Mark Olver
Mark Olver ( born January 1, 1988 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since March 2010, when the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Lake Erie Monsters in the American Hockey League plays on the position of the center. His older brother This is also a professional hockey player.
Career
Career as a junior player
Mark Olver completed two seasons with the Omaha Lancers in the U.S. Junior League United States Hockey League. In his second season with the Lancers of Canadians led the team in goals, assist, and points standings, after which he was named Omaha's Forward of the Year and as Omaha's most valuable player. After graduating from Millard North High School of the players attended Northern Michigan University and played for the team from then Northern Michigan Wildcats in the University and College Sports League Central Collegiate Hockey Association. In his first season in the CCHA with 21 goals scored was Olver 's most successful rookie league with 38 points, scored the best scorer of the Wildcats, after which he was nominated at the end of this season in the CCHA All- Rookie Team.
NHL Entry Draft 2008 Olver was selected in the fifth round at 140th overall position of the Colorado Avalanche. The striker was already available in the Entry Drafts 2006 and 2007, but was chosen because of its relatively small body size of any team. The Center completed two more seasons with the Wildcats and was similar in both seasons most successful points scorer of the Wildcats. In his last season, he was named CCHA CCHA First All - Star Team and the NCAA West First All-American team called in that he was also a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
Career as a professional player
On March 30, 2010 Mark Olver signed a two year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. The player is then received six appearances for Colorado's farm team, the Lake Erie Monsters in the American Hockey League, scoring two goals. In the following season, the striker played 18 games for Colorado in the National Hockey League, scoring nine points, but spent most of the season with the Monsters in the AHL. In the season of preparation for the NHL season 2011/12 Mark Olver suffered a head injury, which excluded him from playing for several months. The Center completed in January 2012 for the Lake Erie Monsters its first games of the season. On February 16, he was appointed to the NHL squad the Avalanche, where he could earn a regular place for the rest of the season. This he could not defend in the following season and completed each about half of the games in the AHL and NHL. At the beginning of the season 2013/14 he is again not in the NHL squad.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 CCHA All- Rookie team
- 2010 CCHA First All - Star Team
- 2010 NCAA West First All-American Team
- 2011 AHL All- Star Classic
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )