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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = MaxBirbraerJersey.jpg
| caption = Birbraer wore #21 with the Israeli National Team
| image_size = 225px
| team = [[Swindon Wildcats]]
| league = [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPIHL]]
| former_teams = [[Albany River Rats]]<br>[[San Antonio Rampage]]<br>[[Cardiff Devils]]<br>[[Heilbronner Falken]]
| ntl_team = ISR
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|15}}
| birth_place = [[Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 195
| draft = 67th overall
| draft_year = 2000
| draft_team = [[New Jersey Devils]]
| career_start = 1999
}}
'''Maxim Birbraer''' ({{lang-he-n|מקס בירבראייר}}; born December 15, 1980) is a [[Kazakhstan]] born [[Israeli]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Forward (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>{{cite journal|title=Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; European Hockey League|journal=Jewish Sports Review|date=September–October 2011|volume=8|issue=87|pages=8–9|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref> and has played for the [[Israel national ice hockey team]].

He was the only [[Israel]]i national ever to be drafted by a [[National Hockey League|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 (ice hockey)|2nd Bundesliga]]

==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Ice hockey|List of select Jewish ice hockey players]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Eliteprospects}}
*{{hockeydb|51261}}
*[http://maximbirbraer.blogspot.com Max Birbraer's blog]
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Birbraer&search= Max Birbraer on YouTube]


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[[Category:Kazakhstani emigrants to Israel]]
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[[Category:Kazzinc-Torpedo players]]
[[Category:Laredo Bucks players]]
[[Category:Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) players]]
[[Category:New Jersey Devils draft picks]]
[[Category:San Antonio Rampage players]]
[[Category:San Diego Gulls (ECHL) players]]
[[Category:Soviet Jews]]
[[Category:Telford Tigers players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oskemen]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople in Wales]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriates in the United Kingdom]]


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