David Meckler
Date of birth | July 9, 1987 |
place of birth | Highland Park , Illinois , USA |
size | 179 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 44 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2006 , 5th round, 134th position Los Angeles Kings |
Career stations | |
2006-2007 | London Knights |
2007-2013 | Manchester monarchs |
2013-2014 | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
2014-2015 | EHC Red Bull Munich |
David Meckler (born July 9, 1987 in Highland Park , Illinois ) is an American ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with EHC Red Bull Munich from the German ice hockey league . He was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the 5th round in a total of 134th place by the Los Angeles Kings .
Career
Meckler was born in Highland Park , Illinois. He attended Waterloo High School and Yale University .
On March 5, 2006, Meckler scored the game-winning goal in the second longest game in NCAA hockey history. Yale University then defeated Union College 3-2 in the first playoff round of the ECAC Hockey League after 81 minutes and 35 seconds in overtime. David Meckler scored the game-winning goal for Yale University with a shorthander.
After his junior career with the London Knights from the Ontario Hockey League , Meckler signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings for the 2007-08 season. Here he played for the Kings' farm team in the American Hockey League , the Manchester Monarchs . After three years with the Monarchs, Meckler signed another one-year contract with the Kings on July 16, 2011
After six seasons for the Manchester Monarchs and 414 games in the AHL without a single NHL game, he left the Kings as a free agent and signed a contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg on September 3, 2013 .
After only one year in Austria, Meckler left Salzburg for Munich to join EHC Red Bull Munich . He signed his contract there on November 17, 2014. For health reasons, his current contract with EHC Red Bull was terminated in June.
Achievements and Awards
- 2004 Clark Cup won with the Waterloo Black Hawks
- 2014 Austrian champion with the EC Red Bull Salzburg
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2006/07 | London Knights | OHL | 67 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 53 | 16 | 15th | 7th | 22nd | 20th | ||
2007/08 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 76 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 24 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2008/09 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 74 | 14th | 15th | 29 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 73 | 11 | 9 | 20th | 22nd | 14th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2010/11 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 75 | 16 | 17th | 33 | 28 | 7th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2011/12 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 44 | 10 | 7th | 17th | 13 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012/13 | Manchester monarchs | AHL | 39 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 8th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
2013/14 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL | 44 | 14th | 23 | 37 | 16 | 14th | 6th | 8th | 14th | 2 | ||
2014/15 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL | 14th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | EHC Red Bull Munich | DEL | 23 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 2 | |||||||
OHL total | 67 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 53 | 16 | 15th | 7th | 22nd | 20th | ||||
AHL total | 381 | 77 | 67 | 144 | 123 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 6th | ||||
EBEL total | 58 | 16 | 26th | 42 | 8th | 14th | 6th | 8th | 14th | 2 | ||||
DEL total | 23 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
( 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
- David Meckler at hockeydb.com (English)
- David Meckler at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meckler, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Highland Park (Illinois) , Illinois, USA |