Mikael Tam
| Mikael Tam | |||
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| Born |
April 26, 1991 Quebec City, QC, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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AHL team Former teams |
Bakersfield Condors Worcester Sharks Lake Erie Monsters Sparta Warriors |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Mikael Tam (born April 26, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Tam played five seasons (2007–2012) in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Quebec Remparts, scoring 53 goals and 87 assists for 140 points, while earning 454 penalty minutes, in 318 games played.
While playing with the Remparts on January 17, 2010, Patrice Cormier of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies hit Tam with a hard elbow to the jaw, knocking him unconscious to the ice where he started to convulse. Tam was taken from the game on a stretcher to the hospital where he was treated for brain trauma, a concussion, and broken teeth. The images of Tam convulsing on the ice received wide television coverage, and Cormier was suspended by the QMJHL for the 20 remaining regular season games, plus the playoffs.
On October 8, 2012, Worcester Sharks of the AHL signed Tam for the 2012–13 season. Tam played 19 AHL games for the Sharks and 37 ECHL games for their affiliate the San Francisco Bulls as well as playing in the ECHL playoffs for the Bulls.
Tam signed with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL for the 2013–14 season. Tam also attended the Colorado Avalanche NHL training camp, but was released back to the Monsters on September 16, 2013. Tam began the season with the Monsters, however finished the season in the Central Hockey League playoffs with the Avalanche's secondary affiliate, the Denver Cutthroats.
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