Mike Ribeiro
Michael Tavares Ribeiro ( born February 1, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player (Center) Portuguese descent who stands since July 2013 at the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League contract.
- 3.1 International
Career
As a junior Ribeiro played with the Rouyn -Noranda Huskies in the QMJHL Entry Draft NHL In 1998, the Montreal Canadiens picked him in the second round as 45th early on they tried him in the American Hockey League with the Fredericton Canadiens use, but he soon returned to the QMJHL, where he joined the Quebec Remparts in 1999.
For the 1999/2000 season Ribeiro moved definitively in the professional sector, but came only to isolated operations at the Montreal Canadiens. He usually played in the AHL farm team in the Quebec citadels and later with the Hamilton Bulldogs. Only in the 2002/03 season he made his breakthrough. During the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season he played for the Blues Espoo in Finland.
On 30 September 2006 he was transferred to the Dallas Stars. In return, the Finnish defender Janne Niinimaa moved to Montréal. The change was completed, as the Canadiens had to complain at this point many weight loss on the defensive. In Dallas, he was the best scorer of the team in the season 2006/ 07, also favored by temporary failures of players like Mike Modano and Brenden Morrow.
In the summer of 2007, he got a restricted free agent initially a one-year contract for an estimated 2.8 million U.S. dollars. With this it would be after the current season 2007/08 Unrestricted Free Agent become and would be able to choose his club completely free. However, he extended his contract with the Dallas Stars on January 7, 2008, at five years to 25 million U.S. dollars. On June 22, 2012 Ribeiro was discharged from the stars in the Exchange against Cody Eakin and a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 2012 to the Washington Capitals.
In July 2013 Ribeiro signed a four year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- 2000 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 Junior World Championship 2000
( 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 )