Omar Ennaffati

Omar Ennaffati
Date of birth	April 26, 1980
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	182 cm
Weight	105 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1997-1999	North Bay Centennials
1999-2001	Mississauga Ice Dogs
2000	Greenville Grrrowl
2001-2002	New Orleans Brass
2002-2005	St. Francis Xavier X-Men
2005	Idaho steelheads
2005-2007	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2007-2008	Manchester Phoenix
2008-2009	Association des Sports de Glace de Tours
2009	Ferencvárosi TC
2010	Budapest stars
since 2010	Dundas Real McCoys

Omar Ennaffati ( Hungarian Ennaffati Omar ; born April 26, 1980 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian - Hungarian ice hockey player who has been playing for the Dundas Real McCoys from Hamilton in Ontario since 2010 .

Career

Omar Ennaffati was born in Toronto , Canada, the son of a Moroccan and a Hungarian . He began his career with the North Bay Centennials from the Ontario Hockey League , which had selected him in the 1997 OHL Priority Selection in the fifth round as the 75th player. In 1999 he moved to league rivals Mississauga Ice Dogs where he stayed until 2001, but he also played some games for Greenville Grrrowl from the East Coast Hockey League . He spent the 2001/02 season with New Orleans Brass also in the ECHL. When this was dissolved shortly after the beginning of the following season in 2002, he took up studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish and joined the university team there, the St. Francis Xavier X-Men , for which he played at Atlantic University until 2005 , one of the three Canadian Interuniversity Sports ice hockey conferences . He was elected to the Second All-Star Team in 2004 and to the Conference's First All-Star Team in 2005. In 2005 he was able to win the University Cup with the X-Men against the UNB Varsity Reds from New Brunswick , after the final had already been reached two years earlier, but that was lost to the UQTR Patriotes from Québec .

After this success he played a few more games for the Idaho Steelheads in the ECHL. He then moved to his mother's homeland and joined Alba Volán Székesfehérvár . With Alba Volán he played two years in both the Hungarian league and the Interliga . While the Interliga was won in 2007, he became Hungarian champions in both 2006 and 2007 . After his time in Székesfehérvár he played one year each in Great Britain and France before he returned to Hungary and stood in Budapest for half a year for Ferencvárosi TC and the Budapest Stars , with whom he won the MOL League in 2010 .

Ennaffati has been back in Canada since 2010, where he is under contract with Dundas RealMcCoys, with whom he has won three amateur leagues (2011, 2012, 2015).

International

Ennaffati played for Hungary in the World Championships in Division I in 2008 and 2010 and in the World Cup in the Top Division in 2009 , when the Hungarians competed in the top division for the first time in 70 years. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournament for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Second All-Star Team from Atlantic University Sports
• 2005 University Cup won with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men
• 2005 Atlantic University Sports First All-Star Team
• 2006 Hungarian champion with Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
• 2007 Hungarian champion with Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
• 2007 Interliga win with Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
• 2008 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2010 MOL league with the Budapest Stars
• 2011 MHL win with the Dundas Real McCoys
• 2012 ACH win with the Dundas Real McCoys
• 2015 winning the ACH with the Dundas Real McCoys

Web links

• Omar Ennaffati at hockeydb.com (English)
• Omar Ennaffati at eurohockey.com
• Omar Ennaffati at eliteprospects.com (English)