# 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 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 |
| 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 | SVK totals | SVK totals | 442 | 42 | 87 | 129 | 532 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | 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 | Junior totals | Junior totals | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |