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Michael Swift (born March 26, 1987) is a Canadian-born South Korean professional
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
player who is currently playing for the Daemyung Killer Whales in the
Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...
(ALIH). He was a member of Korea's
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
team.


Professional career

On April 19, 2008, he was signed as a free agent by the New Jersey Devils. During the 2010–11 season, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks along with Patrick Davis in exchange for
Steven Zalewski Steven Zalewski (born August 20, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He most recently played with the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Zalewski was drafted 153rd overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by ...
and Jay Leach. He finished the season with the Sharks AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks.


High1

On August 4, 2011, Swift unconventionally signed in the Asian League with High1. During the 2011–12 season, he was named as the League's MVP after scoring 90 points in just 36 games. As of 2015–16 season, he's the team's all-time leader, with most Goals scored, most Assists and Points accumulated.


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Regular season and playoffs


International


Records

High1 *Team all-time leader for Most Goals *Team all-time leader for Most Assists *Team all-time leader for Most Points *First player in team history to score 100 Goals *First player in team history to record 100 Assists and 100 Goals *First player in team history to record 200 Points *First player in team history to record 200 Assists and 150 Goals *First player in team history to record 300 Points *First player in team history to record 400 Points Asia League Ice Hockey *Fastest player in Asia league history to reach 100 Goals scored(90 games) *Highest points per game ratio during career, with 2.34(as of 13/14)


Awards and honours

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Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...
2011–2012 ALH season: *Asia League Best Plus/Minus (+52) *Asia League Most Assists (46) *Asia League Most Goals (44) *Asia League Most Points (90) *Asia League Regular Season MVP 2012–2013 ALH season: *Asia League Most Assists (58) *Asia League Most Goals (39) *Asia League Most Points (97) 2013–2014 ALH season: *Asia League Most Goals (37) *Asia League Most Points (67) 2014–2015 ALH season: *Asia League Most Points (80) 2015–2016 ALH season: *Asia League Most Points (70)


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* 1987 births Living people Albany Devils players Canadian ice hockey centres Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario Laredo Bucks players Lowell Devils players Mississauga IceDogs players Niagara IceDogs players South Korean ice hockey centres Canadian emigrants to South Korea Worcester Sharks players Ice hockey people from Ontario Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games High1 players Olympic ice hockey players of South Korea Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in South Korea Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Naturalized citizens of South Korea {{canada-icehockey-centre-1980s-stub