Mike Halmo

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Mike Halmo
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Halmo with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2013
Born (1991-05-15) May 15, 1991 (age 32)
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
ICEHL team
Former teams
HC Bolzano
New York Islanders
Ilves
Iserlohn Roosters
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011present

Michael Halmo (born May 15, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for HC Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He joined the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League in 2008 and remained there until his first full season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2012, a year after being signed by the New York Islanders.

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Playing career

Halmo joined the Owen Sound Attack during the 2008–09 season, playing 62 games with the team during his first season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He tallied eight points and picked up an assist during the playoffs that year, though the team was eliminated in the first round. The following season, Halmo lead the Attack in penalty minutes, with 121. The Attack won the J. Ross Robertson Cup during the 2010–11 season, with Halmo scoring 20 goals.

In 2011, a free-agent Halmo signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was assigned to the Islanders' minor league affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Only playing in five games during the season with the Sound Tigers, Halmo spent the majority of the season with the Attack until he received a 10-game suspension for a hit on Edmonton Oilers prospect, Nail Yakupov. [1] [2] Due to the suspension, he missed one of the Attack's playoff series. In the 2012–13 season, he played entirely with the Sound Tigers, picking up fourteen points throughout 46 games. [3]

In February 2014, Halmo was recalled by the Islanders along with Ryan Strome and Anders Lee. At the time of being recalled, he ranked third among the Sound Tigers in scoring, with 37 points in 53 games. [4] [5] He scored his first NHL goal on April 1, 2014 in a game against the Florida Panthers. [6]

After four seasons within the Islanders organization, Halmo left as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on July 9, 2016. [7]

Halmo played one season within the Lightning organization before leaving as a free agent. With no further NHL interest, Halmo opted to sign abroad in agreeing to a one-year deal with Italian outfit, HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the EBEL on September 6, 2017. [8]

Following the 2018–19 season in the Finnish Liiga with Ilves, posting 5 goals and 16 points, Halmo continued his European career in signing a one-year contract with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on May 29, 2019. [9]

After one season in Germany, Halmo left the Roosters to return to Italian club, HC Bolzano of the renamed ICE Hockey League, on September 2, 2020. [10]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2008–09 Owen Sound Attack OHL 625389040112
2009–10 Owen Sound AttackOHL60111829121
2010–11 Owen Sound AttackOHL59202343121225101536
2011–12 Owen Sound AttackOHL66404585162
2011–12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 51015
2012–13 Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL46591446
2013–14 Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL56182038137
2013–14 New York Islanders NHL 2010132
2014–15 Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL331081883
2015–16 Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL7422194111731010
2016–17 Syracuse Crunch AHL69161228100
2017–18 HC Bolzano EBEL 54192948691815618
2018–19 Ilves Liiga 525111611161014
2019–20 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 5211203176
2020–21 HC Bolzano ICEHL 38111627911236914
2021–22 HC BolzanoICEHL4316143032202227
NHL totals2010132

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