Mike Fisher (ice hockey)

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Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Fish
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg)
NHL Team	Ottawa Senators
Nationality	Canada
Born	June 5, 1980, Peterborough, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	44th Overall, 1998 Ottawa Senators
Pro Career	1999 – present

Mike Andrew Fisher (born June 5, 1980) is an ice hockey 2nd and 3rd line centre playing with the Ottawa Senators of the NHL.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Pre-NHL years

Fisher grew up playing hockey in the Peterborough Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) with the rep Minor Petes program. He was a 2nd round selection of the OHL's Sudbury Wolves in the 1997 OHL Priority Selection from the Peterborough Roadrunners Jr. A. (OHA) team.

Fisher, a devout Christian, was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario and played junior hockey in his native land, and then with the Sudbury Wolves in the OHL. Fisher was then drafted 44th overall in the second round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Senators.

[edit] Fisher's play and Senator years

Fisher is known for his aggressive play, but he has also shown a great deal of speed and skill. In 2005-2006, Fisher had a career year, setting new personal bests in goals (22), assists (22), points (44), +/- (+23), penalty minutes (64), shots on goal (149) and shooting percentage (14.09%) in just a mere 67 games, helping the Senators clinch the Eastern Conference regular season championship. He was selected as nominee for the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the best defensive forward to which the eventual winner was Stanley Cup champion Rod Brind'Amour. As a fan favourite, he is also recognized for being a two-way forward, and can also specialize in killing penalties. When one of the three Senator captains cannot play due to injury, the coaching staff decided Fisher be the back-up assistant captain from his great devotion to the game.

During the lockout-year, he played for the EV Zug in Switzerland and was a very important player there. Fisher has also been a guest instructor at the Roger Nielson Hockey Camp.

On December 27, 2006, from his rambunctious play, Fisher injured his right knee, but returned to the line-up soon after fellow centreman Jason Spezza after a 4 week span. Due to this, reaching new career highs this year would be doubtful, and a given stat would be hits, as prior to the injury he led the NHL in hits. It would be worse for the Senators as Spezza was out but returned on Saturday, January 27 against the Boston Bruins (in a 3-1 win) who was also out for an extended period of time with a sore knee.

[edit] Trivia

• When he scores at the home arena, Scotiabank Place, he has his own goal song written by a friend of his named Trevor McNevan (lead singer of the Christian rock group Thousand Foot Krutch).
• His roommate on the road and home is Chris Neil, also a gritty forward. (They use to be roommates, Neil is now married)
• His parents are named Karen and Jim.
• Fisher's daily pre-game meal is pasta and either steak or salmon.
• His favourite ice cream is vanilla with chocolate sauce.
• Mike's favourite movie is The Shawshank Redemption.
• His favourite television show is Seinfeld.
• His favourite team growing up was the Toronto Maple Leafs when they had Doug Gilmour.
• One year, Fisher claimed he always seemed to get *NSync stickers on his helmet just in time for practice, and Mike thought Neil had something to do with it.
• Mike has brother named Greg "Bud" Fisher who is a goalie for Quinnipiac University in the ECACHL.

[edit] Career statistics

Fisher checking Teppo Numminen during round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, sporting the cage on his helmet due to a puck that hit him near the eye in round 1 vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning.

[edit] External links

• An official Mike Fisher fan site
• Another Fisher news/fan site
• Q & A with Mike Fisher