Michael "Mike" Hoeffel (born April 9, 1989) is an American-German professional ice hockey winger, who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Krefeld Pinguine, then of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career Hoeffel played collegiately for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey, which competes in the WCHA after playing high school hockey for the Hill-Murray Pioneers of Minnesota. He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round (57th overall) of the 2007 NHL entry draft, and made his professional debut with New Jersey's AHL affiliate, the Albany Devils.
On July 25, 2014, Hoeffel was signed as a free agent to a one-year AHL contract with the Springfield Falcons. In the 2014–15 season, Hoeffel contributed to the Falcons in a checking line role and recorded a professional high 9 goals in 62 games.
In the following 2015–16 season, Hoeffel was un-signed before belatedly returning to the Falcons, who had changed NHL affiliations, on a professional try-out contract on November 27, 2015. Having featured in only four scoreless games with the Falcons, Hoeffel sought a release from his try-out with Springfield and signed his first contract abroad in agreeing to a contract for the remainder of the year with Norwegian club Stavanger Oilers of the GET-ligaen, on December 14, 2015.
In possessing a German passport through his heritage, Hoeffel first played in Germany with Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2, before joining and playing the next three seasons in the DEL with the Fischtown Pinguins.
After the 2018–19 season, Hoeffel left Fischtown to sign a one-year contract with fellow DEL outfit, the Iserlohn Roosters, on March 29, 2019.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2007–08 University of Minnesota NCAA 45 9 10 19 22 — — — — — 2008–09 University of Minnesota NCAA 35 12 8 20 38 — — — — — 2009–10 University of Minnesota NCAA 34 14 10 24 22 — — — — — 2010–11 University of Minnesota NCAA 35 13 11 24 24 — — — — — 2010–11 Albany Devils AHL 10 2 0 2 6 — — — — — 2011–12 Albany Devils AHL 50 5 4 9 28 — — — — — 2012–13 Albany Devils AHL 52 5 5 10 37 — — — — — 2013–14 Albany Devils AHL 53 7 12 19 40 — — — — — 2014–15 Springfield Falcons AHL 62 9 9 18 39 — — — — — 2015–16 Springfield Falcons AHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2015–16 Stavanger Oilers Norway 19 5 2 7 10 13 0 1 1 22 2016–17 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 27 11 8 19 45 — — — — — 2016–17 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 21 3 3 6 24 6 2 3 5 4 2017–18 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 49 12 8 20 26 7 1 3 4 0 2018–19 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 48 9 10 19 32 3 0 0 0 4 2019–20 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 33 5 4 9 16 — — — — — 2020–21 Iserlohn Roosters DEL — — — — — — — — — — 2021–22 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 12 1 0 1 4 — — — — — AHL totals 231 28 30 58 152 — — — — — DEL totals 163 30 25 55 102 16 3 6 9 8
Awards and honors Award Year College WCHA All-Tournament Team 2008 WCHA All-Academic team 2009, 2010 International IH18 (Silver Medal with Team USA) 2006
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