Mickey Volcan
Born (1962-03-03) March 3, 1962
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Hartford Whalers
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 50th overall, 1980
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 19801991

Michael Stephen Volcan (born March 3, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 162 National Hockey League games for the Hartford Whalers and Calgary Flames from 1980 until 1984. He recorded eight goals and 33 assists in his career. Volcan was a third round draft pick, 50th overall by the Whalers in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He was the youngest player in the NHL in the 1980–81 season. Volcan retired following the 1990–91 season.

Volcan was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Volcan played two seasons of junior hockey for the St. Albert Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where he was a teammate of future NHLers Mark Messier and Troy Murray, before joining the Portland Winter Hawks for the 1979 Western Hockey League playoffs. He then played one season of college hockey with University of North Dakota.

On January 15, 1983, Volcan (as a member of the Hartford Whalers) and Garry Howatt (as a member of the New Jersey Devils) become the only active players to officiate an NHL game when a snowstorm prevented a referee, Ron Fournier, and a linesman, Ron Asselstine, from reaching the Hartford Civic Center for the beginning of a game between the Whalers and Devils.[1][2] The two players stepped down after the first period once the officials arrived.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78 St. Albert Saints AJHL 60284068106
1977–78 Portland Winterhawks WCHL 81122
1978–79 St. Albert Saints AJHL 49204969107 52244
1978–79 Portland Winterhawks WHL 41010
1979–80 University of North Dakota WCHA 332141638
1980–81 Hartford Whalers NHL 492111326
1980–81 Binghamton Whalers AHL 24191026 600014
1981–82 Hartford Whalers NHL 2615629
1981–82 Binghamton Whalers AHL 334131747 14481240
1982–83 Hartford Whalers NHL 684131773
1983–84 Calgary Flames NHL 1914518
1983–84 Colorado Flames CHL 30891720 500011
1984–85 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 638142244
1985–86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 66123648114
1986–87 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 7283644118
1987–88 JYP Jyväskylä FIN 29741178
1988–89 EV Landshut GER 169152449
1988–89 EHC Chur NLB 7641026
1989–90 Krefelder EV 1981 GER-2 258273560
1989–90 SC Riessersee GER-2 10571239
1990–91 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 59132942103 1106611
AHL totals 25833108141349 20481254
NHL totals 16283341146

References

  1. "Whalers Top Devils, 2-1". New York Times. January 16, 1983. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. Pinchevsky, Tal. "Volcan, Howatt made NHL history 30 years ago". NHL.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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