Michael Ouzas

Canada Croatia Michael Ouzas


Date of birth	August 30, 1985
place of birth	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	86 kg

position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left

Career stations

2001-2002	FPS Forssa
2002-2003	Barrie Colts Couchiching Terriers
2003-2004	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2004-2006	Mississauga IceDogs
2006	Owen Sound Attack
2006-2008	University of New Brunswick
2008-2009	Fresno Falcons Reading Royals
2009-2011	Las Vegas Wranglers
2011-2013	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2013-2019	EHC Linz
since 2019	Fehérvár AV19

Michael Ouzas (born August 30, 1985 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a Croatian - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Fehérvár AV19 in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since 2019 .

Career

Ouzas began his career in the Ontario Hockey League , where he played for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and for a long time for the Mississauga IceDogs , before he spent two years as a college player for the University of New Brunswick in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport ran up. In 2008, he completed a tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs but only played for the Fresno Falcons and Reading Royals in the ECHL . From 2010 he was in the squad of the Las Vegas Wranglers , where he also completed most of the games.

In the early summer of 2011 he was signed by the Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb , which plays with its first team in the Austrian ice hockey league, where he acted as a substitute for Robert Kristan .

From 2013 he was under contract with EHC Linz from the EBEL. After the 2018/19 season, his contract was not extended.

Achievements and Awards

2005 OHL Goaltender of the Year
2005 OHL First All-Star Team
2007 CIS University Cup Champion
2008 CIS All-Tournament Team
2010 ECHL Goalkeeper of the Month for November
2011 ECHL All-Star Game
2014 Best catch quota of the EBEL playoffs

Career statistics

Main round

season	team	league	Sp	S.	N	U	Min	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO	T	V	SM
2001-02	FPS Forssa U18	Jr. B I-divisioona
	FPS Forssa U20	Jr. A SM liiga	24
2002-03	Barrie Colts	OHL	8th	0	3	2	301	16	3.19	126	88.73	0	0	0	0
2002-03	Couchiching Terriers	OPJHL	8th
2003-04	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	OHL	19th	8th	7th	1	970	47	2.91	428	90.11	0	0	0	0
2004-05	Mississauga IceDogs	OHL	44	24	11	9	2616	95	2.18	1194	92.63	4th	0	0	0
2005-06	Mississauga IceDogs	OHL	28	10	16	1	1550	86	3.33	848	90.79	1	0	0	8th
	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	30th	12	15th	2	1742	75	2.58	835	91.76	3	0	3	7th
2006-07	U. of New Brunswick	OUT	20th	14th	3	1	1132	56	2.97	502	89.96	1	0	1	2
2007-08	U. of New Brunswick	OUT	23	20th	2	0	1290	41	1.91	499	92.41	0	0	0	4th
2008-09	Fresno Falcons	ECHL	18th	10	6th	1	1075	48	2.68	459	90.53	2	0	0	0
	Reading Royals	ECHL	28	10	16	0	1520	89	3.51	825	90.26	1	0	0	4th
2009-10	Las Vegas Wranglers	ECHL	42	17th	19th	4th	2444	135	3.31	1164	89.61	1	0	0	16
2010-11	Las Vegas Wranglers	ECHL	41	20th	18th	2	2423	102	2.53	1102	91.53	1	0	1	8th
	Houston Eros	AHL	1	0	0	0	31	2	3.87	13	86.67	0	0	0	0
2011-12	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	EBEL	21st	9	6th	5	1224	48	2.35	571	92.54	2	0	0	4th
2012–13	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	EBEL	25th	14th	7th	3	1502	61	2.44	745	92.43	2
2013-14	EHC Linz	EBEL	44	28			2563	107	2.51	1222	91.95	2
2014–15	EHC Linz	EBEL	45	31	14th	-	2727	101	2.20	1350	93.04	6th
2015–16	EHC Linz	EBEL	46	26th	15th	5	2792	121	2.60	1599	92.97	5
2016–17	EHC Linz	EBEL	42	26th	13	3	2479	118	2.86	1273	91.52	1
2017-18	EHC Linz	EBEL	49	31	11	5	2872	129	2.70	1389	91.50	3
2018–19	EHC Linz	EBEL	35				1899	98	3.10	955	90.69

Play-offs

season	team	league	Sp	S.	N	U	Min	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO	T	V	SM
2001-02	FPS Forssa U20	Jr. A SM liiga	1
2004-05	Mississauga IceDogs	OHL	4th	1	3	0	217	10	2.76	114	91.94	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	10	5	3	2	644	39	3.63	351	90.00	0	0	1	0
2006-07	U. of New Brunswick	OUT	6th	3	3	0	395	16	2.43	187	92.12	0	0	0	0
2007-08	U. of New Brunswick	OUT	5	5	0	0	313	10	1.92	110	91.67	0	0	0	0
2010-11	Las Vegas Wranglers	ECHL	5	2	2	1	384	8th	1.25	145	94.77	1	0	0	0
2011-12	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	EBEL	1	1	0	0	60	4th	4.00	35	89.74	0	0	0	0
2012–13	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	EBEL	4th	1	0	3	220	12	3.27	133	91.72	0
2013-14	EHC Linz	EBEL	8th	4th	2	2	508	25th	2.95	302	92.35	0
2014–15	EHC Linz	EBEL	12	7th	9	-	696	38	3.28	355	90.33	3
2015–16	EHC Linz	EBEL	12	6th	5	1	741	40	3.24	409	91.09	0
2016–17	EHC Linz	EBEL	5	1	3	1	316	13	2.47	131	90.97	0
2017-18	EHC Linz	EBEL	12	6th	4th	1	734	38	3.10	359	90.43	0
2018–19	EHC Linz	EBEL	4th	1	2	1	219	17th	4.65	132	88.59	0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹ play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Michael Ouzas at eliteprospects.com (English)
Michael Ouzas at hockeydb.com (English)

Commons : Michael Ouzas - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ First squad decisions at the Black Wings. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .

Squad of Fehérvár AV19 in the 2019/20 season

personal data
SURNAME	Ouzas, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	August 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamilton , Ontario, Ontario

[1] First squad decisions at the Black Wings. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .