Radoslav Hecl

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

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 Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs 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 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