Max Birbraer
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox ice hockey player Maxim Birbraer (Template:Lang-he-n; born December 15, 1980) is a Kazakhstan born Israeli professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Swindon Wildcats in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL). Birbraer is Jewish.<ref name=JSR911>Template:Cite journal</ref> and has played for the Israel national ice hockey team.
He was the only Israeli national ever to be drafted by a NHL team when he was drafted 67th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Despite this, he never played in the NHL, instead spending three seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. In 2006, Birbraer signed with the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League. In 2008, he signed for the Heilbronn Falcons in Germany's 2nd Bundesliga
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Albany River Rats players
- Cardiff Devils players
- Heilbronner EC players
- Israeli ice hockey players
- Jewish ice hockey players
- Jewish Israeli sportspeople
- Kazakhstani emigrants to Israel
- Kazakhstani Jews
- Kazzinc-Torpedo players
- Laredo Bucks players
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) players
- New Jersey Devils draft picks
- San Antonio Rampage players
- San Diego Gulls (ECHL) players
- Soviet Jews
- Telford Tigers players
- Sportspeople from Oskemen
- Expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- Israeli expatriates in the United Kingdom
