Maxime Macenauer

Maxime Macenauer
Date of birth	4th January 1989
place of birth	Laval , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2007 , 3rd round, 63rd position Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2004-2005	Ecole Ed.-Montpetit Predateur
2005-2006	Rimouski Océanic
2006-2009	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
2009	Shawinigan Cataractes
2009-2010	Bakersfield Condors
2010-2011	Syracuse crunch
2011–2012	Anaheim Ducks
2012-2013	St. John's IceCaps
2013-2015	Hamilton Bulldogs
2015-2016	EHC Biel
2016-2017	SC Bern
2017	SCL Tigers
since 2017	Thetford Mines Assurancia

Maxime Macenauer (born January 4, 1989 in Laval , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Thetford Mines Assurancia in the semi-professional Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) since August 2017 .

Career

The center first played in the 2004/05 season for the ice hockey team of the École Ed.-Montpetit Prédateur in a lower-class Canadian junior league in Québec . He was then selected at the LHJMQ Entry Draft 2005 in the first round in a total of 18th position by the Rimouski Océanic , for which the left-handed shooter was on the ice in the 2005/06 season , where he ran up in 41 games of the regular season. The following season a transfer followed within the LHJMQ to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies . After initial difficulties and little game practice due to injury, the Canadian also impressed with 60 points in 67 games in the 2007/08 season . During this time he was selected in the third round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft at position 63 by the Anaheim Ducks . They signed him into a three-year entry-level contract in September 2008 .

He also began the 2008/09 season with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies with play in the LHJMQ, before the striker was transferred to the Shawinigan Cataractes during the season . After he was active in the following two seasons exclusively in the minor leagues ECHL and AHL for the Bakersfield Condors and Syracuse Crunch , Macenauer succeeded after the training camp in September 2011, the first jump into the NHL squad of the Anaheim Ducks. On October 7, 2011, he made his debut in the National Hockey League , when the left-handed shooter in the game against the Buffalo Sabers (1: 4) for the Californians was on the ice and contributed a goal assist to the 1: 2 goal by Nate Guenin . In his third NHL appearance on October 14, 2011, the striker scored the 1-0 winner in the home game against the San Jose Sharks .

On February 13, 2012, the Californians transferred him to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Riley Holzapfel , where he was only used by their farm team, the St. John's IceCaps . As a result, he joined the Hamilton Bulldogs from the AHL before the 2013/14 season , for which he was active two seasons. In October 2015 he finally moved to EHC Biel for one season .

In September 2016 he received a two-month contract with SC Bern . At the beginning of January 2017 he switched to NLA competitor SCL Tigers .

Macenauer acts in the preferred role as a defensive center. He is considered a hardworking player with good defensive skills, who also convinces with his checking skills. Furthermore, it is described as a center with less pronounced scorer qualities, whose skating skills are criticized.

International

For the selection Canada Québec Macenauer was at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2006 on the ice. In six encounters he contributed one goal and two assists to the team's gold medal win.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	Ecole Ed.-Montpetit Predateur	QJAAAHL		37	17th	22nd	39	56
2005/06	Rimouski Océanic	LHJMQ		41	8th	14th	22nd	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	LHJMQ		14th	1	3	4th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	LHJMQ		67	23	37	60	53		17th	6th	10	16	8th
2008/09	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	LHJMQ		35	15th	9	24	34		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Shawinigan Cataractes	LHJMQ		19th	7th	9	16	18th		21st	5	9	14th	20th
2009/10	Bakersfield Condors	ECHL		45	5	16	21st	49		6th	1	0	1	0
2010/11	Syracuse crunch	AHL		79	13	19th	32	65		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		29	1	3	4th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Syracuse crunch	AHL		13	4th	2	6th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		9	0	1	1	2		10	1	0	1	0
QJAAAHL total				37	17th	22nd	39	56
LHJMQ total				176	54	72	126	145		38	11	19th	30th	28
ECHL total				45	5	16	21st	49		6th	1	0	1	0
AHL total				101	17th	22nd	39	69		10	1	0	1	0
NHL overall				29	1	3	4th	18th		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2006

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006	Canada Quebec	U17-WHC		6th	1	2	3	4th
Juniors overall				6th	1	2	3	4th

( 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

• Maxime Macenauer at hockeydb.com (English)
• Maxime Macenauer at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The SCB issues the fifth foreign license to Macenauer. In: bernerzeitung.ch . September 14, 2016, accessed October 27, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Angelo Rocchinotti: SCB extended with Ebbett: Macenauer changes to Langnau - Blick . ( blick.ch [accessed on January 10, 2017]).