Mike Fisher (ice hockey player)

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Mike Fisher
Date of birth 5th June 1980
place of birth Peterborough , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 98 kg
position center
number # 12
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 2nd round, 44th position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1997-1999 Sudbury Wolves
1999-2011 Ottawa Senators
2004-2005 EV train
2011-2017 Nashville Predators
2018 Nashville Predators

Michael Andrew "Mike" Fisher (* 5. June 1980 in Peterborough , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who in the course of his career over 1,200 games for the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the position of the center denied Has. He had already declared his active career ended in August 2017, but made a brief comeback with the Predators from February to May 2018. In 2012, Fisher received the NHL Foundation Player Award for his social commitment . He also won two world championship silver medals with the Canadian national team in 2005 and 2009 .

Career

The 1.85 m tall center forward began his career with the Sudbury Wolves in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League before he was selected in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as 44th in the second round by the Ottawa Senators .

The right-shooter played his first NHL season in the 1999/2000 season , when he made 32 games for the Canadian capital club, scoring four times and providing five assists. During the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season , Fisher was on the ice at EV Zug in the Swiss National League A. After the season he returned to Ottawa to score his 22 goals and as many assists in the 2005/06 season 44 scorer points to deliver best series in the jersey of the Senators up to that time.

On December 27, 2006, Fisher suffered an injury to his right knee and had to take a four-week break. After his return, the unofficial fourth team captain soon showed his usual performance in the highest North American professional league. At the end of the season he reached the Stanley Cup final with the Senators, but was defeated there by the Anaheim Ducks . In the 2009/10 season , Fisher first scored over 50 points in the National Hockey League. In February 2011, the Senators gave him a first-round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to the Nashville Predators .

In July 2014, Fisher tore his Achilles tendon and was out for about four months. In the following season 2015/16 Fisher completed his 1000th game in the NHL. In September 2016 he was introduced as the new team captain of the Predators, taking over from Shea Weber , who had moved to Montréal. At the end of the 2016/17 season, Fisher reached his second Stanley Cup final with the Predators, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there . He then announced the end of his active career in August 2017 at the age of 37. In January 2018, however, it was surprisingly announced that Fisher and the Predators were working together on a comeback for the attacker. Finally, in February 2018, the attacker was given a contract until the end of the season. As a result, he reached the second playoff round with the team, but failed there because of the Winnipeg Jets . He then ended his career for good.

International

For Canada Fisher took part in the World Championships in 2005 and 2009 , in which the striker won the silver medal with Team Canada .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Sudbury Wolves OHL 66 24 25th 49 64 9 2 2 4th 13
1998/99 Sudbury Wolves OHL 66 41 65 106 55 4th 2 1 3 4th
1999/00 Ottawa Senators NHL 32 4th 5 9 15th - - - - -
2000/01 Ottawa Senators NHL 60 7th 12 19th 46 4th 0 1 1 4th
2001/02 Ottawa Senators NHL 58 15th 9 24 55 10 2 1 3 0
2002/03 Ottawa Senators NHL 74 18th 20th 38 54 18th 2 2 4th 16
2003/04 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 4th 6th 10 39 7th 1 0 1 4th
2004/05 EV train NLA 21st 9 18th 27 39 9 2 3 5 20th
2005/06 Ottawa Senators NHL 68 22nd 22nd 44 64 10 2 2 4th 12
2006/07 Ottawa Senators NHL 68 22nd 26th 48 41 20th 5 5 10 24
2007/08 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 23 24 47 82 - - - - -
2008/09 Ottawa Senators NHL 78 13 19th 32 66 - - - - -
2009/10 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 25th 28 53 59 6th 2 3 5 6th
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 55 10 14th 24 33 - - - - -
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 27 5 7th 12 10 12 3 4th 7th 11
2011/12 Nashville Predators NHL 72 24 27 51 33 10 1 3 4th 8th
2012/13 Nashville Predators NHL 38 10 11 21st 27 - - - - -
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 75 20th 29 49 60 - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 59 19th 20th 39 39 3 0 1 1 0
2015/16 Nashville Predators NHL 70 13 10 23 29 14th 5 2 7th 2
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 72 18th 24 42 55 20th 0 4th 4th 2
2017/18 Nashville Predators NHL 16 2 2 4th 8th 12 1 0 1 2
OHL total 134 65 90 155 120 13 4th 3 7th 17th
NHL overall 1104 278 311 589 815 146 24 28 52 91

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 1 1 4th
2009 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 2 3 5 14th
Men overall 18th 2 4th 6th 18th

( 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 )

family

Since July 2010 Fisher is married to the American country singer Carrie Underwood . The couple has been dating since October 2008 after they met through mutual friends at a concert in Toronto . They got engaged in December 2009. Their son was born in February 2015.

Web links

Commons : Mike Fisher  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: "Nashville Predators Statement on Mike Fisher" (July 7, 2014, accessed on September 29, 2014)
  2. ↑ Lisa Dillman: Fisher plans to end retirement, rejoin Predators. nhl.com, January 31, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fisher, Michael Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Peterborough , Ontario