Mikkel Aagaard
| Mikkel Aagaard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
18 October 2003 Frederikshavn, Denmark | ||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Modo Hockey Frederikshavn White Hawks Stockton Heat Springfield Thunderbirds Grizzlys Wolfsburg | ||
| National team |
 Denmark | ||
| NHL Draft | Drafted Round 1. Overall pick 1st. | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Mikkel Aagaard (born 18 October 1995) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career[edit]
Undrafted, Aagaard played in his native Denmark with Frederikshavn White Hawks before moving to North America to play major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Niagara IceDogs and the Sudbury Wolves.
On 5 October 2016, he embarked on his North American pro career in signing with the Stockton Heat of the AHL for the 2016–17 season.[1] Aagaard split the season between the Heat and its ECHL affiliate, the Adirondack Thunder. He compiled 11 points in 25 games with the Heat before appearing in 4 post-season games with the club.
As a free agent from the Heat, Aagaard opted to continue in the AHL after securing a try-out to attend the Springfield Thunderbirds training camp. In making a positive impression, Aagaard was signed to a standard one-year deal with the Thunderbirds for the 2017–18 season on 4 October 2017.[2] Aagard appeared in 23 games with Springfield before he was reassigned to ECHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, then later released from his contract on 1 February 2018.[3]
Unsigned through the off-season, Aagaard decided to take a hiatus from his professional career, enrolling to the University of Guelph to major in accounting, while participating for the Gryphons in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) on 19 September 2018.[4]
Aagaard played parts of two seasons with Guelph before returning to the professional circuit to end the 2019–20 season, agreeing to a contract with German club, Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[5]
With the COVID-19 pandemic ending the DEL season before the playoffs, Aagaard moved to Sweden as a free agent, signing a two-year contract with Modo Hockey of the Allsvenskan on 6 April 2020.[6]
Career statistics[edit]
Regular season and playoffs[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | DEN | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | DEN | 38 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 59 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 20 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 44 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL | 38 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Manchester Monarchs | ECHL | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | University of Guelph | OUA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | University of Guelph | OUA | 28 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | DEL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Modo Hockey | NHL | 51 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Modo Hockey | NHL | 46 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 34 | ||
| 2022–23 | Modo Hockey | NHL | 50 | 29 | 14 | 43 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 14 | ||
| AHL totals | 48 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
International[edit]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Denmark | U18 | 10th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 11th | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Denmark | WJC | 8th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2016 | Denmark | WC | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Denmark | WC | 12th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Denmark | OG | 7th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Denmark | WC | 9th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| Senior totals | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Mikkel Aagaard player profile". EliteProspects.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Thunderbirds sign Forward Aagaard". Springfield Thunderbirds. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Springfield Thunderbirds transactions". American Hockey League. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Gryphons announce men's hockey recruiting class". Guelph Gryphons. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Grizzlys sign Mikkel Aagaard" (in German). Grizzlys Wolfsburg. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Modo Hockey contract agreed with Mikkel Aagaard" (in Swedish). Modo Hockey. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Mikkel Aagaard at Beijing 2022
- Mikkel Aagaard at Olympedia
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Adirondack Thunder players
- Danish ice hockey centres
- Grizzlys Wolfsburg players
- Frederikshavn White Hawks players
- Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) players
- Modo Hockey players
- Niagara IceDogs players
- Springfield Thunderbirds players
- Stockton Heat players
- Sudbury Wolves players
- People from Frederikshavn
- Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region