Mikael Burakovsky
Mikael Burakovsky ( born June 23, 1977 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1994 to 2010 among others for the Krefeld Penguins in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. His older brother Robert is also a professional hockey player.
Career
Mikael Burakovsky began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior section of Malmö IF, for the first team, he made his debut in the Elitserien, the highest Swedish league was in season 1994/95. In the following years he was a regular for his hometown club, where he ran aground in parallel in eleven games for Malmo League rivals VIK Västerås HK in the 1996/97 season. After the winger had started the 1997/98 season in Malmö in the Elitserien, he finished it at the Krefeld Penguins in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 15 DEL games he prepared a goal. He spent the following season in the Swedish second division Timrå IK. In the season 1999/2000 he played again in Germany, where he achieved for the EV Duisburg in the third-tier Oberliga Nord in 55 games 64 scorer points, including 32 goals.
From 2000 to 2002 the HC Amiens Somme Burakovsky stood in the French Ligue Magnus under contract. Then he ran for three years for the Rødovre Mighty Bulls in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen, where he also completed four games for the Herning Blue Fox during the 2003/ 04 season. The season 2005/ 06 he also started in Denmark - at AaB Ishockey - but left the club after just four matches and spent the rest of the season in his hometown when IK Pantern in the third-tier Division 1 In the following season, he joined again AaB Ishockey and won the Danish Ice Hockey Cup with the team of Aalborg. For the season 2007/ 08 he moved again to IK Pantern from the Division 1 Most recently, he played from 2008 to 2010 for the amateur club Trelleborg Vikings before the age of 33 years, he ended his career in 2010.
Internationally
For Sweden Burakovsky participated exclusively at the World Youth Championship 1997, where he and his team the xx. Occupied space. During the tournament, he gave one assist in six games.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Danish Cup winner with AaB Ishockey