Luka Vidmar

Luka Vidmar (born May 17, 1986) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the SønderjyskE Ishockey of the Danish Metal Ligaen.

Luka Vidmar
Born (1986-05-17) May 17, 1986
Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
Metal Ligaen team
Former teams		 SønderjyskE Ishockey
Fehérvár AV19
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Las Vegas Wranglers
Colorado Eagles
South Carolina Stingrays
Rochester Americans
BK Mladá Boleslav
Stjernen
Frederikshavn White Hawks
National team  Slovenia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present

Playing career

After playing as a youth professionally for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League, Vidmar moved to North America and attended the University of Alaska Anchorage where he played fours seasons of NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey team. He accumulated 33 points and 135 penalty minutes in 114 games with the Seawolves.

Vidmar began the 2011–12 ECHL season with the Las Vegas Wranglers where he played three games before signing with the Colorado Eagles on November 11, 2011.[1]

Prior to the 2012–13 season, Vidmar remained in the ECHL after signing as a free agent with the South Carolina Stingrays on October 5, 2012.[2]

After 10 years of playing in North America, Vidmar returned to Europe to sign a try-out contract with BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga on July 24, 2014.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLV 15 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2003–04 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLV 16 6 4 10 8 — — — — —
2004–05 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLV 21 8 6 14 12 — — — — —
2005–06 Chicago Steel USHL 47 3 6 9 24 — — — — —
2006–07 Chicago Steel USHL 57 6 22 28 74 5 0 4 4 14
2007–08 U. of Alaska-Anchorage WCHA 30 1 5 6 37 — — — — —
2008–09 U. of Alaska-Anchorage WCHA 30 1 4 5 32 — — — — —
2009–10 U. of Alaska-Anchorage WCHA 20 2 10 12 30 — — — — —
2010–11 U. of Alaska-Anchorage WCHA 34 2 8 10 38 — — — — —
2011–12 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Colorado Eagles ECHL 58 3 18 21 56 3 0 1 1 0
2012–13 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 62 6 21 27 22 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 57 2 12 14 28 3 1 0 1 2
2013–14 Rochester Americans AHL 6 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
2014–15 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 30 0 2 2 26 3 0 0 0 4
2015–16 Stjernen GET-ligaen 18 4 15 19 20 6 2 3 5 6
2016–17 Frederikshavn White Hawks Metal Ligaen 45 4 21 25 20 15 1 9 10 6
2017–18 Fehérvár AV19 EBEL 46 2 15 17 22 — — — — —
ECHL totals 180 11 51 62 106 7 1 1 2 2
AHL totals 6 0 0 0 6 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Slovenia WJC18-D1 5 2 2 4 2
2004 Slovenia WJC18-D1 1 0 0 0 0
2005 Slovenia WJC-D1 5 2 4 6 2
2006 Slovenia WJC-D1 5 2 2 4 4
2010 Slovenia WC-D1 3 0 0 0 2
2015 Slovenia WC 16th 7 0 0 0 2
2016 Slovenia WC-D1A 5 0 0 0 0
2017 Slovenia WC 15th 7 0 1 1 4
2018 Slovenia Oly 9th 4 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 16 6 8 14 8
Senior totals 26 0 2 2 12

References
  1. "Colorado Eagles defenseman Jake Marto reassigned to IceCaps". The Coloradoan. 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  2. "Stingrays bring in Vidmar". South Carolina Stingrays. 2012-10-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  3. "Boleslav relies on Slovenian defender, tries out Vidmar" (in Czech). BK Mladá Boleslav. 2014-07-24. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-07-24.


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