Dragan Umičević ( sr-cyr, Драган Умичевић; born 9 October 1984) is a

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professional

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player of

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descent. He is currently playing for

Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of El ...

in the

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(Allsv). Umicevic has represented the

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in 2006 and 2007. With

he won the team's internal scoring league in the

2008–09 Elitserien season The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the ...

. Umičević was drafted by the

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in the sixth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 184th overall.

Playing career

Aside from 9 games in Russia in 2007, Umicevic played in Sweden until 2012. He then moved to the Finnish

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, where he was known as a playmaker. At the end of the 2013–14 season he moved to the NLA in Switzerland and signed with

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the te ...

for the playoffs. He scored 6 goals and 10 assists in 15 games, earning him a one-year contract with Biel for 2014-15. For the 2015–16 season, Umicevic signed a one-year contract with the

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team

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their ho ...

. In August 2016, he signed a two-year deal with another German team,

Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the Yayla Arena. Founded in 1936 by entrepreneur Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liab ...

. Following the 2017–18 season, Umicevic opted to leave as a free agent and sign a new two-year contract in the neighbouring

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with Austrian club

Steinbach Black Wings Linz The Steinbach Black Wings Linz are a member of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). They play their home games in Linz, Austria at the Linz AG Eisarena. History The EHC Black Wings Linz was founded in 1992. After several years in the Austrian minor ...

on May 1, 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1984 births Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players IF Björklöven players EHC Biel players EHC Black Wings Linz players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Färjestad BK players Frölunda HC players HC CSKA Moscow players Kölner Haie players Krefeld Pinguine players Living people Malmö Redhawks players Södertälje SK players Swedish ice hockey right wingers Swedish people of Serbian descent Tappara players {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub