Mike Glumac
Glumac with the Peoria Rivermen in 2006
Born (1980-04-05) April 5, 1980
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Medveščak Zagreb
St. Louis Blues
Adler Mannheim
National team  Croatia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present

Michael Glumac (born April 5, 1980) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played as Captain for Croatian hockey club KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He is of Croatian descent.

Collegiate career

Glumac played junior hockey for the St. Michael's Buzzers and Newmarket Hurricanes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League before signing to play US college hockey for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Glumac became a fixture for Miami his 4-year collegiate career, voted as team MVP in his senior, 2001–02 season, leading the team in goals (16) scored.[1]

Playing career

Glumac was undrafted out of college, and began his professional career during the 2002–03 season, named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team as a member of the Pee Dee Pride, also winning the ECHL Plus Performer of the Year at +37. He advanced to the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Worcester IceCats the following year, and signed with the parent team, the St. Louis Blues, on June 29, 2004.[2]

After spending the bulk of the next three seasons with the AHL affiliates of the Blues, Worcester and Peoria Rivermen, Glumac made his NHL debut on January 3, 2006 against the Calgary Flames, recording an assist.[3] Glumac would see limited time with St. Louis over the next three seasons, posting 7 goals with the Blues while spending the majority of each season with Peoria.[3]

Glumac signed a contract with the Montreal Canadiens on July 16, 2008 and was sent to affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL, spending two season with Hamilton.

Glumac had joined the Kassel Huskies of the German Deutsche Eishockey-Liga (DEL) on a try-out in 2010.[4] However, due to Kassel unexpectedly folding, he was released and signed to another try-out with the Straubing Tigers. Unsuccessful with the Tigers, Glumac moved on to his third DEL club, Adler Mannheim, and on October 12, 2010, secured a one-year contract.[5] After leading Mannheim with 17 goals in the 2010–11 season, Glumac was re-signed and would spend three seasons in total with the German club.[6]

On May 24, 2013, Glumac joined newly promoted Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League on an initial one-year contract, but would spend four seasons in Zagreb. Glumac retired after the 2016–17 season.[7][8]

Personal life

With a degree in finance from Miami University, Glumac now works for an equipment service firm in Charlotte, North Carolina where he lives with his family.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 St. Michael's Buzzers OPJHL 50 13 25 38 33 6 1 0 1 2
1997–98 Newmarket Hurricanes OPJHL 36 16 16 32 57 — — — — —
1998–99 Miami RedHawks CCHA 35 2 0 2 44 — — — — —
1999–00 Miami RedHawks CCHA 36 8 5 13 52 — — — — —
2000–01 Miami RedHawks CCHA 37 9 10 19 46 — — — — —
2001–02 Miami RedHawks CCHA 36 15 8 23 28 — — — — —
2002–03 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 69 37 32 69 49 — — — — —
2002–03 Cleveland Barons AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 80 28 24 52 74 10 3 3 6 11
2004–05 Worcester IceCats AHL 45 12 17 29 27 — — — — —
2005–06 Peoria Rivermen AHL 49 25 32 57 64 4 1 1 2 5
2005–06 St. Louis Blues NHL 33 7 5 12 33 — — — — —
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 72 27 30 57 115 — — — — —
2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 0 0 0 5 — — — — —
2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 75 21 28 49 99 — — — — —
2008–09 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 66 33 19 52 60 6 1 3 4 4
2009–10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 75 20 20 40 70 19 11 3 14 11
2010–11 Adler Mannheim DEL 40 17 8 25 44 6 3 1 4 2
2011–12 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 22 20 42 48 14 2 3 5 6
2012–13 Adler Mannheim DEL 45 20 11 31 51 6 0 0 0 0
2013–14 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 41 7 1 8 49 4 0 0 0 2
2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 52 5 3 8 72 — — — — —
2015–16 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 58 8 3 11 30 — — — — —
2016–17 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 60 8 8 16 31 — — — — —
NHL totals 40 7 6 13 38 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Croatia WC-D1 16th 5 1 1 2 0
2016 Croatia WC-D1 26th 5 4 2 6 4
Senior totals 10 5 3 8 4

References

  1. ↑ "2021-2022 Miami Hockey Record Book" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Mike Glumac at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Mike Glumac Stats". hockey-reference.com.
  4. ↑ "Ex NHL player Glumac commits to the Huskies" (in German). hna.de. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Adler sign Mike Glumac for season" (in German). Adler Mannheim. October 12, 2010. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Adler extend Mike Glumac" (in German). Adler Mannheim. May 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Canadian former NHL player signs for Bears" (in Croatian). 24sata.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Mike Glumac (b.1980) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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