Radoslav Hecl

{{short description|Slovak ice hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption =

| alt =

| image =

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| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 196

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Partizánske, Czechoslovakia

| played_for = SG Pontebba
Manchester Phoenix
Slovan Bratislava
Buffalo Sabres
HC Nitra
Dukla Trenčín

| ntl_team = Slovakia

| draft = 208th overall

| draft_year = 2002

| draft_team = Buffalo Sabres

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 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

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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=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1992–93

| ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín

| CSSR

| 12

000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Dukla Trenčín

| SVK

| 33

21113

| —

1994–95

| Dukla Trenčín

| SVK

| 13

1018

| 5

1014
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| AC/HC Nitra

| SVK

| 39

6511119

| —

1996–97

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 36

15641

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 45

8111947

| —

1997–98

| Iskra Zlatý Bažant Banská Bystrica

| SVK-2

| 5

10116

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 50

7142192

| —

1999–2000

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 41

27961

| 8

2132
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 25

2576

| 6

11218
2001–02

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 50

7132022

| 17

25710
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 58

6142041

| 3

0000
2002–03

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 14

0002

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 35

16784

| —

2004–05

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 44

471134

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| HC Slovan Bratislava

| SVK

| 31

13418

| —

2006–07

| Manchester Phoenix

| EIHL

| 50

7152291

| 2

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| SG Pontebba

| ITA

| 28

381130

| 12

04418
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SVK totals

! 442 !! 42 !! 87 !! 129 !! 532

! 36 !! 6 !! 7 !! 13 !! 34

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 14 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1992

| Czechoslovakia

| EJC

| 4

1120
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994

| Slovakia

| WJC C

| 4

1452
1994

| Slovakia

| WC C

| 6

0110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999

| Slovakia

| WC

| 6

0002
2002

| Slovakia

| WC

| 3

0000
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! colspan="3"| Junior totals

! 8 !! 2 !! 5 !! 7 !! 2

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! colspan="3"| Senior totals

! 15 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2