Maxim Birbrajer

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Flag of Kazakhstan and Israel.png  Maxim Birbrajer Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 15, 1980
place of birth Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size 185 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Left wing
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 3rd round, 67th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1999-2000 Newmarket Hurricanes
2000-2003 Albany River Rats
2003-2004 Laredo Bucks
2004-2005 San Diego Gulls
2005-2006 Long Beach Ice Dogs
2006-2008 Cardiff Devils
2008-2009 Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
2009 Heilbronn falcon
2009-2014 Cardiff Devils
2014-2016 Telford Tigers
since 2016 Swindon Wildcats

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Max Birbraer ( Russian Максим Бирбраер * 31 July 1981 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakhstan SSR ) is an Israeli - Kazakh hockey player who since 2016 in Swindon Wildcats is under contract with the club since 2017 in the National Ice Hockey League play . He is considered the most famous ice hockey player in Israel.

Career

The 1.85 m tall winger was born in Kazakhstan and initially played in his native Israel before moving to North America in 1999. After a year with the Newmarket Hurricanes in the second-rate game operation of the Canadian Hockey League , Birbrajer was selected in 2000 as the first Israeli in an NHL Entry Draft . The New Jersey Devils , who had secured the rights to the left-handed shooter in 67th place in the third round, only used him on their farm team , the Albany River Rats , in the American Hockey League .

For the 2003/04 season Birbrajer moved to league rivals San Antonio Rampage , but was soon only used with the Laredo Bucks in the Central Hockey League . After further engagements in the minor league ECHL , where he went on the ice for the San Diego Gulls and the Long Beach Ice Dogs , the Israeli moved to the Cardiff Devils in the British Elite Ice Hockey League . With these he won the EIHL Challenge Cup in 2007.

After two years in Great Britain, Maxim Birbrajer returned to his native Kazakhstan in 2008, where he played for Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. In January 2009, the attacker signed a contract with the German second division team Heilbronner Falken , which was not extended at the end of the season, despite good performances and twelve points, four of which were goals in 22 games. Since the 2009/10 season he has been back on the ice for the Cardiff Devils in the EIHL. On October 24, 2009 he set a new league record for the EIHL with seven assists in one game. In 2014 he moved to the Telford Tigers , with whom he won the championship and cup competition of the English Premier Ice Hockey League in 2015 . In 2016 he moved on to the Swindon Wildcats , with whom he won the Autumn Cup and the National Cup of the National Ice Hockey League in 2018 .

International

The Birbrajers national team jersey from the D-World Championship 2000 is exhibited in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

For the Israeli national team , Maxim Birbrajer played the men's D World Championships in 1997 , 1999 and 2000 . At the Division II World Cup in 2008 , the attacker made his competitive comeback for Team Israel after eight years. Also in 2013 he was on the ice for the Israelis in Division II. In 28 World Cup games so far, Birbrajer has scored a total of 20 goals and 28 assists .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 Newmarket Hurricanes OPJHL 47 50 32 82 52
2000/01 Albany River Rats AHL 50 7th 6th 13 24 - - - - -
2001/02 Albany River Rats AHL 40 6th 7th 13 22nd - - - - -
2002/03 Albany River Rats AHL 57 6th 6th 12 42 - - - - -
2003/04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 17th 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
2003/04 Laredo Bucks CHL 44 16 14th 30th 37 14th 3 2 5 33
2004/05 San Diego Gulls ECHL 69 19th 30th 49 63 - - - - -
2005/06 Long Beach Ice Dogs ECHL 13 4th 3 7th 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Cardiff Devils EIHL 52 29 33 62 105 4th 0 2 2 0
2007/08 Cardiff Devils EIHL 54 20th 37 57 75 3 3 0 3 0
2008/09 Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk RUS-2 34 5 15th 20th 32 - - - - -
2008/09 Heilbronn falcon 2nd BL 16 4th 5 9 4th 6th 0 3 3 8th
2009/10 Cardiff Devils EIHL 54 22nd 36 58 58 4th 4th 3 7th 0
2010/11 Cardiff Devils EIHL 54 26th 42 68 44 4th 1 2 3 6th
2011/12 Cardiff Devils EIHL 30th 12 25th 37 74 - - - - -
2012/13 Cardiff Devils EIHL 36 19th 19th 38 76 4th 4th 3 7th 8th
2013/14 Cardiff Devils EIHL 52 16 24 40 35 - - - - -
2014/15 Telford Tigers EPIHL 48 21st 33 54 46 3 1 0 1 0
2015/16 Telford Tigers EPIHL 51 26th 34 60 123 2 1 0 1 0
2016/17 Swindon Wildcats EPIHL 50 16 31 47 126 6th 6th 3 9 2
2017/18 Swindon Wildcats NIHL 31 15th 38 53 44 4th 2 6th 8th 2
ECHL total 82 23 33 56 73 0 0 0 0 0
AHL total 164 19th 21st 40 94 0 0 0 0 0
EIHL as a whole 321 140 205 345 378 19th 12 10 22nd 14th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b eurohockey.net Max Birbraer: an hockey workaholic

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Birbrajer, Maxim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birbrayer, Maxim; Birbraer, Maxim; Birbrayer, Max; Birbraer, Max; Бирбраер, Максим (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli-Kazakh ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR