Mike Glumac

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Mike Glumac Peoria.jpg

| image_size = 230 px

| caption = Glumac with the Peoria Rivermen in 2006

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 209

| team = Medveščak Zagreb

| former_teams = St. Louis Blues
Adler Mannheim

| league = KHL

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|5}}

| birth_place = Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

| ntl_team = CRO

| career_start = 2002

| draft = Undrafted

}}

Michael Glumac (born April 5, 1980) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played as Captain for Croatian hockey club KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He is of Croatian descent.

Collegiate career

Glumac played junior hockey for the St. Michael's Buzzers and Newmarket Hurricanes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League before signing to play US college hockey for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Glumac became a fixture for Miami his 4-year collegiate career, voted as team MVP in his senior, 2001–02 season, leading the team in goals (16) scored.{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/miamiredhawks.com/documents/2021/6/9/2021_22_Miami_Hockey_Record_Book_.pdf |title=2021-2022 Miami Hockey Record Book}}

Playing career

Glumac was undrafted out of college, and began his professional career during the 2002–03 season, named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team as a member of the Pee Dee Pride, also winning the ECHL Plus Performer of the Year at +37. He advanced to the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Worcester IceCats the following year, and signed with the parent team, the St. Louis Blues, on June 29, 2004.{{Cite web |title=Mike Glumac at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/10371/mike-glumac |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en}}

After spending the bulk of the next three seasons with the AHL affiliates of the Blues, Worcester and Peoria Rivermen, Glumac made his NHL debut on January 3, 2006 against the Calgary Flames, recording an assist.{{Cite web |title=Mike Glumac Stats |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/glumami01.html |website=hockey-reference.com}} Glumac would see limited time with St. Louis over the next three seasons, posting 7 goals with the Blues while spending the majority of each season with Peoria.

Glumac signed a contract with the Montreal Canadiens on July 16, 2008 and was sent to affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL, spending two season with Hamilton.

Glumac had joined the Kassel Huskies of the German Deutsche Eishockey-Liga (DEL) on a try-out in 2010.{{cite web| url = http://www.hna.de/sport/eishockey/kassel-huskies/nach-huskies-sieg-gericht-verein-aeussert-sich-zukunft-843198.html | title = Ex NHL player Glumac commits to the Huskies | publisher = hna.de | date = 2010-07-16 | access-date = 2010-07-16 | language = German}} However, due to Kassel unexpectedly folding, he was released and signed to another try-out with the Straubing Tigers. Unsuccessful with the Tigers, Glumac moved on to his third DEL club, Adler Mannheim, and on October 12, 2010, secured a one-year contract.{{cite web | url = http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2586 | title = Adler sign Mike Glumac for season | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = 2010-10-12 | access-date = 2010-10-12 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140818/http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2586 | archive-date = July 23, 2011 | url-status = dead }} After leading Mannheim with 17 goals in the 2010–11 season, Glumac was re-signed and would spend three seasons in total with the German club.{{cite web | url = http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2881 | title = Adler extend Mike Glumac | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = 2011-05-11 | access-date = 2011-05-11 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140833/http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2881 | archive-date = July 23, 2011 | url-status = dead }}

On May 24, 2013, Glumac joined newly promoted Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League on an initial one-year contract, but would spend four seasons in Zagreb. Glumac retired after the 2016–17 season.{{cite web| url = http://www.24sata.hr/hokej/medvjedi-dovode-kanadsko-desno-krilo-s-40-nhl-nastupa-316370 | title = Canadian former NHL player signs for Bears | publisher = 24sata.com | date = 2013-05-24 | access-date = 2013-05-24 | language = Croatian }}{{Cite web |title=Mike Glumac (b.1980) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=44990 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www.hockeydb.com}}

Personal life

With a degree in finance from Miami University, Glumac now works for an equipment service firm in Charlotte, North Carolina where he lives with his family.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

ALIGN="centre"

| 1996–97

| St. Michael's Buzzers

| OPJHL

| 50

| 13

| 25

| 38

| 33

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Newmarket Hurricanes

| OPJHL

| 36

| 16

| 16

| 32

| 57

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 1998–99

| Miami RedHawks

| CCHA

| 35

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 44

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Miami RedHawks

| CCHA

| 36

| 8

| 5

| 13

| 52

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2000–01

| Miami RedHawks

| CCHA

| 37

| 9

| 10

| 19

| 46

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Miami RedHawks

| CCHA

| 36

| 15

| 8

| 23

| 28

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2002–03

| Pee Dee Pride

| ECHL

| 69

| 37

| 32

| 69

| 49

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Cleveland Barons

| AHL

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2003–04

| Worcester IceCats

| AHL

| 80

| 28

| 24

| 52

| 74

| 10

| 3

| 3

| 6

| 11

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Worcester IceCats

| AHL

| 45

| 12

| 17

| 29

| 27

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2005–06

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 49

| 25

| 32

| 57

| 64

| 4

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 5

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 33

| 7

| 5

| 12

| 33

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2006–07

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 72

| 27

| 30

| 57

| 115

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2007–08

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 5

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 75

| 21

| 28

| 49

| 99

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2008–09

| Hamilton Bulldogs

| AHL

| 66

| 33

| 19

| 52

| 60

| 6

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 4

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Hamilton Bulldogs

| AHL

| 75

| 20

| 20

| 40

| 70

| 19

| 11

| 3

| 14

| 11

ALIGN="centre"

| 2010–11

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 40

| 17

| 8

| 25

| 44

| 6

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 2

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 52

| 22

| 20

| 42

| 48

| 14

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 6

ALIGN="centre"

| 2012–13

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 45

| 20

| 11

| 31

| 51

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| KHL Medveščak Zagreb

| KHL

| 41

| 7

| 1

| 8

| 49

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

ALIGN="centre"

| 2014–15

| KHL Medveščak Zagreb

| KHL

| 52

| 5

| 3

| 8

| 72

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| KHL Medveščak Zagreb

| KHL

| 58

| 8

| 3

| 11

| 30

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="centre"

| 2016–17

| KHL Medveščak Zagreb

| KHL

| 60

| 8

| 8

| 16

| 31

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 40

! 7

! 6

! 13

! 38

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

ALIGN="centre"

| 2015

| Croatia

| WC-D1

| 16th

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016

| Croatia

| WC-D1

| 26th

| 5

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 4

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! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 10

! 5

! 3

! 8

! 4

References

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