Mike Radja

Mike Radja (born March 7, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently a free agent. Radja previously played for Anyang Halla of the Asia League Ice Hockey. In Europe, he played for HC TPS in the Liiga, Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League.
==Playing career==
Radja was raised in Yorkville, Illinois and graduated from Yorkville High School in 2003. Radja played two seasons of junior hockey for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL. While at Waterloo Radja played with his future University of New Hampshire teammate Kevin Regan. Radja scored a key goal in the game which clinched the Black Hawks' victory in the 2004 Clark Cup.
He attended the University of New Hampshire from 2004 to 2008. In December 2006 he suffered a knee injury which caused him to miss a month of play. He made a quick recovery, however. In 2008 he was suspended for two games after an incident in which he was briefly detained by police while visiting T. J. Oshie after a game against North Dakota. That season proved to be a successful one for Radja, he was selected for the Hockey East All Star team and was the National College Hockey Player of the month in February 2008.
After leaving UNH, he briefly played for the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL at the end of 2007–08 season. The next year he played in eight games with the Fresno Falcons of the ECHL before spending most of the season with the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL. In the 2009–10 season Radja played in twenty five games in Finland with TPS of the SM-liiga before returning to North America to play for the Syracuse Crunch and Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL. The next year Radja returned to Europe to play for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. On January 13, 2012 Radja signed with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League.
After four seasons abroad, Radja opted to continue his professional career back in North America, signing a one-year ECHL contract in a return with the Elmira Jackals on August 4, 2016.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2002–03	Waterloo Black Hawks 	USHL 		56 	17 	16 	33 	45 		6 	0 	2 	2 	4
2003–04	Waterloo Black Hawks 	USHL 		55 	17 	23 	40 	46 		10 	3 	5 	8 	4
2004–05	U. of New Hampshire 	HE 		42 	8 	12 	20 	28 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06	U. of New Hampshire 	HE 		38 	8 	9 	17 	26 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07	U. of New Hampshire 	HE 		33 	19 	18 	37 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08	U. of New Hampshire 	HE 		36 	19 	24 	43 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		2 	0 	3 	3 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09	Fresno Falcons 	ECHL 		8 	7 	6 	13 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09	Rockford IceHogs 	AHL 		57 	11 	12 	23 	20 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2009–10	TPS 	SM-l 		25 	6 	3 	9 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		31 	7 	7 	14 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL 		17 	5 	5 	10 	6 		5 	0 	1 	1 	4
2010–11	Augsburger Panther 	DEL 		49 	11 	8 	19 	26 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Elmira Jackals 	ECHL 		46 	31 	21 	52 	30 		10 	3 	5 	8 	4
2011–12 	Binghamton Senators 	AHL 		3 	0 	1 	1 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Peoria Rivermen 	AHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Houston Aeros 	AHL 		18 	2 	4 	6 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Nippon Paper Cranes 	AL 		42 	28 	37 	65 	64 		4 	2 	3 	5 	6
2013–14 	Nippon Paper Cranes 	AL 		42 	35 	37 	72 	40 		7 	2 	7 	9 	4
2014–15 	High1 	AL 		23 	9 	14 	23 	16 		6 	0 	1 	1 	6
2015–16 	Belfast Giants 	EIHL 		54 	30 	24 	54 	32 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals		130 	25 	32 	57 	40 		6 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honors==
Award 	Year
All-Hockey East First Team 	2007–08
AHCA East First-Team All-American	2007–08
==References==
==External links==
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Category:1985 births
Category:American men's ice hockey forwards
Category:Anyang Halla players
Category:Augsburger Panther players
Category:Belfast Giants players
Category:Binghamton Senators players
Category:Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
Category:Elmira Jackals (ECHL) players
Category:Fresno Falcons players
Category:High1 players
Category:Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Category:Ice hockey people from Illinois
Category:New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey players
Category:Nippon Paper Cranes players
Category:Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players
Category:Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
Category:Syracuse Crunch players
Category:HC TPS players
Category:University of New Hampshire alumni
Category:Waterloo Black Hawks players