Brendan Mikkelson

Brendan Mikkelson ( born June 22, 1987 in Regina, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who stands in July 2013 in the Wilkes -Barre Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League contract.

2.1 International

Career

Brendan Mikkelson began his career as a hockey player with the Portland Winter Hawks, for which he was active from 2003 to 2005 in the Western Hockey League. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 in the second round than a total of 31 players from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. First, the defender was two more years in the WHL for the Vancouver Giants on the ice, with whom he won the Memorial Cup in 2007. During the 2007/ 08 season Mikkelson made his debut in professional hockey when he. Anaheim for at that time the farm team that played Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League,

During the season 2008/ 09 Mikkelson was included in the squad of NHL teams in the Anaheim Ducks. In October 2010, it continued the management of the Ducks on the waiver list, by the defaulting him the Calgary Flames. In January 2012, the Flames him transferred in exchange for Blair Jones to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

On July 19, 2013 it was announced that Mickelson will play in the future for the Pittsburgh Penguins and could play both in the NHL and in the AHL according to the contract.

Internationally

For the Canadian national Mikkelson stood at the Under-18 Junior World Championship 2005 on the ice. In six games he contributed two assists for the silver medal winning Team Canada.