| Michael Henrich | |||||||||||||||||
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 Michael Henrich in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born |
March 4, 1980 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right Wing/Centre/Defence | ||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
AHL Hamilton Bulldogs Hershey Bears Toronto Roadrunners DEL Füchse Duisburg Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg Serie A HC Asiago EBEL Dornbirner EC EIHL Coventry Blaze | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft |
13th overall, 1998 Edmonton Oilers | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2000–2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Henrich (born March 4, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. An NHL first-round draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers in 1998, Henrich played several years of professional hockey in North America before moving to professional hockey in Europe. Henrich is the first Jewish player to be selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft,[1] and the only player taken in the first round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft who did not play a regular season game in the National Hockey League.[2]
Henrich's younger brother Adam Henrich was also a former professional hockey player for the Coventry Blaze.
- ^ "A special brotherly connection: Henrichs on short list of Jewish players in pro hockey". Times Leader. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.