Defenseman Michael Fischer, from Guelph, Ontario, is the second member of the incoming Fall 2025 Flames recruiting class.
DI men’s hockey recruit Fischer will bring a two-way defensive game to Flames
5/23/2025 6:30:00 PM | Men's D1 Hockey
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After four seasons playing Junior Hockey in his home province of Ontario and Boston, Michael Fischer is ready to make the move to the ACHA ranks.
Liberty University ACHA Division I men's hockey defenseman recruit Michael Fischer grew up in Guelph, Ontario, playing baseball, lacrosse, and soccer recreationally, but only hockey competitively in high-level organized leagues.
"I really enjoyed playing and watching hockey growing up, and I've definitely had that passion for it since I was a kid," said Fischer, 20, who has been playing the sport since he was 4 and now stands 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. "I'm a two-way defenseman, a smooth skater, and I like to move the puck and get up into the rush and create offense as well. I have more of a finesse than a physical game." Fischer played the past two seasons in Boston.
Fischer attended Liberty's April 24-26 Select Camp, when he impressed the Flames' coaches enough to be the first player offered a spot on the 2025-26 team.
"It was a good camp, and I had fun," he said. "It was really cool to see the campus and meet the guys on the team and all the people on campus as well. It's a really good community."
"The thing I am looking forward to most is the community aspect of the school, being around that many like-minded people, especially in the hockey program and what it has to offer," he added. "I am excited to come and work hard every single day and fight for my role on the team, whatever that may be, to play the game I know, figuring it out as I go."
Fischer spent the past two seasons in Boston, most recently with the National Collegiate Development Conference's (NCDC) Boston Dogs, a Tier II Junior A program where he scored three goals and distributed five assists in 24 games after being called up from the Boston Jr. Terriers of the EHL, where he scored two goals with six assists in 14 games. Prior to that, he had played three seasons in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, starting with the Cambridge RedHawks and finishing with the London Nationals, where he had his best season as an assistant captain in 2023-24, netting two goals and 16 assists in 43 games as an assistant captain.
"My best year was probably with the London Nationals two years ago or this past year with Boston, my fourth season playing Juniors," said Fischer, who says he is not a natural born leader. "I'm a pretty quiet guy, and I lead by example every day. I'm not super vocal, but I make sure I'm doing everything right, showing up to the rink early and listening."
"I'm not sure what I want to do after school, maybe stay close to hockey and get into the business side of things, in terms of construction," Fischer said. "I am waiting to see where hockey takes me. If I have an opportunity to play hockey somewhere professionally, I might take it."
He expects to make a seamless transition to the ACHA after playing four seasons of Junior Hockey.
"The college game is a lot faster, a little bit more physical, and I'll be playing against older guys so it's a bit of an adjustment, but nothing anyone can't handle," Fischer said. "It will be a slightly uncomfortable adjustment at first, but think I'll come into it smoothly and find my game as we start playing games."
His testimony is one of transformation in between his two seasons in London, Ontario.
"I grew up in a Catholic house all my life, and two years ago, I turned myself to Christ and have been devoted since," Fischer said. "I grew up in the faith, but was never serious about it until two years ago when I was going through a difficult time in my life and realized I could cast all my burdens on the Lord and trust in Him that He has the ultimate plan for my life. That changed the way I look at things."
For now, he is spending his summer preparing to join the Flames in August and getting down to business in his college studies.
"I will be doing my regular training routine, working out and skating every day, and framing houses," Fischer said of his offseason job to earn money for college.
