Saturday, July 28, 2012

Roosters Sign Former Viper Alex Nikiforuk:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Alex Nikiforuk has signed with the DEL Iserlohn Roosters from Germany.  Nikiforuk played the last two seasons in Italy with the Valpellice Bulldogs.  Nikiforuk played one season as an "AP" with the Vipers (1999-2000) before being traded the following season to the Burnaby Bulldogs.  In just 6 games with the Vipers Nikiforuk collected (0-2-2).

Alex Nikiforuk's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=74700

This is posted on the Roosters website:

Nikiforuk wechselt ein Bastelraum Iserlohner Seilersee

03.07.2012:

Iserlohn – The Iserlohn Roosters from the German hockey league (DEL) have taken an other forward for the coming season under contract. From the Italian series A club from Valpellice the Canadian Alex Nikiforuk changes to the ropemaker's lake. He signed an annual contract. „ Alex is an incredibly quick, technically strong forward who wants to use his chance, in the DEL are able to be to point “, according to manager Karsten Mende.

Nikiforuk began his career in 2003 in the University of Nebraska-Omaha in the NCAA and developed there to a reliable Skorer of his team. His engagement and his working readiness provided for the fact that he was determined in the team's council and later for the assistance captain of his college team. After his university time changed the agile Canadian who never became gedrafted, on council of his manager to Europe and decided on an engagement at Finnish élite league club SaiPa from Lappeenranta. Later in the year it pulled him to the DEL club to Wolfsburg, before he came about the stopover in the Danish Herning to Italy. First in Pontebba, last two years in Valpellice, advanced Nikiforuk to a reliable Skorer of his team and always belonged to the best players of the Italian élite league.

„ We know that we have obliged a player who must learn to assert itself in our league “, according to coach Doug Mason. The Canadian still knows that his compatriot from North Vancouver has real Torjägerqualitäten and is already adapted to the ice surface in Europe and the changed living conditions very well. „ Alex will slave away up to falling down and us hopefully quickly his gate hunter-Näschen prove. “

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