| Michael Parks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 15, 1992 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Vaasan Sport Timrå IK Dornbirn Bulldogs HKM Zvolen | ||
| NHL Draft |
149th overall, 2010 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 2015–2020 | ||
Michael Parks (born February 15, 1992) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the American Hockey League (AHL), Finnish Liiga, Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan, and Slovak Extraliga.[1]
Career
Parks was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.[2] After four seasons at the University of North Dakota, he started his career with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2015 and the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL in 2016.
Parks signed a contract in Finland to play for top flight Liiga team, Vaasan Sport on July 26, 2017.[3] Late in the 2017–18 season, Parks joined Timrå IK in the Swedish Allsvenskan.
In the 2018–19 season, Parks continued his career in Europe agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club, Dornbirn Bulldogs on July 9, 2018.[4] As a regular among the Bulldogs top-nine forwards, Parks added 10 goals and 22 points through 44 regular-season games.
As a free agent, Parks opted to return to North America and the ECHL after two seasons abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with home state team, the Kansas City Mavericks on July 31, 2019.[5]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | 51 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | 56 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 42 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 25 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | University of North Dakota | NCHC | 42 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | University of North Dakota | NCHC | 42 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Quad City Mallards | ECHL | 61 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Vaasan Sport | Liiga | 46 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Timrå IK | Allsv | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | EBEL | 44 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Kansas City Mavericks | ECHL | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HKM Zvolen | SVK | 23 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 46 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ↑ "Michael Parks at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ↑ "Michael Parks (b.1992) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ↑ "MICHAEL PARKS SPORTIN HYÖKKÄYKSEEN" (in Finnish). Vaasan Sport. July 26, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Bulldogs welcome American Michael Parks" (in German). Dornbirn Bulldogs. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Mavericks sign Missouri native Michael Parks". Kansas City Mavericks. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database