Maxime Macenauer

Maxime Macenauer (born January 4, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Les Pétroliers du Nord of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Anaheim Ducks.

Maxime Macenauer
Macenauer with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2013
Born	(1989-01-04) January 4, 1989 (age 36) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
team Former teams	Free Agent Anaheim Ducks EHC Biel SC Bern SCL Tigers
NHL draft	63rd overall, 2007 Anaheim Ducks
Playing career	2009–present

Playing career

Macenauer was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. He played four seasons major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League before turning professional with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL in the 2009–10 ECHL season.

With the start of the 2010–11 AHL season, Macenauer was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch, and the following year (2011-12), Macenauer made the Anaheim Ducks out of training camp. He scored his first NHL goal on October 14, 2011, in his third NHL game, against Thomas Greiss of the San Jose Sharks.^[1] On February 13, 2012, Macenauer was traded by the Ducks to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Riley Holzapfel.^[2]

After parts of two seasons with the Jets organization, Macenauer was not tendered a new contract and became a free agent. Unable to garner NHL interest, he accepted a try-out to the Hamilton Bulldogs training camp for the 2013–14 season. On December 13, 2013, Macenauer signed an AHL contract to remain with the Bulldogs for the remainder of the campaign.^[3]

In 2015, he took his game overseas, signing with EHC Biel of the Swiss National League A (NLA), where he spent the 2015–16 season tallying nine goals and 18 assists in 43 NLA contests. He agreed to terms with fellow NLA outfit SC Bern in September 2016^[4] and transferred within the league to the SCL Tigers in early January 2017.^[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005–06	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL		41	8	14	22	30		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL		14	1	3	4	10		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL		67	23	37	60	53		17	6	10	16	8
2008–09	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL		35	15	9	24	2		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL		19	7	9	16	18		21	5	9	14	20
2009–10	Bakersfield Condors	ECHL		45	5	16	21	49		6	1	0	1	0
2010–11	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		79	13	19	32	65		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		29	1	3	4	18		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		13	4	2	6	2		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		9	0	1	1	2		10	1	0	1	0
2012–13	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		68	11	11	22	57		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		74	9	15	24	56		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		47	6	4	10	28		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	EHC Biel	NLA		36	7	13	20	55		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	SC Bern	NLA		14	1	2	3	8		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	SCL Tigers	NLA		14	6	2	8	14		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Thetford Assurancia	LNAH		30	12	22	34	30		4	4	6	10	4
2018–19	Thetford Assurancia	LNAH		33	10	26	36	22		7	2	4	6	8
2019–20	Les Pétroliers du Nord	LNAH		32	12	35	47	28		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				29	1	3	4	18		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006	Canada Quebec	U17			6	1	2	3	4
Junior totals					6	1	2	3	4