# Jiří Bicek

Jiří Bicek (born December 3, 1978) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils between 2000 and 2004, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2003. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1995 to 2018, was mainly spent in Europe. Internationally Bicek played for the Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the 1997 and 2009 World Championships.

## Playing career

Bicek was drafted 131st overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He then proceeded to play 7 pro seasons in North America, mostly playing for the Albany River Rats of the AHL. In 423 games in Albany, Bicek scored 75 goals and 167 assists for 242 points. In those last four seasons, he was called up to the Devils sporadically. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Bicek returned to Slovakia to play for HC Košice. He played 54 games there and scored 18 goals and 41 points. In 62 career NHL games, Bicek has scored 6 goals and 7 assists for 13 points. He won a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the Devils.
During the 2006–2007 season he played for Swedish team Brynäs IF and Finnish KalPa before moved 2008 to JYP in the SM-Liiga, he joined to end of the year 2008 to EHC Biel.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1994–95 | HC Košice U20 | SVK U20 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | HC Košice U20 | SVK U20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | HC Košice | SVK | 30 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | HC Košice | SVK | 44 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — |
| 1997–98 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 50 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 1998–99 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 79 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1999–00 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 80 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 73 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 62 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 44 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 24 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 55 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | HC Košice | SVK | 54 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 69 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2005–06 | Leksands IF | SWE | 50 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | HC Košice | SVK | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Brynäs IF | SWE | 35 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 39 |
| 2007–08 | KalPa | FIN | 35 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | JYP | FIN | 33 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | EHC Biel | NLA | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10 | Södertälje SK | SWE | 44 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | HC Prešov | SVK-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | HC Kladno | CZE | 35 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Rytíři Kladno | CZE | 50 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | Rytíři Kladno | CZE | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | HC Karlovy Vary | CZE | 25 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | HC Košice | SVK | 52 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014–15 | HC Košice | SVK | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 2015–16 | HC Košice | SVK | 47 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | HC Košice | SVK | 54 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | HC Košice | SVK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SVK totals | SVK totals | SVK totals | 345 | 97 | 126 | 223 | 169 | 76 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 16 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 62 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1995 | Slovakia | EJC-B | | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | Slovakia | EJC | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 1996 | Slovakia | WJC | | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 1997 | Slovakia | WJC | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | Slovakia | WC | | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | Slovakia | WC | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 22 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 26 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Awards

* 2003 — NHL Stanley Cup