Mikkel Bødker

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 201 lb (91 kg/14 st 5 lb)
OHL Team	Kitchener Rangers
Nationality	Denmark
Born	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16) (age 18), Brøndby, Denmark
NHL Draft	Eligible, 2008
Pro career	2007 – present

Mikkel Bødker or Mikkel Boedker^[1] (born December 16, 1989 in Brøndby, Denmark), is a Danish ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He is considered a likely first round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Bødker was brought up in the strong youth hockey programme of Rødovre Mighty Bulls. In 2005, at the age of 15, he moved to Frölunda HC in Sweden where he played on Frölunda's junior teams. He had a strong performance in the 2006–07 season with 49 points (19 goals and 30 assists) in 39 games. The team won the national junior championships and Bødker also made his debut with the men's team in the Swedish Elite League.

After the season, Bødker was drafted by the Kitchener Rangers in the 2007 CHL Import Draft and he has joined the team for the 2007–08 OHL season.

Bødker played for Denmark at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He finished second in team scoring behind Lars Eller, notching 2 goals and 4 assists in 6 games

Mikkel Bødker's older brother Mads, is a defenceman with Rögle BK in the second tier Swedish league HockeyAllsvenskan and a regular player with the Danish national ice hockey team.