Max Birbraer
Appearance
Max Birbraer | |||
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![]() Birbraer wore #21 with the Israeli National Team | |||
Born |
Kazakh SSR, USSR | December 15, 1980||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Albany River Rats | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
67th overall, 2000 New Jersey Devils | ||
Playing career | 1999–2019 |
Maxim Birbraer (
Israel national ice hockey team
.
Playing career
Birbraer was born in
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, where he lived until the age of 14, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] His family lived under a non-Jewish sounding surname in those years due to severe local anti-Semitism, and he was not told that he was Jewish until his parents decided to move to Israel.[4][5][6] Although he had played schoolboy hockey in Russia, he assumed that he would have to give up the ice when he was 14 and his family immigrated to Israel, until he discovered an indoor rink in Tel Aviv where he played in a junior league. He had lived in Israel for only 8 months when his coach, Paul Rosen, persuaded him to try out for a Canadian league with the result that he spent 2 years playing Tier 2 hockey in Ontario, where Rosen was his legal guardian. He then joined the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.[5][4]
He was the only
2000 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.[5][3] Despite this, he never played in the NHL, instead spending three seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. In 2006, Birbraer signed with the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League, and played with the team for 7 years.[7][8][9] Birbraer signed with the Telford Tigers in 2014.[8]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1997–98 | Shelburne Wolves | MetJHL | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Shelburne Wolves | OPJHL | 35 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 | Newmarket Hurricanes | OPJHL | 47 | 50 | 32 | 82 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 50 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 40 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 57 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Laredo Bucks | CHL | 44 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 33 | ||
2004–05 | San Diego Gulls | ECHL | 69 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | ECHL | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 52 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 54 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | Kazzinc–Torpedo
|
RUS.2
|
34 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Heilbronner Falken | DEU.2 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
2009–10 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 54 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 54 | 26 | 42 | 68 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
2011–12 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 24 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 31 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
2013–14 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 52 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Telford Tigers | GBR.2 | 48 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Telford Tigers | GBR.2 | 51 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Swindon Wildcats | GBR.2 | 50 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 126 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Swindon Wildcats | GBR.2 | 31 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | Swindon Wildcats | GBR.2 | 41 | 12 | 55 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Swindon Wildcats | GBR.2 | 22 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
AHL totals | 164 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
EIHL totals | 321 | 140 | 205 | 345 | 378 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1997 | Israel | EJC D | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | |
1997
|
Israel | WC D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1998 | Israel | EJC D | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |
1998
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Israel | WC D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | |
1999
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Israel | WC D | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
2000
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Israel | WC D | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | |
2008 | Israel | WC Div.2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |
2013 | Israel | WC Div.2B | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | |
Junior totals | 10 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 14 | |||
Senior totals | 28 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 45 |
See also
References
- ^ "Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; European Hockey League". Jewish Sports Review. 8 (87): 8–9. September–October 2011.
- ProQuest 438138965.
- ^ ProQuest 367760578.
- ^ ProQuest 329757130.
- ^ a b c Shoalts, David (December 13, 2003). "Player refuses to yield to obstacles". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ProQuest 757683768.
- ProQuest 342227002.
- ^ ProQuest 1552738794.
- ProQuest 342347356.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Max Birbraer's blog