Mikael Burakovsky

Mikael Burakovsky
Date of birth	June 23, 1977
place of birth	Malmo , Sweden
size	180 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1994-1998	Malmö IF
1998	Krefeld penguins
1998-1999	Timrå IK
1999-2000	EV Duisburg
2000-2002	HC Amiens Somme
2002-2004	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2004	Herning Blue Fox
2004-2005	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2005-2006	AaB Ishockey IK Pantern
2006-2007	AaB ishockey
2007-2008	IK Pantern
2008-2010	Trelleborg Vikings

Mikael Burakovsky (born June 23, 1977 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for the Krefeld Penguins in the German Ice Hockey League from 1994 to 2010 . His older brother Robert and his son André are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Mikael Burakovsky began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Malmö IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien , the top Swedish division, in the 1994/95 season . In the following years he was a regular at his home club, where he ran parallel in the 1996/97 season in eleven games for Malmö's league rivals VIK Västerås HK . After the winger had started the 1997/98 season in Malmö in the Elitserien, he finished it with the Krefeld Penguins in the German Ice Hockey League . He prepared a goal in 15 DEL games. The following season he spent with the Swedish second division team Timrå IK . In the 1999/2000 season he played again in Germany, where he scored 64 scorer points, including 32 goals, in 55 games for EV Duisburg in the third-class Oberliga Nord .

From 2000 to 2002 Burakovsky was with HC Amiens Somme in the French Ligue Magnus under contract. He then ran for three years for the Rødovre Mighty Bulls in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen , where he also completed four games for the Herning Blue Fox during the 2003/04 season . The 2005/06 season he also began in Denmark - at AaB Ishockey - but left the club after only four games and spent the remainder of the season in his hometown at IK Pantern in the third division 1. In the following season he joined AaB Ishockey again and won the Danish ice hockey cup with the team from Aalborg. For the 2007/08 season he moved again to IK Pantern from Division 1. He last played from 2008 to 2010 for the amateur club Trelleborg Vikings, before ending his career in 2010 at the age of 33.

International

For Sweden , Burakovsky took part exclusively in the Junior World Championships in 1997 , where he and his team were xx. Took place. During the tournament he gave one assist in six games.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Danish cup winner with AaB Ishockey

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
DEL main round	1	11	0	1	1	2
DEL playoffs	1	4th	0	0	0	2
Elitserien main round	4th	111	8th	5	13	10
Elitserien Playoffs	2	7th	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Mikael Burakovsky at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mikael Burakovsky at eurohockey.com
• Mikael Burakovsky at eliteprospects.com (English)