Jeff Ulmer | |||
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Born |
Regina, SK, CAN |
April 27, 1977 ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
Played for |
New York Rangers Cardiff Devils Lukko Rauma Hamburg Freezers Frankfurt Lions HC Dinamo Minsk HC Fribourg-Gottéron Modo Hockey Metallurg Novokuznetsk Linköpings HC DEG Metro Stars Tappara HDD Olimpija Ljubljana HC TWK Innsbruck Braehead Clan |
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NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1999–present |
Jeffrey Ulmer (born April 27, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for the Frederikshavn White Hawks in Denmark. His brother Jason also played professionally for 16 seasons.
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.