Milos Melicherik

Milos Melicherik (Born October 7 1974) is a Slovakian ice hockey forward from Povazska Bystrica. Currently playing for Guildford Flames of the EPIHL.

Playing career

Melicherik began his career in 1993 with HC Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga where he played until 2000 when he moved to Czech Extraliga to play for HC Havirov Panthers, during that season he also appeared in games for Czech 1.liga sides HC Prostejov and HC Sumperk.

He then played one year for EHC Wolfsburg in the German 2nd Bundesliga. Melicherik returned to Slovakia for one more season which he split between Dukla Trencin and Martimex ZTS Martin.

In 340 games in the Slovak Extraliga Melicherik scored 77 goals and added 110 assists for 187 points.

Melicherik was then lured to play in Britain for Guildford Flames in the BNL. He helped the team to a play-off championship in his first year in 2003/2004, scoring 22 points in 14 play-off games. He remained with the Flames for the next 3 years playing again in the BNL and most recently 2 seasons with them in the EPIHL scoring 82 and 76 points in 05/06 and 06/07 respectively.

During the 2007/08 season he took extra responsiblity as Player/Assistant Coach. He Currently sits 3rd in All-time Flames scoring, leading (or joint leading) the team in scoring 6 seasons in a row from 2003-08.

Awards and medals

*BNL Play-off Champions 03/04
*EPIHL League Champions 05/06, 07/08
*EPIHL Cup Champions 06/07

*Play-offs Top Scorer BNL 03/04
*Named to BNL 2nd All-Star Team 03/04
*Named to EPIHL 2nd All-Star Team 05/06, 07/08

Career Stats

As of 07/08 (All competitions including playoffs)

"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes"

External links

* [http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=3362 Eurohockey.net profile]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=57125 Hockeydb.com profile]