Jeff Ulmer

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Jeff Ulmer
Jeff Ulmer Hershey.jpg
Ulmer with the Hershey Bears in 2004
Born (1977-04-27) April 27, 1977 (age 47)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Cardiff Devils
Lukko Rauma
Hamburg Freezers
Frankfurt Lions
Dinamo Minsk
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
MODO
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Linköpings HC
DEG Metro Stars
Tappara
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
HC TWK Innsbruck
Braehead Clan
Frederikshavn White Hawks
EHC Lustenau
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 19992018

Jeffrey Ulmer (born April 27, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Jeff played professionally for 19 seasons. After retirement he worked for the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League and the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League. He is currently an assistant coach for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League. He played 21 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 2000–01 season and scored three goals. His brother Jason also played professionally for 16 seasons.

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Playing career

A product of the University of North Dakota, [1] Ulmer turned pro in 1999, joining the Houston Aeros of the IHL. During the 2000–01 NHL season, he played 21 games for the New York Rangers, scoring three goals. Ulmer moved to Europe in 2003, splitting the 2003–04 campaign between the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and Lukko of the SM-liiga in Finland. He returned to North America in 2004, spending the season with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League before returning to Europe, moving to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with the Hamburg Freezers.

After one season with Hamburg, he moved to fell DEL side Frankfurt Lions for a two-year spell. In 2008, he signed with HC Dinamo Minsk of the new Kontinental Hockey League and was later on 14 October 2008 loaned out for two months to Swiss HC Fribourg-Gottéron. On November 24, 2008, he signed with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien. On May 11, 2009, Ulmer rejoined the Frankfurt Lions. At the end of the 2009–10 season however, the Lions ceased operations due to increased financial difficulties. Ulmer signed with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL.

On December 6, Ulmer signed on with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien. On July 26, 2011, Ulmer announced he had returned to the German DEL with the DEG Metro Stars on a one-year contract. In 2012-13, he played in Finland (Tappara) and Switzerland (Lausanne HC).

Midway into the 2013–14 season, he transferred from HDD Olimpija Ljubljana to establish himself at fellow EBEL club, Innsbruck. Ulmer agreed to a one-year extension on January 23, 2014 [2] and then in March 2015, he had his contract renewed for the 2015-16 season. [3]

As a free agent the following year, Ulmer left the EBEL and signed a contract with Scottish club, Braehead Clan who play in the EIHL for the forthcoming 2016–17 season on July 19, 2016. [4] Ulmer parted company with Braehead in October 2016 by mutual consent [5] and joined the Frederikshavn White Hawks of Metal Ligaen in Denmark for a try-out a couple of days later. [6] He signed a deal with the Frederikshavn outfit for the remainder of the 2016-17 season in early November. [7] On March 3, 2017, in his first playoff game in 4 years, Ulmer made an assist and was Player of the Game in the White Hawks' 4-1 win over the Herning Blue Fox. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1994–95 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 6425356096
1995–96 University of North Dakota WCHA 2953826
1996–97 University of North DakotaWCHA366111716
1997–98 University of North DakotaWCHA3212122444
1998–99 University of North DakotaWCHA3816203646
1999–00 Houston Aeros IHL 51010112466
1999–00 Canadian National Team Intl4814253920
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 213038
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 4811142534
2001–02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL739172665501111
2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL5781220401301130
2003–04 Cardiff Devils EIHL 999186
2003–04 Lukko FIN 34138216740002
2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL8022295147
2005–06 Hamburg Freezers DEL 5123153873624618
2006–07 Frankfurt Lions DEL5222163842832514
2007–08 Frankfurt LionsDEL552033536512461014
2008–09 Dinamo Minsk KHL 132138
2008–09 Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 121342
2008–09 MODO SWE 27871545
2009–10 Frankfurt LionsDEL563737742242022
2010–11 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL2421315
2010–11 Linköping HC SWE29639660000
2011–12 DEG Metro Stars DEL5212203232722410
2012–13 Tappara FIN62354
2012–13 Lausanne HC NLB 2101242240
2013–14 Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 279142310
2013–14 HC Innsbruck EBEL26137201442240
2014–15 HC InnsbruckEBEL5422204240
2015–16 HC InnsbruckEBEL5421163738
2016–17 Braehead Clan EIHL61450
2016–17 Frederikshavn White Hawks DEN 341514291415561112
2017–18 EHC Lustenau ALP 2714193312
AHL totals25850721221861802241
DEL totals2661141212352343713142758
NHL totals213038

References

  1. "North Dakota men's hockey players in the Pros". undsports.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. "Ulmer remains in Innsbruck" (in German). HC TWK Innsbruck. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. "Innsbruck verlängert mit VanBallegooie, Ross und Ulmer - sport.ORF.at". sport.ORF.at (in German). 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  4. "Jason Ulmer joins Clan". Braehead Clan. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  5. "NEWS: Braehead Clan part company with Jeff Ulmer | Braehead Clan | Official Website". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. A/S, Elite Nord Frederikshavn. "PRESSEMEDDELELSE: Stærk canadier på try-out". White Hawks. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  7. "Canadier på tryout fortsætter i White Hawks". TV2 Nord. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  8. O'Shea, Colleen (March 3, 2017). "The Ironman of Hockey". The Hockey Mom. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017.