Stefan Meyer

Stefan Meyer (born July 20, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames.

Playing career Meyer grew up in the small village of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan. He played his early years of minor hockey in the neighbouring community of Richmound, Saskatchewan. He was a noticeable talent throughout his minor hockey career in Richmound, where he played alongside future Medicine Hat Tigers teammate goaltender Matt Keetley.

Later, Meyer attended school in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, where he played for the Notre Dame Hounds at the Bantam AAA and Midget AAA levels. While attending school at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, Meyer was roommates with current NHL Defenceman Braydon Coburn. The pair were drafted 1st and 2nd overall in the 2000 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, with Braydon Coburn going first to the Portland Winter Hawks and Meyer second to the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Meyer starred for the Tigers during his WHL career and was a key contributor on their 2003-04 WHL championship team that eventually went on to lose in the Memorial Cup final to the host Kelowna Rockets squad.

Meyer was drafted 55th overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft by the Florida Panthers, and played his first NHL game in 2007. Meyer was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Steven Reinprecht on June 19, 2009.

Meyer signed a two-year contract with the Calgary Flames on July 20, 2010.

After playing only 6 games with the Calgary Flames AHL affiliate Abbotsford Heat during the 2011-12 season, Meyer was transferred to Farjestad BK Karlstad in the Swedish Elite League in December 2011. During the 2011-12 season, Meyer played 25 regular season games with Farjestad recording a goal and 6 assists. In the SEL playoffs, Meyer recorded 2 goals in 9 playoff games.

After Meyer's transfer to Farjestad, he continued playing in Europe. For the 2012-13 season, Meyer joined the Schwenninger Wild Wings of 2nd Bundesliga, the Tier 2 league in Germany. The following season, he moved to the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom, joining the Sheffield Steelers and winning the league championship. In August 2014, Meyer announced that he would play the 2014-15 season for the Braehead Clan, the team the Steelers had beaten in the playoff quarterfinals the previous season.

Meyer has since started a family and retired from professional hockey, and is now a power skating instructor in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 67 18 22 40 48 — — — — — 2002–03 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 70 36 16 52 90 11 3 3 6 14 2003–04 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 34 41 75 69 19 7 10 17 27 2004–05 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 69 34 43 77 104 13 2 4 6 8 2005–06 Rochester Americans AHL 68 12 16 28 139 — — — — — 2006–07 Rochester Americans AHL 63 13 9 22 90 6 0 2 2 8 2007–08 Rochester Americans AHL 70 21 19 40 77 — — — — — 2007–08 Florida Panthers NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 65 18 22 40 57 — — — — — 2009–10 San Antonio Rampage AHL 67 10 8 18 86 — — — — — 2010–11 Calgary Flames NHL 16 0 2 2 17 — — — — — 2010–11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 42 12 5 17 50 — — — — — 2011–12 Abbotsford Heat AHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2011–12 Färjestad BK SEL 25 1 6 7 40 9 2 0 2 2 2012–13 Schwenninger Wild Wings GER.2 39 12 10 22 14 9 1 1 2 12 2013–14 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 57 28 26 54 29 4 0 4 4 0 2014–15 Braehead Clan EIHL 59 36 38 74 20 2 0 0 0 2 2015–16 Braehead Clan EIHL 49 20 32 52 39 2 0 1 1 2 AHL totals 381 86 79 165 499 6 0 2 2 8 NHL totals 20 0 2 2 17 — — — — — EIHL totals 144 74 86 160 84 8 0 5 5 4

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Canada Western U17 5 4 5 9 4 2002 Canada U18 5 1 3 4 4 Junior totals 10 5 8 13 8