Michal Birner

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Michal Birner 2013.JPG

| caption = Birner in 2013

| image_size = 225px

| position = Winger

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 183

| team = HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

| league = ELH

| former_teams = HC Slavia Praha
Peoria Rivermen
Portland Pirates
Iowa Chops
Pelicans
Turku TPS
HC Lev Praha
KalPa
Traktor Chelyabinsk
HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| ntl_team = Czech Republic

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|3|2}}

| birth_place = Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia

| career_start = 2006

| draft = 116th overall

| draft_year = 2004

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

}}

Michal Birner (born 2 March 1986) is a Czech ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Czech Extraliga (ELH).

Playing career

Birner was drafted 116th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Prior to being drafted in the NHL, Birner was a CHL Import Draft- Barrie Colts 1st Round(8th) 2004

On 15 December 2007, the Blues traded Birner, along with Doug Weight and a 7th round draft choice to the Anaheim Ducks for Andy McDonald.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2007-12-14-mcdonald-ducks-blues-trade_N.htm|title=Cup Champion Ducks send McDonald skating to Blues| newspaper =USA Today | date = 2007-12-15 | accessdate = 2009-07-23}} Birner was assigned to the Ducks affiliate, the Portland Pirates where he remained for the rest of the 2007–08 season.

Birner started the 2008–09 season with the Iowa Chops before he was assigned to ECHL affiliate the Bakersfield Condors on 20 November 2008. Birner didn't report to the Condors and returned to Europe to play in the Finnish SM-liiga with Pelicans on 27 November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/arkisto/pelicans/michal-birner-pelicansin-hyokkaykseen.html|title=Michal Birner moves to Pelicans|publisher=(in Finnish) SM-liiga|date=2008-11-27|accessdate=2009-09-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212103224/http://www.sm-liiga.fi/arkisto/pelicans/michal-birner-pelicansin-hyokkaykseen.html|archivedate=12 December 2008|df=dmy-all}} Birner's season was cut short as he suffered a fractured hand after playing in only 6 games.

On 7 July 2009, Birner was signed by TPS for the 2009–10 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.turkulainen.fi/Urheilu/Urheilu-uutiset/Juraj-Mikus-ja-Michal-Birner-TPS-n-vahvuuteen|title=Juraj Mikus and Michal Birner strengthen TPS|publisher=(in finnish)turkulainen.com|date=2009-07-07|accessdate=2009-09-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722075754/http://www.turkulainen.fi/Urheilu/Urheilu-uutiset/Juraj-Mikus-ja-Michal-Birner-TPS-n-vahvuuteen|archivedate=22 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}

After two seasons with HC Lev Prague of the Kontinental Hockey League, with the team unable to offer him a new contract due to financial bankruptcy, Birner returned to continue his professional career in Finland, joining his third Liiga club KalPa on a one-year deal on 15 July 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.kalpa.fi/2014-2015_uutinen/michal-birner-kalpan-haaviin-samu-perhonen-taydentaa-maalivahtiosaston | title = Michal Birner in KalPa | publisher = KalPa | date = 2014-07-15 | accessdate = 2014-07-15 | language = Finnish}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2000–01

|HC Slavia Praha

|CZE U18

| 48

| 16

| 24

| 40

| 20

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2001–02

|HC Slavia Praha

|CZE U18

| 46

| 24

| 34

| 58

| 28

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

2002–03

|HC Slavia Praha

|CZE U18

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 14

| 5

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 20

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2002–03

|HC Slavia Praha

|CZE U20

| 31

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 10

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

2003–04

|HC Slavia Praha

|CZE U20

| 55

| 25

| 35

| 60

| 112

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2003–04

|HC Slavia Praha

|ELH

|1

|0

| —

2004–05

|Barrie Colts

|OHL

|28

|4

|10

|14

|12

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2004–05

|Saginaw Spirit

|OHL

|31

|7

|21

|28

|29

| —

2005–06

|Saginaw Spirit

|OHL

|60

|31

|54

|85

|91

|4

|1

|3

|4

|8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2006–07

|Peoria Rivermen

|AHL

|66

|11

|17

|28

|20

| —

2007–08

|Peoria Rivermen

|AHL

|18

|2

|5

|7

|4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2007–08

|Portland Pirates

|AHL

|40

|7

|6

|13

|14

|15

|2

|1

|3

|6

2008–09

|Iowa Chops

|AHL

|2

|0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2008–09

|Pelicans

|SM-l

|6

|0

|2

|14

| —

2009–10

|TPS

|SM-l

|58

|15

|30

|45

|38

| 15

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 22

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2010–11

|TPS

|SM-l

|48

|4

|13

|17

|24

| —

2011–12

|TPS

|SM-l

|60

|11

|14

|25

|36

| 2

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2012–13

|TPS

|SM-l

|10

|4

|3

|7

|10

| —

2012–13

|HC Lev Praha

|KHL

|24

|1

|3

|4

|8

| 2

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2013–14

|HC Lev Praha

|KHL

|40

|5

|10

|12

| 13

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 8

2014–15

|KalPa

|Liiga

|60

|15

|21

|36

|32

| 6

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Bílí Tygři Liberec

| ELH

| 51

| 13

| 26

| 39

| 69

| 13

| 2

| 9

| 11

| 18

2016–17

| Traktor Chelyabinsk

| KHL

| 12

| 0

| 1

| 6

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NLA

| 31

| 9

| 23

| 32

| 8

| —

2017–18

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NL

| 39

| 9

| 20

| 29

| 22

| 5

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NL

| 9

| 0

| 3

| 4

| —

2018–19

| Bílí Tygři Liberec

| ELH

| 32

| 9

| 19

| 28

| 26

| 17

| 7

| 6

| 13

| 8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Bílí Tygři Liberec

| ELH

| 41

| 20

| 41

| 61

| 12

| —

2020–21

| Bílí Tygři Liberec

| ELH

| 50

| 14

| 31

| 45

| 38

| 15

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 10

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| 2021–22

| Bílí Tygři Liberec

| ELH

| 53

| 12

| 22

| 34

| 4

| 6

| 3

| 0

| 3

| 4

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! colspan="3" | ELH totals

! 228

! 68

! 139

! 207

! 149

! 51

! 16

! 27

! 43

! 40

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Liiga totals

! 242

! 49

! 83

! 132

! 154

! 23

! 8

! 7

! 15

! 24

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 76

! 6

! 9

! 15

! 26

! 15

! 2

! 5

! 7

! 8

{{MedalCountry | {{ih|CZE}} }}

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=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2003

| Czech Republic

| U18

| {{bronze3}}

| 5

|

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004

| Czech Republic

| WJC18

| {{bronze3}}

| 7

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 8

2006

| Czech Republic

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| 0

| 2

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 5th

| 8

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 0

2016

| Czech Republic

| WCH

| 6th

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 7th

| 8

| 0

| 1

| 0

2018

| Czech Republic

| OG

| 4th

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 13

! 3

! 4

! 7

! 12

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 24

! 4

! 7

! 11

! 0

References

External links

{{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|elite=9233|espn=|euro=|hr=|hockeydb=76037|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}

Category:1986 births

Category:Barrie Colts players

Category:HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players

Category:Czech ice hockey forwards

Category:HC Fribourg-Gottéron players

Category:Iowa Stars players

Category:KalPa players

Category:HC Lev Praha players

Category:Living people

Category:Lahti Pelicans players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic

Category:Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players

Category:Portland Pirates players

Category:Saginaw Spirit players

Category:St. Louis Blues draft picks

Category:HC Slavia Praha players

Category:HC TPS players

Category:Traktor Chelyabinsk players

Category:Sportspeople from Litoměřice

Category:Ice hockey people from the Ústí nad Labem Region

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland

Category:21st-century Czech sportsmen