Photo by Sam Buschbeck
The Kings are excited to announce the signing of defenceman Max Bleicher.
Bleicher is from Füssen Germany and joins the Kings after playing in 50 games last season for the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack where he scored twice and collected 4 assists as a 17 year old. “Max is an offensive defender who likes to break up plays in transition and quickly punish other teams who think they were attacking.” says Head Coach and G.M. Stephan Seeger Jr. “He picks and chooses wisely when is the time to go and when an offensive play has ended.”
As a 15 year old Bleicher dominated the German U17 league for EV Füssen U17 collecting 71 points in 31 games which led his team and was 8th in the league. The following year as a 16 year old he would get a shot in the German U20 Tier 2 league before playing Tier 3 Pro hockey for EV Füssen where he had 14 points in 35 games. “Max does a nice job of reading plays before they happen” adds Seeger Jr. “His full season of experience as an OHL import last year will set him up for success in a Kings jersey.”
The 2007 born defender has also suited up for his home country on numerous occasions. He picked up 2 points in 5 games at the 2024 World U18’s Division 1A tournament in which Germany went on to win. With the victory the Germans were promoted to the main group at the most recent World U18 championships this past winter and Bleicher racked up a goal and an assist in 5 games on route to a sixth place finish. He also competed at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup notching a goal in 4 games.
