Mike Halmo

Michael Halmo (born May 15, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey left winger who is currently assistant coach for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.

As a player, he joined the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League in 2008 and remained there until his first full season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2012, a year after being signed by the New York Islanders.

Playing career Halmo joined the Owen Sound Attack during the 2008–09 season, playing 62 games with the team during his first season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He tallied eight points and picked up an assist during the playoffs that year, though the team was eliminated in the first round. The following season, Halmo lead the Attack in penalty minutes, with 121. The Attack won the J. Ross Robertson Cup during the 2010–11 season, with Halmo scoring 20 goals.

In 2011, a free-agent Halmo signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was assigned to the Islanders' minor league affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Only playing in five games during the season with the Sound Tigers, Halmo spent the majority of the season with the Attack until he received a 10-game suspension for a hit on Edmonton Oilers prospect, Nail Yakupov. Due to the suspension, he missed one of the Attack's playoff series. In the 2012–13 season, he played entirely with the Sound Tigers, picking up fourteen points throughout 46 games.

In February 2014, Halmo was recalled by the Islanders along with Ryan Strome and Anders Lee. At the time of being recalled, he ranked third among the Sound Tigers in scoring, with 37 points in 53 games. He scored his first NHL goal on April 1, 2014 in a game against the Florida Panthers.

After four seasons within the Islanders organization, Halmo left as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on July 9, 2016.

Halmo played one season within the Lightning organization before leaving as a free agent. With no further NHL interest, Halmo opted to sign abroad in agreeing to a one-year deal with Italian outfit, HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the EBEL on September 6, 2017.

Following the 2018–19 season in the Finnish Liiga with Ilves, posting 5 goals and 16 points, Halmo continued his European career in signing a one-year contract with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on May 29, 2019.

After one season in Germany, Halmo left the Roosters to return to Italian club HC Bolzano of the renamed ICE Hockey League, on September 2, 2020. He played for the south-tyrolean team until the end of season 2024-2025, when Halmo announced his retirement. He became assistant coach of Alps Hockey League club Ritten Sport as well as Head coach of the Under-19 team.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2008–09 Owen Sound Attack OHL 62 5 3 8 90 4 0 1 1 2 2009–10 Owen Sound Attack OHL 60 11 18 29 121 — — — — — 2010–11 Owen Sound Attack OHL 59 20 23 43 121 22 5 10 15 36 2011–12 Owen Sound Attack OHL 66 40 45 85 162 — — — — — 2011–12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 5 1 0 1 5 — — — — — 2012–13 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 46 5 9 14 46 — — — — — 2013–14 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 56 18 20 38 137 — — — — — 2013–14 New York Islanders NHL 20 1 0 1 32 — — — — — 2014–15 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 33 10 8 18 83 — — — — — 2015–16 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 74 22 19 41 117 3 1 0 1 0 2016–17 Syracuse Crunch AHL 69 16 12 28 100 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Bolzano EBEL 54 19 29 48 69 18 1 5 6 18 2018–19 Ilves Liiga 52 5 11 16 111 6 1 0 1 4 2019–20 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 11 20 31 76 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Bolzano ICEHL 38 11 16 27 91 12 3 6 9 14 2021–22 HC Bolzano ICEHL 43 16 14 30 32 2 0 2 2 27 NHL totals 20 1 0 1 32 — — — — —