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Akim Aliu

current status: Off season

#29 RW | 6'4", 225 lbs. | Calgary

Birth Date:April 24, 1989 (24 years old)
Place of Birth:Okene, NGR
Shoots:R

Experience:1 years
Drafted:Drafted by Chicago in 2007 (2/56).
Acquired:Acquired in a trade with Winnipeg in 2012.

Season Stats

	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
YTD	5	0	0	0	-2	14	0	0	0	10:51	2	0.00

Scouting Report

Assets:	Has size, aggressiveness and a little scoring upside. Can drop the gloves and also agitate opponents. At lower levels, he can be a productive scorer and power forward.
Flaws:	Needs to improve his consistency and defensive-zone coverage in order to maximize his NHL potential. Also needs to be more disciplined at key times in a game.
Career Potential:	Agitating forward with a little upside.

Movements & Injuries

2013
4/21/2013	Recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
4/14/2013	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
4/13/2013	Recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
3/01/2013	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
2/28/2013	Missed 1 game (knee injury).
2/26/2013	Knee injury, day-to-day.
2/21/2013	Recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
2012
9/15/2012	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
7/04/2012	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Calgary Flames to a one-year contract.
6/25/2012	Calgary Flames tendered a qualifying offer.
4/08/2012	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
4/05/2012	Recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
1/30/2012	Acquired from the Winnipeg Jets.
2011
9/27/2011	Assigned to St. John (AHL).
2010
9/25/2010	Assigned to Chicago (AHL).
6/24/2010	Acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks.
3/04/2010	Re-assigned to Toledo (ECHL).
2009
9/18/2009	Assigned to Rockford (AHL).
4/03/2009	Assigned to Rockford (AHL).
2008
10/06/2008	Returned to his junior team (London-OHL).
8/25/2008	Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks to an entry-level contract.
4/04/2008	Signed by the Rockford IceHogs (AHL).
2007
9/18/2007	Returned to his junior team (London-OHL).

Career Transactions

2012
1/30/2012	Calgary Flames traded John Negrin to the Winnipeg Jets for Akim Aliu.
2010
6/24/2010	Chicago Blackhawks traded Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for Marty Reasoner, Jeremy Morin, Joey Crabb, a 1st and a 2nd round selection in 2010.
2007
6/23/2007	Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2nd round (56th overall) in 2007.

Player News

Calgary recalls forward Akim Aliu | 04/13/2013 2:31 PM

News

Akim Aliu has been called up by Calgary.

Flames.nhl.com

Impact

He's expected to play Saturday night with Alex Tanguay out with a knee injury. Aliu has no points and 10 penalty minutes in two appearances with the Flames this season.

Calgary demotes Akim Aliu | 03/01/2013 2:38 PM

News

Akim Aliu has been sent down to the minors.

Renaud Lavoie on Twitter

Impact

Aliu returned from a knee injury on Thursday. He logged just 4:34 minutes in Calgary's 5-4 loss to Colorado.

Akim Aliu returns from knee injury | 03/01/2013 9:46 AM

News

Akim Aliu returned from a knee injury on Thursday.

Calgary Herald

Impact

Aliu missed two games due to the ailment. He had a hit and logged 4:34 minutes on Thursday.

| 03/01/2013 3:30 AM

News

Akim Aliu returned to action on Thursday February 28.

Rotoworld.com

Akim Aliu misses game with knee injury | 02/27/2013 4:16 PM

News

Akim Aliu sat out Tuesday's game against Minnesota with a knee injury.

NHL.com

Impact

Aliu played only one game for the Flames, also against the Wild, and managed to pick up a ten minute misconduct for is only stats of the game. Consider him day-to-day for now.

Flames promote Akim Aliu | 02/23/2013 10:32 AM

News

The Calgary Flames have summoned Akim Aliu from the minors.

Calgary Herald

Impact

Aliu has five points and 80 penalty minutes in 27 AHL games this season. As you might have guessed, Aliu will add some grit and nastiness to the Flames, which coach Bob Hartley wants to see more of from his team.

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Game Log

Date	Team	Opp	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPPTS	SHG	GWG	S	TOI	Status
4/26/2013	Cgy	Chi	0	0	-	-1	0	0	-	0	0	2	16:26	-
4/25/2013	Cgy	StL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/23/2013	Cgy	Nas	0	0	-	-1	4	0	-	0	0	0	13:47	-
4/21/2013	Cgy	Min	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
4/13/2013	Cgy	Edm	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	15:08	-
2/28/2013	Cgy	Col	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	04:34	-
2/26/2013	Cgy	Min	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Knee
2/24/2013	Cgy	Phx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not dress
2/23/2013	Cgy	Min	0	0	-	0	10	0	-	0	0	0	04:24	-

Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Calgary	NHL	5	0	0	0	-2	14	0	0	0	10:51	2	0.00
	Abbotsford	AHL	42	4	7	11	-7	111	0	0	-	-	50	0.26
2011-12	Calgary	NHL	2	2	1	3	3	12	0	0	0	11:02	3	1.50
	Abbotsford	AHL	42	10	4	14	-13	59	1	0	-	-	78	0.33
	Colorado	ECHL	10	2	4	6	-1	28	0	0	0	-	24	0.60
2010-11	Peoria	AHL	16	5	4	9	3	20	2	0	-	-	34	0.56
	Chicago	AHL	43	4	5	9	-4	53	0	1	-	-	37	0.21
	Total Chi/Peo	AHL	59	9	9	18	-1	73	2	1	-	-	71	0.31
	Gwinnett	ECHL	16	12	8	20	-8	22	9	2	-	-	72	1.25
2009-10	Rockford	AHL	48	11	6	17	-2	69	0	0	-	-	52	0.35
	Toledo	ECHL	13	5	9	14	-12	18	1	0	-	-	-	1.08
2008-09	Rockford	AHL	5	2	0	2	-1	14	1	0	-	-	-	0.40
	Sudbury	OHL	29	10	16	26	-9	61	2	1	-	-	-	0.90
	London	OHL	16	8	10	18	-1	30	3	0	-	-	-	1.13
	Total Lon/Sby	OHL	45	18	26	44	-10	91	5	1	-	-	-	0.98
2007-08	Rockford	AHL	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0.00
	London	OHL	60	28	33	61	10	133	9	1	-	-	-	1.02
2006-07	Sudbury	OHL	53	20	22	42	0	104	9	2	-	-	-	0.79
2005-06	Sudbury	OHL	29	7	6	13	-2	54	4	0	-	-	-	0.45
	Windsor	OHL	18	3	4	7	-2	25	0	0	-	-	-	0.39
	Total Wsr/Sby	OHL	47	10	10	20	-4	79	4	0	-	-	-	0.43
2004-05	Tor. Marlboros	GTHL	68	35	50	85	-	197	-	-	-	-	-	1.25
NHL	Total	NHL	7	2	1	3	1	26	0	0	0	-	5	0.43
AHL	Total	AHL	198	36	26	62	-26	328	4	1	-	-	-	0.31
ECHL	Total	ECHL	39	19	21	40	-21	68	10	2	-	-	-	1.03
OHL	Total	OHL	205	76	91	167	-4	407	27	4	-	-	-	0.81
GTHL	Total	GTHL	68	35	50	85	-	197	-	-	-	-	-	1.25

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Abbotsford	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2011-12	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Abbotsford	AHL	5	0	1	1	0	28	0	0	-	-	3	0.20
	Colorado	ECHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2010-11	Peoria	AHL	2	1	0	1	-2	6	0	0	-	-	3	0.50
	Gwinnett	ECHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2009-10	Rockford	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Toledo	ECHL	2	1	1	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	4	1.00
2008-09	Rockford	AHL	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.00
	Sudbury	OHL	6	2	1	3	-1	14	1	0	-	-	-	0.50
2007-08	Rockford	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	London	OHL	5	2	1	3	-4	15	1	0	-	-	-	0.60
2006-07	Sudbury	OHL	21	1	5	6	-4	50	1	0	-	-	-	0.29
2005-06	Sudbury	OHL	6	0	1	1	-2	7	0	0	-	-	-	0.17
2004-05	Tor. Marlboros	GTHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
AHL	Total	AHL	8	2	1	3	-2	34	1	0	-	-	-	0.38
ECHL	Total	ECHL	2	1	1	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	4	1.00
OHL	Total	OHL	38	5	8	13	-11	86	3	0	-	-	-	0.34

2012 Game Highs

	TOTAL	OPP	DATE	LAST SEASON
Goals	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	2
Assists	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	1
Points	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	2
Penalty Minutes	10	vs. Min	Feb 23	10
Plus/Minus	0	3 times-last:at Edm	last:Apr 13	2
Power Play Goals	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	0
Power Play Points	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	0
Shorthanded Goals	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	0
Shorthanded Points	0	5 times-last:at Chi	last:Apr 26	0
Shots	2	at Chi	Apr 26	3

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	2	2011-12 (Cgy)
Goals	2	2011-12 (Cgy)
Assists	1	2011-12 (Cgy)
Points	3	2011-12 (Cgy)
Penalty Minutes	12	2011-12 (Cgy)
Plus/Minus	+3	2011-12 (Cgy)
Shots	3	2011-12 (Cgy)

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