Brooks Macek (born May 15, 1992) is a Canadian-German professional

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centre. He is currently playing with

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009. Histo ...

of the

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(KHL). Macek was picked by the

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in the

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in the 6th round, 171st overall.

Playing career

Macek played for the Notre Dame Hounds at the Bantam AAA and Midget AAA level before entering the WHL in 2008. Macek would play a total of 319 WHL games until 2013, first representing the

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, followed by a stint with the

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. Following an outstanding

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season with the

, in which he served as an assistant captain and scored 32 goals in 70 games to go along with 48 assists in WHL play, Macek decided to accept an offer from Germany: In June 2013, he inked a two-year deal with the

Iserlohn Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as ...

of the German top-flight

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. In 2015, he had his contract renewed for the 2015–16 campaign. After three years with the Roosters and 154 DEL appearances with the team (51 goals, 61 assists) plus 22 playoff contests (nine goals, seven assists), Macek decided to move on. In May 2016, he signed with fellow DEL side

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. He scored 23 goals and assisted on 22 more en route to winning the 2017 German championship with München. In 2018, he won a second straight German championship. He tallied 34 goals and 25 assists in 67 games during the 2017-18 campaign. On June 12, 2018, Macek signed a one-year deal (worth an

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average annual value of $650,000 and an American Hockey League base salary of $175,000) with the

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of the NHL. In his first professional season in North America, Macek was assigned by the Golden Knights to

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(AHL) affiliate, the

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, for the duration of the 2018-19 season. He showed his offensive instincts, earning a top-line role in finishing third in scoring with 26 goals and 34 assists for 60 points in 64 games. He posted 5 goals in 17 playoff games as the Wolves reached the

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finals. On June 21, 2019, Macek left the Vegas Golden Knights as an impending restricted free agent, agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL.

International play

A Canadian of German descent, Macek has dual citizenship in Canada and Germany (his father comes from

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, Germany) In November 2015, he landed a spot on the roster of Germany's national team for the Deutschland-Cup and made his debut for Team Germany against Switzerland during the tournament. In 2016, he played his first World Championship with the German national team. At the

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, he helped Germany win silver, which was the country's greatest ever international achievement.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macek, Brooks 1992 births Living people Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players Calgary Hitmen players Canadian ice hockey centres Canadian people of German descent Chicago Wolves players Detroit Red Wings draft picks EHC München players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Iserlohn Roosters players Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Germany Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Germany Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Tri-City Americans players Citizens of Germany through descent Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia German expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia German expatriate ice hockey people Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States German expatriate sportspeople in the United States