Mike Johnson (ice hockey)
Michael Paul Johnson ( born October 3, 1974 in Scarborough, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the 2008 /09 season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Kölner Haie.
Career
Mike Johnson began his career in 1992 at the Aurora Eagles, a team from the former American Junior League Metro Junior Hockey League. From 1993 to 1997 he played for the University of team Bowling Green State University in leagues operation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There ungedraftete achieved the right shooter in his last season 62 points scorer in 38 games and ran this year for the first time in the National Hockey League on. Overall, the winger played three years for the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he increased his points yield continuously. In the 1997/98 season was the second best Canadian rookie scorer and was voted into the NHL All- Rookie Team. Johnson reached in 1999 with the team to the semifinals of the Stanley Cup. During the season 1999/2000 of the attacker from the Maple Leafs to the Tampa Bay Lightning was transferred, where he remained not long. Already in the following season 2000/ 01, the striker moved on to the Phoenix Coyotes, where he was able to continue his successful Toronto time. 2003, Johnson with 63 points from 82 games Scorer its most successful year in the NHL.
The lockout season 2004/ 05 spent the Canadians at Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien and won the Swedish runner there. In the season 2005/ 06 the attacker reached at the Coyotes 54 scorer points in 80 games, but missed again with the team's play-offs and therefore moved in the summer for a year to the Montreal Canadiens. After another change to the 2007/08 season to the St. Louis Blues, Johnson injured and was able to complete only 21 games in which he scored five points. Overall, Johnson played so far 683 NHL games in which he scored 133 goals and 249 templates.
Motivated by the recommendation of his friend and former teammate Todd Warriner, Johnson decided in summer 2008 to a renewed move to Europe and signed a year contract with the Cologne Sharks. After unsatisfactory performance with only 13 points from 28 matches scorer in the league, the Sharks put him on 29 December 2008 from playing freely and swept him out of the squad. Then his contract was canceled by mutual consent in January 2009.
Awards and achievements
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 )