 2002 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2001 in the second round as a total of 35th player by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2003/04 season . He remained unpunished and punished in his only mission. The remaining time from 2002 to 2005, the defender spent with Anaheim's farm team , the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks , in the American Hockey League .

On August 23, 2005, Popovic was given to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Kip Brennan . After two seasons, in which he was mainly for their AHL farm team, the Chicago Wolves , on the ice, the former junior international played exclusively in the NHL for Atlanta in the 2007/08 season . He gave two templates in 33 games. For the 2008/09 season , the Canadian moved to SKA Saint Petersburg from the newly founded Continental Hockey League , for which he scored 22 points in a total of 55 games. Since he still had a valid contract with the Thrashers, the left shooter then returned to the Atlanta Thrashers in the NHL.

In September 2010, the defensive player signed at Lugano in the National League A . On November 18, 2011, he moved within the NLA to the SCL Tigers . In March 2012, his contract was extended for one season until the end of season 2012/13, in which he with the Tigers the league Relegation against Lausanne HC lost and the team in the National League B descent. Then Popovic was signed by the KHL Medveščak Zagreb from the Continental Hockey League, for which he was active in the KHL for two years. In June 2015, Popovic was signed by the EC KAC from the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga , where he was supposed to occupy a "key position".

After the 2016/17 season, the defender decided to end his playing career.

International

For Canada , Popovic took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2001 and 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2001 OHL Third All-Star Team
  • 2002 OHL First All-Star Team
  • 2002 CHL Third All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 60 6th 26th 32 46 - - - - -
1999/00 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 68 11 29 40 68 - - - - -
2000/01 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 61 7th 35 42 54 18th 3 5 8th 22nd
2001/02 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 58 12 29 41 42 15th 1 11 12 10
2002/03 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 73 3 21st 24 46 - - - - -
2003/04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 74 4th 10 14th 63 9 1 2 3 4th
2004/05 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 74 1 17th 18th 47 11 2 3 5 6th
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 7th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Chicago Wolves AHL 73 12 26th 38 66 - - - - -
2006/07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Chicago Wolves AHL 65 16 24 40 51 15th 3 6th 9 4th
2007/08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 0 2 2 10 - - - - -
2008/09 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 52 8th 15th 23 40 3 0 0 0 2
2009/10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 37 2 2 4th 10 - - - - -
2010/11 HC Lugano NLA 33 4th 12 16 20th 4 1 0 4th 4th 2
2011/12 SCL Tigers NLA 24 3 9 12 14th 4 1 0 3 3 2
2012/13 SCL Tigers NLA 11 1 4th 5 29 6 1 0 2 2 4th
2013/14 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 39 2 7th 9 20th 4th 0 0 0 4th
2014/15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 46 2 6th 8th 20th - - - - -
2015/16 EC KAC EBEL 46 5 10 15th 31 7th 0 2 2 2
2016/17 EC KAC EBEL 50 4th 16 20th 12 10 1 2 3 0
OHL total 247 36 119 155 210 33 4th 16 20th 32
AHL total 359 36 98 134 273 35 6th 11 17th 14th
NHL overall 81 2 5 7th 20th - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Canada U20 World Cup 7th 0 2 2 6th
2002 Canada U20 World Cup 7th 0 1 1 2
Juniors overall 14th 0 3 3 8th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mark Popovic on Lugano . hockeyfans.ch . September 21, 2010. Accessed June 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Mark Popovic novi per Branic Medveščaka ( Croatian ) vecernji.hr . June 6, 2013. Accessed June 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ ICE HOCKEY - Mark Popovic at the KAC. In: kleinezeitung.at. June 22, 2015, accessed June 30, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Mark Popovic ends his career. In: kac.at. April 13, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Popovic, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Stoney Creek , Ontario , Canada