Matt Higgins (ice hockey)

Matt Higgins ( born October 29, 1977 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Austrian Hockey League contract.

Career

The junior career of Matt Higgins began in 1993 at the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL. Thereafter, the Center during the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 was selected in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens, which initially at their farm team, the Fredericton Canadiens, sent him to the American Hockey League. From 1997 until the 2000/01 season finally Higgins had 57 times the chance aground in the NHL for the Canadiens.

For the 2003/04 season the links gunman was committed by the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Due to three violations of Canadians was able to complete only 25 games in which he gained at least 23 points scorer in the 2004/05 season. When the doctors found the complete healing in summer, lengthened the Sauerland the contract. After a period of weakness at the start of the 2005 /06 Higgins belonged since about the middle of the season again become one of the main striker of the club. After three years at Seilersee of Canadians joined the 2006/07 season for ERC Ingolstadt. For the season 2009/10 he moved to the Slovenian club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Erste Bank Hockey League.

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 )