Max Middendorf
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 210
| played_for = Quebec Nordiques
Edmonton Oilers
EC KAC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 57th overall
| draft_year = 1985
| draft_team = Quebec Nordiques
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 1998
}}
Max C. Middendorf (born August 18, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 13 games in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques and Edmonton Oilers between 1986 and 1990. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 1998, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Playing career
The 6 ft 4in (195 cm) center was drafted by the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League in 1984.
He joined the OHL club after a spectacular offensive season with the New Jersey Rockets, where he netted 94 goals and 168 points in 58 games as a 16-year-old.
In 63 games with the Wolves in his rookie year, he produced 16 goals and 44 points along with a noticeable willingness to play a rough-and-tumble game, with 106 minutes in penalties.
The Quebec Nordiques selected him in the third round of the 1985 NHL draft, 57th overall. He played parts of three NHL seasons in Quebec before going to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1990–91 campaign.
Middendorf played 13 games in the National Hockey League, collecting 2 goals and 4 assists.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1982–83
| St. Joseph Regional (Montvale) | HS-NJ | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84 | St. Joseph Regional | HS-NJ | 27 | 38 | 35 | 73 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85
| OHL | 63 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 106
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 61 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 71
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1986–87
| NHL | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 31 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| OHL | 17 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| AHL | 38 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 57
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | AHL | 72 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 85
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1989–90
| Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 48 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 60
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | IHL | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| AHL | 44 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 82
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 51 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 108
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| AHL | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 58
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| IHL | 30 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 25
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 36 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 43
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 1994–95
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | EC KAC | AUT | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 86
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| WCHL | 23 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 80
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | SHL | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| CHL | 42 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 79
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | WCHL | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 56
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 259 !! 109 !! 114 !! 223 !! 404 ! 25 !! 5 !! 8 !! 13 !! 46 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 13 !! 2 !! 4 !! 6 !! 6 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
External links
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