| Max Birbraer | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1980, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) |
| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Pro clubs | Albany River Rats San Antonio Rampage Cardiff Devils Heilbronner Falken |
| Ntl. team |  Israel
|
| NHL Draft | 67th overall, 2000 New Jersey Devils |
| Playing career | 1999–2019 |
Maxim Birbraer ( born December 15, 1980) is a Kazakhstan-born Israeli former professional ice hockey forward. Birbraer is Jewish and has played for the 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 wasn't 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 Israeli national ever to be drafted by a NHL team when he was drafted 67th overall in the 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 | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | EPIHL | 48 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Telford Tigers | EPIHL | 51 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Swindon Wildcats | EPIHL | 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 | ||
| AHL totals | 164 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| EIHL totals | 321 | 140 | 205 | 345 | 378 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 | ||||
| EPIHL totals | 149 | 63 | 98 | 161 | 295 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Israel | WC D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | |
| 1999 | Israel | WC D | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 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 | |||
| Tier III Senior totals | 10 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | |||
| Tier IV Senior totals | 18 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 35 | |||
References[]
- ↑ (September–October 2011) "Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; European Hockey League". Jewish Sports Review 8 (87): 8–9.
- ↑ "Max Birbraer's strange journey ; Overlooked player now seen as top prospect for NHL", Toronto Star, 5 May 2000. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 438138965.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Max Birbraer: Rising Hockey Star, Aspiring Bar Mitzvah Boy", The Forward, 2 April 2002. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 367760578.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An unlikely rise to attention for Israeli talent: Max Birbraer's road to NHL draft: bizarre, made-for-TV story", National Post (Canada), 21 June 2000. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 329757130.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Player refuses to yield to obstacles", The Globe and Mail, 13 December 2003. Retrieved on 25 May 2017.
- ↑ "My incredible Journey: Cardiff Devils rising star Max Birbraer served time in jail and the Israeli Army before he was 20, but ice hockey got him through it all", South Wales Echo, 13 October 2010. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 757683768.
- ↑ "Imports set to provide Devils with a boost", South Wales Echo, 25 August 2007. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 342227002.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Max Birbraer eyes a Grand Slam with Telford", Daily Star (London), 12 August 2014. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 1552738794.
- ↑ "Birbraer's double as Devils take a thriller", South Wales Echo, 3 December 2009. Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ProQuest 342347356.
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