Dragan Umicevic

Dragan Umičević
Born (1984-10-09) October 9, 1984
Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Krefeld Pinguine
SEL
Södertälje SK
Färjestads BK
Russian Superleague
HC CSKA Moscow
SM-Liiga
Porin Assat
NLA
EHC Biel
DEL
Kölner Haie
NHL Draft 184th overall, 2003
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 2001–present

Dragan Umičević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Умичевић; born October 9, 1984, in Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Swedish ice hockey player of Serbian descent.[1] He is currently playing for Krefeld Pinguine in the German DEL. Umicevic has represented the Sweden national ice hockey team in 2006 and 2007. With Södertälje SK he won the team's internal scoring league in the 2008–09 Elitserien season.[2][3] Umičević was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 184th overall.

Except 2007 as he played 9 games in Russia, Umicevic played until 2012 always hockey in his home-country Sweden. 2012 he changed in the Finnish SM-Liiga. Here was Umicevic popular as a good assist.[4]

In the end of Season 2013-14 he changed to Switzerland and sign a contract with the EHC Biel for the play-outs.[5] There was 16 scores in 15 games from him and so Biel sign him for the next season.[6]

For the 2015-16 season, he dived into the shark tank and signed a one-year contract with the German team Kölner Haie.[7] In August 2016, he inked a two-year deal with another German side, Krefeld Pinguine.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dragan Umicevic – player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ Marcus Larsson (2011-10-13). "Dragan Umicevic har signat kontrakt för Malmö Redhawks" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  3. ↑ Christian Winnberg (2011-10-13). "Umicevic debuterar när Malmö Redhawks gästar Örebro" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  4. ↑ Dragan Umicevic - the golden eye, The Lion Chronicle, 2013-10-29
  5. ↑ EHC Biel signs Dragan Umicevic until the end of the season, Swiss Hockey News, 2014-02-24
  6. ↑ EHC Biel signs forward Dragan Umicevic to new one year deal, Swiss Hockey News, 2014-05-06
  7. ↑ From Biel to Koeln - Dragan Umicevic signs one year contract with the Kölner Haie, Swiss Hockey News, 2015-06-03
  8. ↑ Sport1.de. "Krefeld Pinguine holen Stürmer Dragan Umicevic" (in German). Retrieved 2016-08-03.

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