Max Birbraer

Max Birbraer
225px Birbraer wore #21 with the Israeli National Team
Born	(1980-12-15) December 15, 1980 Ust-Kamenogorsk, USSR
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
EPIHL team Former teams	Telford Tigers Albany River Rats San Antonio Rampage Cardiff Devils Heilbronner Falken
National team	Israel
NHL Draft	67th overall, 2000 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1999–present

Maxim Birbraer (Hebrew: מקס בירבראייר‎; born December 15, 1980) is a Kazakhstan born Israeli professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Telford Tigers in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL). Birbraer is Jewish. and has played for the Israel national ice hockey team.

He was the only Israeli national ever to be drafted by a NHL team when he was drafted 67th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Despite this, he never played in the NHL, instead spending three seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. In 2006, Birbraer signed with the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League. In 2008, he signed for the Heilbronn Falcons in Germany's 2nd Bundesliga

See also

• List of select Jewish ice hockey players

External links

• Max Birbraer's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Max Birbraer's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Max Birbraer's blog
• Max Birbraer on YouTube