Jeff Ulmer

Jeffrey Ulmer (born April 27, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Jeff played professionally for 19 seasons. After retirement he worked for the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League and the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League. He is currently an assistant coach for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League. He played 21 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 2000–01 season and scored three goals. His brother Jason also played professionally for 16 seasons.

Playing career A product of the University of North Dakota, Ulmer turned pro in 1999, joining the Houston Aeros of the IHL. During the 2000–01 NHL season, he played 21 games for the New York Rangers, scoring three goals. Ulmer moved to Europe in 2003, splitting the 2003–04 campaign between the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and Lukko of the SM-liiga in Finland. He returned to North America in 2004, spending the season with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League before returning to Europe, moving to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with the Hamburg Freezers.

After one season with Hamburg, he moved to fell DEL side Frankfurt Lions for a two-year spell. In 2008, he signed with HC Dinamo Minsk of the new Kontinental Hockey League and was later on 14 October 2008 loaned out for two months to Swiss HC Fribourg-Gottéron. On November 24, 2008, he signed with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien. On May 11, 2009, Ulmer rejoined the Frankfurt Lions. At the end of the 2009–10 season however, the Lions ceased operations due to increased financial difficulties. Ulmer signed with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL.

On December 6, Ulmer signed on with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien. On July 26, 2011, Ulmer announced he had returned to the German DEL with the DEG Metro Stars on a one-year contract. In 2012-13, he played in Finland (Tappara) and Switzerland (Lausanne HC).

Midway into the 2013–14 season, he transferred from HDD Olimpija Ljubljana to establish himself at fellow EBEL club, Innsbruck. Ulmer agreed to a one-year extension on January 23, 2014 and then in March 2015, he had his contract renewed for the 2015-16 season.

As a free agent the following year, Ulmer left the EBEL and signed a contract with Scottish club, Braehead Clan who play in the EIHL for the forthcoming 2016–17 season on July 19, 2016. Ulmer parted company with Braehead in October 2016 by mutual consent and joined the Frederikshavn White Hawks of Metal Ligaen in Denmark for a try-out a couple of days later. He signed a deal with the Frederikshavn outfit for the remainder of the 2016-17 season in early November. On March 3, 2017, in his first playoff game in 4 years, Ulmer made an assist and was Player of the Game in the White Hawks' 4-1 win over the Herning Blue Fox.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 64 25 35 60 96 — — — — — 1995–96 University of North Dakota WCHA 29 5 3 8 26 — — — — — 1996–97 University of North Dakota WCHA 36 6 11 17 16 — — — — — 1997–98 University of North Dakota WCHA 32 12 12 24 44 — — — — — 1998–99 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 16 20 36 46 — — — — — 1999–00 Houston Aeros IHL 5 1 0 1 0 11 2 4 6 6 1999–00 Canadian National Team Intl 48 14 25 39 20 — — — — — 2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 21 3 0 3 8 — — — — — 2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 48 11 14 25 34 — — — — — 2001–02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 73 9 17 26 65 5 0 1 1 11 2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL 57 8 12 20 40 13 0 1 1 30 2003–04 Cardiff Devils EIHL 9 9 9 18 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Lukko FIN 34 13 8 21 67 4 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 80 22 29 51 47 — — — — — 2005–06 Hamburg Freezers DEL 51 23 15 38 73 6 2 4 6 18 2006–07 Frankfurt Lions DEL 52 22 16 38 42 8 3 2 5 14 2007–08 Frankfurt Lions DEL 55 20 33 53 65 12 4 6 10 14 2008–09 Dinamo Minsk KHL 13 2 1 3 8 — — — — — 2008–09 Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 12 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 2008–09 MODO SWE 27 8 7 15 45 — — — — — 2009–10 Frankfurt Lions DEL 56 37 37 74 22 4 2 0 2 2 2010–11 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 24 2 1 3 15 — — — — — 2010–11 Linköping HC SWE 29 6 3 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 2011–12 DEG Metro Stars DEL 52 12 20 32 32 7 2 2 4 10 2012–13 Tappara FIN 6 2 3 5 4 — — — — — 2012–13 Lausanne HC NLB 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 2 4 0 2013–14 Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 27 9 14 23 10 — — — — — 2013–14 HC Innsbruck EBEL 26 13 7 20 14 4 2 2 4 0 2014–15 HC Innsbruck EBEL 54 22 20 42 40 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Innsbruck EBEL 54 21 16 37 38 — — — — — 2016–17 Braehead Clan EIHL 6 1 4 5 0 — — — — — 2016–17 Frederikshavn White Hawks DEN 34 15 14 29 14 15 5 6 11 12 2017–18 EHC Lustenau ALP 27 14 19 33 12 — — — — — AHL totals 258 50 72 122 186 18 0 2 2 41 DEL totals 266 114 121 235 234 37 13 14 27 58 NHL totals 21 3 0 3 8 — — — — —