Mike Harder

Mike Harder
Date of birth	February 8, 1973
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1993-1997	Colgate University
1997-1998	Milwaukee Admirals
1998-1999	Rochester Americans
1999-2001	Hartford Wolf Pack
2001	Louisville Panthers
2001-2002	HPK Hämeenlinna Brynäs IF
2002-2003	HC Merano
2003-2004	Frankfurt Lions
2004-2005	Charlotte Checkers ERC Ingolstadt
2005-2009	HC Alleghe
since 2009	Trenton Devils

Mike Harder (born February 8, 1973 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Trenton Devils in the ECHL since 2009 .

Career

Mike Harder began his career as a hockey player in the team at Colgate University , for which he was active from 1993 to 1997, before he made his professional ice hockey debut towards the end of the 1996/97 season, as he was both for the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League as well as played for the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League . After the attacker played mainly for the Milwaukee Admirals in the IHL in the 1997/98 season, he was on the ice for the AHL teams Springfield Falcons , Rochester Americans , Hartford Wolf Pack and Louisville Panthers until 2001 , where he was in the 1999 season / 00 won the Calder Cup with the Hartford Wolf Pack . For the 2001/02 season, the Canadian moved to Europe, where he was active for the HPK Hämeenlinna from the Finnish SM-liiga and Brynäs IF in the Swedish Elitserien .

After a season at HC Meran in the Italian Serie A , Harder received a contract with the Frankfurt Lions from the DEL for the 2003/04 season , with whom he became German champion ; In the 2004 playoffs, Harder scored the winning goal for the Lions in all three series (against the Kölner Haie , Hamburg Freezers and Eisbären Berlin ) in the decisive game. The following season he started with the Charlotte Checkers in the ECHL and finished it with the ERC Ingolstadt in the DEL. Then he was committed by HC Alleghe in the Italian Serie A , for which he played a total of four years. Before the 2009/10 season, Mike Harder signed a contract with the Trenton Devils in the ECHL.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Calder Cup win with the Hartford Wolf Pack
• 2004 German champion with the Frankfurt Lions

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
DEL main round	2	57	2	15th	17th	46
DEL playoffs	2	26th	5	6th	11	16
Elitserien main round	1	11	4th	3	7th	4th
Elitserien Playoffs	1	4th	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2008/09 season)

Web links

• Mike Harder at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mike Harder at eurohockey.com