Alfie Michaud

Alfie Michaud (2008)

Alfie Michaud ( born November 6, 1976 in Selkirk, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2009 SønderjyskE Ishockey in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen under contract.

Career

Alfie Michaud began his career as a hockey player with the Lebret Eagles, which until 1996 he worked from 1993 in the Canadian Junior Football League Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He then spent three years at the University of Maine, for their hockey team he played in parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, whose championship he won with his team in 1999. In the 1999/2000 season, the goalkeeper made ​​his debut in professional hockey for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. He also played in the same season two games for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. For the season 2000/ 01 he moved to the Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League, before he spent the following season with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL while he was playing for the Reading Royals parallel in the ECHL.

The 2002/03 season began Michaud at Tappara Tampere in the Finnish SM- liiga. In his four stakes but he could not convince why he was for five games at Ahmat Hyvinkää from the Mestis, the Finnish second division, borrowed a Gegentorschnitt of 4.12 goals per game and a catch rate of 83.8 percent. There he played very well with a Gegentorschnitt of 1.18 goals per game and a catch rate of 96.0 percent. For the entire rest of the season he moved to the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL, where he immediately became the goalkeeper. At the end of the season he was named ECHL Goaltender of the Year and selected to the first All-Star team in the league. He then joined for the season 2003/ 04 the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he also attracted attention with strong performances. From 2004 to 2006 he ran again in the ECHL on - initially for his ex-team Peoria Rivermen and then for the Utah Grizzlies. In the season 2004/ 05 he also completed two games for the Worcester IceCats in the AHL.

From 2006 to 2009 Michaud stood by the REV Bremerhaven in 2nd hockey league on the ice. He was then obliged SønderjyskE Ishockey from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen, with whom he immediately won the Danish championship title as well as the Danish Cup competition in season 2009/10. In the following season the Canadians reached with his team in the league in third place, while he was able to prevail again with the team in the national cup competition. He also took part SønderjyskE Ishockey at European level on the IIHF Continental Cup. In Denmark, he was one of this season to the best Torwärtern and dismissed in the first round Gegentorschnitt the lowest and the best catch quota AL-Bank Ligaen on. In addition, he was elected to the months of September and October for the best players in the league.

Awards and achievements

  • 2010 AL -Bank Ligaen Player of the Month September
  • 2010 AL -Bank Ligaen Player of the Month October
  • 2011 Danish Cup winner with SønderjyskE Ishockey
  • 2011 Lowest Gegentorschnitt the AL-Bank Ligaen
  • 2011 Best catch quota AL-Bank Ligaen
Selkirk (Manitoba) Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) 1999–2000 NHL season 2000–01 IHL season International Hockey League (1945–2001) 2001–02 AHL season 2002–03 ECHL season 2003–04 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season 2009–10 AL-Bank Ligaen season 2010–11 AL-Bank Ligaen season
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