{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Mike Angelidis.jpg | caption = Angelidis in 2016 | image_size = 230px | played_for = Tampa Bay Lightning<br>HC Bolzano | position = Centre / Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 214 | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 2006 | career_end = 2018 }} '''Mike Angelidis''' (born June 27, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played with HCB South Tyrol in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
==Playing career== Undrafted, Angelidis made his professional debut during the 2006–07 season playing in 24 games in the ECHL with the Florida Everblades, where he scored 10 goals and 18 points. He then joined the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he played 235 career games with the club, he scored 42 goals and 85 points and amassed 456 penalty minutes. In the 2008–09 season, Angelidis led the River Rats in penalty minutes with 142 and was also tied for fifth in goals with 15.
On August 3, 2010, Angelidis was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535443 |title=Lightning Sign Free Agent Center Mike Angelidis|date=2010-08-03 | accessdate = 2010-09-29 |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning }}</ref> Angelidis scored his first career NHL goal in his first NHL game, on January 24, 2012, against Curtis Sanford of the Columbus Blue Jackets.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2011020726 | title = Lightning beat Jackets for fourth straight win | publisher = National Hockey League| date = 2012-01-24 | accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref>
On March 12, 2015, Angelidis was recalled by the Lightning after the team suffered a series of injuries at forward. Prior to the recall, Angelidis appeared in 57 games with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch, scoring 17 goals and 33 points.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=757719|title=Lightning Recall Forward Mike Angelidis from Syracuse|first=Lightning|last=Tampa Bay|work=Tampa Bay Lightning|date= March 12, 2015|accessdate=March 20, 2015}}</ref> On March 20, 2015, the Lightning announced that Angelidis had been reassigned to the Crunch. During his three-game stint with the Lightning, he recorded 12 penalty minutes, including from a pair of fighting majors against the Montreal Canadiens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2015/03/tampa_bay_returns_mike_angelidis_to_syracuse_crunch_nicolas_deschamps_sent_to_fl.html|title=Tampa Bay returns Mike Angelidis to Syracuse Crunch; Nicolas Deschamps sent to Florida|first=Lindsay|last=Kramer|work=Syracuse.com|date= March 20, 2015|accessdate=March 20, 2015}}</ref>
On June 30, 2015, the Lightning announced it had resigned Angelidis to a one-year, two-way contract. In addition to playing three games with the Lightning in the previous season, he also played in 64 games for the Crunch, scoring 20 goals and 38 points while serving as the team's captain, good for third on the team in goals and points; he also led the team with 138 penalty minutes. Angelidis has been serving as captain of the Crunch since the beginning of the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/tampa-bay-lightning-re-sign-mike-angelidis-063015|title=Lightning re-sign forward Mike Angelidis to 1-year, 2-way contract|first=Florida|last=Fox Sports|work=Fox Sports|date= June 30, 2015|accessdate=July 2, 2015}}</ref>
On January 5, 2016, having spent the majority of the season with the Crunch, Angelidis was named the captain of the 2016 AHL All Star Classic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2016/01/syracuse_crunch_leader_gets_spotlight_at_ahl_all-star_classic.html?hootPostID=17a3acdfaeac31ff0c269d8bd807d5d8#incart_river_index|title=Syracuse Crunch leader gets spotlight at AHL All-Star Classic|first=Lindsay|last=Kramer|work=Syracuse.com|date=January 5, 2015|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref>
In the off-season, Angelidis left as a free agent after six seasons in the Lightning organization. Unable to sign an NHL contract, on August 8, 2016, Angelidis signed a one-year contract with the AHL's Stockton Heat, the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2016/08/former_syracuse_crunch_captain_mike_angelidis_lands_ahl_pact.html|title=Former Syracuse Crunch captain Mike Angelidis lands AHL pact|first=Lindsay|last=Kramer|work= Syracuse.com | date = 2016-08-08 | accessdate = 2016-08-08}}</ref> On October 18, 2016, the AHL announced that it had suspended Angelidis three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game against the San Jose Barracuda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2016/10/ex-syracuse_crunch_captain_mike_angelidis_hit_with_ahl_suspension.html|title=Ex-Syracuse Crunch captain Mike Angelidis hit with AHL suspension|first=Lindsay|last=Kramer|work= Syracuse.com | date = October 18, 2016 | accessdate = October 19, 2016}}</ref> Limited to 49 games through injury, Angelidis registered 7 goals and 19 points to help Stockton reach the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs.
On July 4, 2017, after spending the first 11 seasons of his professional career in North America, Angelidis signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian-based HC Bolzano of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hcb.net/de/grosser-coup-fuer-den-angriff-hcb-suedtirol-alperia-verpflichtet-den-starken-center-mike-angelidis/ | title = Big coup for the attack: Mike Angelidis commits to HCB | publisher = HC Bolzano | date = 2017-07-04 | accessdate = 2017-07-04}}</ref> On June 27, 2018, Angelidis announced his retirement from professional hockey.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AHLHeat|date=June 27, 2018|number=1012122743070814210|title=Once our Captain always our Captain! Congrats to Mike Angelidis who announced today his retirement. Cheers to a great career!🍻}}</ref>
==Personal== Angelidis is of Macedonian heritage and is married to Lenna, with whom he has three children.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Joe|title=Mike Angelidis quickly makes presence felt with Lightning|url = https://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/mike-angelidis-quickly-makes-presence-felt-with-lightning/2221882/|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date = March 18, 2015|access-date = June 9, 2018|quote=Angelidis' wife, Lenna, is scheduled to give birth to their second child, a boy, next week.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Uehlien |first=Elaine |date=2013-01-12 |title=Ontario Wedding Film from Honey and Dear |url=https://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/01/12/ontario-wedding-film-from-honey-and-dear/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Style Me Pretty |language=en}}</ref>
Angelidis' cousin, Jeff Angelidis (born 1977), also played professional hockey in both Europe and North America.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=7147 | title = Jeff Angelidis player profile | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 2013-02-03 | accessdate = 2013-02-04}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 2001–02 | Thornhill Rattlers | OPJHL | 44 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 65 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 2003–04 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 118 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 41 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 126 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" | 2005–06 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 68 | 53 | 25 | 78 | 167 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 38 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 24 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2006–07 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 74 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 151 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 2008–09 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 67 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 142 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 67 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 119 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |- ALIGN="center" | 2010–11 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 80 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 54 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 135 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 35 |- ALIGN="center" | 2011–12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 71 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 158 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 49 |- ALIGN="center" | 2012–13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 75 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 161 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2014–15 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 64 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2015–16 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 53 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2016–17 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 49 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | HC Bolzano | EBEL | 54 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 73 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 681 ! 133 ! 146 ! 279 ! 1389 ! 66 ! 6 ! 18 ! 24 ! 122 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 14 ! 2 ! 0 ! 2 ! 22 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | AHL |- | Calder Cup (Norfolk Admirals) | 2012 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/8031201/norfolk-admirals-sweep-toronto-marlies-first-calder-cup-title |title=Norfolk Admirals win Calder Cup|first= Press|last= Associated|work=ESPN NHL|date= June 9, 2012|access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> |- | All-Star Game | 2016 | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2016/01/syracuse_crunch_leader_gets_spotlight_at_ahl_all-star_classic.html?hootPostID=17a3acdfaeac31ff0c269d8bd807d5d8#incart_river_index|title=Syracuse Crunch leader gets spotlight at AHL All-Star Classic|first=Lindsay|last=Kramer|work=Syracuse.com|date=January 5, 2015|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8471916|elite=14040|espn=|euro=|hr=a/angelmi01|hockeydb=71815|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}
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