Michal Birner (born 2 March 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career Birner was drafted 116th overall in the 2004 NHL entry draft by the St. Louis Blues. Prior to being drafted in the NHL, Birner was a CHL Import Draft- Barrie Colts 1st Round(8th) 2004
On 15 December 2007, the Blues traded Birner, along with Doug Weight and a 7th round draft choice to the Anaheim Ducks for Andy McDonald. Birner was assigned to the Ducks affiliate, the Portland Pirates where he remained for the rest of the 2007–08 season.
Birner started the 2008–09 season with the Iowa Chops before he was assigned to ECHL affiliate the Bakersfield Condors on 20 November 2008. Birner didn't report to the Condors and returned to Europe to play in the Finnish SM-liiga with Pelicans on 27 November 2008. Birner's season was cut short as he suffered a fractured hand after playing in only 6 games.
On 7 July 2009, Birner was signed by TPS for the 2009–10 season.
After two seasons with HC Lev Prague of the Kontinental Hockey League, with the team unable to offer him a new contract due to financial bankruptcy, Birner returned to continue his professional career in Finland, joining his third Liiga club KalPa on a one-year deal on 15 July 2014.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM2000–01HC Slavia PrahaCZE U18 48 16 24 40 20 7 0 1 1 62001–02HC Slavia PrahaCZE U18 46 24 34 58 28 2 1 0 1 02002–03HC Slavia PrahaCZE U18 5 5 6 11 14 5 4 3 7 202002–03HC Slavia PrahaCZE U20 31 4 8 12 10 3 1 0 1 22003–04HC Slavia PrahaCZE U20 55 25 35 60 112 2 0 1 1 42003–04HC Slavia PrahaELH10000 — — — — —2004–05Barrie ColtsOHL284101412 — — — — —2004–05Saginaw SpiritOHL317212829 — — — — —2005–06Saginaw SpiritOHL6031548591413482006–07Peoria RivermenAHL6611172820 — — — — —2007–08Peoria RivermenAHL182574 — — — — —2007–08Portland PiratesAHL407613141521362008–09Iowa ChopsAHL20000 — — — — —2008–09PelicansSM-l602214 — — — — —2009–10TPSSM-l5815304538 15 4 6 10 222010–11TPSSM-l484131724 — — — — —2011–12TPSSM-l6011142536 2 2 0 2 22012–13TPSSM-l1043710 — — — — —2012–13HC Lev PrahaKHL241348 2 1 2 3 02013–14HC Lev PrahaKHL40551012 13 1 3 4 82014–15KalPaLiiga6015213632 6 2 1 3 0 2015–16 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 51 13 26 39 69 13 2 9 11 18 2016–17 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 12 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2016–17 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 31 9 23 32 8 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NL 39 9 20 29 22 5 3 2 5 0 2018–19 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NL 9 0 3 3 4 — — — — — 2018–19 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 32 9 19 28 26 17 7 6 13 8 2019–20 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 41 20 41 61 12 — — — — — 2020–21 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 50 14 31 45 38 15 4 12 16 10 2021–22 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 53 12 22 34 4 6 3 0 3 4 2022–23 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 50 15 22 37 32 10 2 3 5 2 2023–24 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 43 5 10 15 4 9 2 3 5 6 ELH totals 321 88 171 259 185 70 20 33 53 48 Liiga totals 242 49 83 132 154 23 8 7 15 24 KHL totals 76 6 9 15 26 15 2 5 7 8
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2003 Czech Republic U18 5 2004 Czech Republic WJC18 7 3 2 5 8 2006 Czech Republic WJC 6th 6 0 2 2 4 2016 Czech Republic WC 5th 8 4 3 7 0 2016 Czech Republic WCH 6th 2 0 0 0 0 2017 Czech Republic WC 7th 8 0 1 1 0 2018 Czech Republic OG 4th 6 0 3 3 0 Junior totals 13 3 4 7 12 Senior totals 24 4 7 11 0
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