Radoslav Hecl
| Radoslav Hecl | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
October 11, 1974 Partizánske, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
SG Pontebba Manchester Phoenix Slovan Bratislava Buffalo Sabres HC Nitra Dukla Trenčín | ||
| National team |
 Slovakia | ||
| NHL Draft |
208th overall, 2002 Buffalo Sabres | ||
| Playing career | 1992–2008 | ||
Radoslav Hecl (born October 11, 1974) is a Slovak former ice hockey defenceman. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 2002–03 season, though the rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2008, was mainly spent in the Slovak Extraliga. Internationally Hecl played for the Slovak national team at three World Championships, winning gold in 2002.
Playing career[edit]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Slovakia
| ||
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2002 Sweden | |
After several years in the Slovak Extraliga, Hecl was drafted in the seventh round, 208th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Hecl appeared in fourteen National Hockey League games in the 2002–03 season, recording no points, and spent the rest of the season with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans. Hecl returned to his native Slovakia and played two seasons in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Slovan Bratislava before joining the EIHL with the Manchester Phoenix in the 2006–07 season. He moved on to Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba in Serie A in the 2007–08 season before retiring.
Career statistics[edit]
Regular season and playoffs[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 33 | 2 | 11 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | AC/HC Nitra | SVK | 39 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 45 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Iskra Zlatý Bažant Banská Bystrica | SVK-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 50 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 50 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 2002–03 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 58 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 35 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Manchester Phoenix | EIHL | 50 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | SG Pontebba | ITA | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| SVK totals | 442 | 42 | 87 | 129 | 532 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | ||||
| NHL totals | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International[edit]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Slovakia | WJC C | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1994 | Slovakia | WC C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Slovakia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Slovakia | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Senior totals | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Buffalo Sabres draft picks
- Buffalo Sabres players
- HC '05 Banská Bystrica players
- HC Slovan Bratislava players
- HK Dukla Trenčín players
- HK Nitra players
- Manchester Phoenix players
- People from Partizánske
- Ice hockey people from the Trenčín Region
- Rochester Americans players
- SG Pontebba players
- Slovak ice hockey defencemen
- Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
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