height_ft former_teams weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year team career_end position draft_team league height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 wheeling thunderbirds -lrb- echl -rrb- 192 right kushiro city , hokkaidō , jpn 1992 seibu prince rabbits 2009 defence montreal canadiens alh 3 31 december 1973 hiroyuki miura
 260th overall jpn 1993
hiroyuki miura

hiroyuki miura -lrb- 三浦浩幸 `` miura hiroyuki '' -rrb- -lrb- born december 31 , 1973 in kushiro city , hokkaidō , japan -rrb- is an ice hockey defenceman .
he currently is an unrestricted free agent .
in 1992 , miura became the first japanese player ever drafted into the nhl when the montreal canadiens chose him in the 11th round -lrb- 260th overall -rrb- of the 1992 nhl entry draft .
miura never played in the nhl , and his north american professional ice hockey experience was limited to six games played with the wheeling thunderbirds of the east coast hockey league in 1993 -- 94 .
miura represented japan at the 1993 world junior ice hockey championships in sweden and was a member of the japan national ice hockey team at the 1998 winter olympics held in nagano , japan .
