Introduction
Luka Vidmar (born May 17, 1986) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Stjernen of the Norwegian GET-ligaen.
Playing career
After playing as a youth professionally for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League, Vidmar moved to North America and attended the University of Alaska Anchorage where he played fours seasons of NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey team. He accumulated 33 points and 135 penalty minutes in 114 games with the Seawolves.
Vidmar began the 2011–12 ECHL season with the Las Vegas Wranglers where he played three games before signing with the Colorado Eagles on November 11, 2011.
Prior to the 2012–13 season, Vidmar remained in the ECHL after signing as a free agent with the South Carolina Stingrays on October 5, 2012.
After 10 years of playing in North America, Vidmar returned to Europe to sign a try-out contract with BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga on July 24, 2014.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | SLV | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | SLV | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | SLV | 21 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Chicago Steel | USHL | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Chicago Steel | USHL | 57 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2007–08 | U. of Alaska-Anchorage | WCHA | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | U. of Alaska-Anchorage | WCHA | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | U. of Alaska-Anchorage | WCHA | 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | U. of Alaska-Anchorage | WCHA | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Colorado Eagles | ECHL | 58 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 62 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 57 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | BK Mladá Boleslav | ELH | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Stjernen | GET-ligaen | 18 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| ECHL totals | 180 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| AHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Slovenia | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Slovenia | WJC18-D1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Slovenia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Slovenia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Slovenia | WC-D1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Slovenia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Slovenia | WC-D1A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | |||
| Senior totals | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||