Balázs Gőz

Balázs Gőz
Date of birth	3rd August 1992
place of birth	Miskolc , Hungary
size	181 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2009	Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
2009-2010	Quad City Junior Flames Pittsburgh Junior Penguins
2010-2011	Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
2011–2012	Helena Bighorns
2012-2013	Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
2013-2014	HC Morzine-Avoriaz
2014-2017	Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
2017	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
since 2017	Norfolk Admirals

Balázs Gőz ( Hungarian Gőz Balázs ; born August 3, 1992 in Miskolc ) is a Hungarian ice hockey player who has been playing for the Norfolk Admirals in the ECHL since the end of December 2017 .

Career

Balázs Gőz began his career in the youth division of Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE in his hometown, from which he was already employed in the MOL league as a 16-year-old . From 2009 he played every second season abroad, but always returned to his home club in between. First he was on the ice in 2009/10 for the junior teams of the Quad City Flames and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the North American CSHL. In 2011/12 he played for the Helena Bighorns, with whom he won the America West Hockey League , and in 2013/14 he played for HC Morzine-Avoriaz in the Ligue Magnus . With the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE he won the triple of the MOL league, Hungarian national championship and cup competition in 2015 and 2016 . In 2017 it was enough for a double of MOL league victory and championship. He then moved to the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in the Southern Professional Hockey League. On the last day of 2017, however, he turned his back on the club and joined the Norfolk Admirals from the ECHL .

International

For Hungary, Gőz initially took part in the 2010 U18 World Cup in Division I in the junior division. With the U20 selection , he took part in the 2011 and 2012 World Championships in Division II.

In the senior division, he played for Hungary at the World Championships in Division I in 2013 , 2015 , when the Magyars returned to the top division six years after relegation from the top division, and after being relegated there immediately without Gőz, in 2017 and 2018 . He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 America West Hockey League win with the Helena Bighorns
• 2015 won the MOL league with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
• 2015 Hungarian champion and cup winner with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
• 2015 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.
• 2016 won the MOL league with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
• 2016 Hungarian champion and cup winner with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
• 2017 won the MOL league with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE
• 2017 Hungarian champion with the Miskolci Jegesmedvék JSE

Web links

• Balázs Gőz at eliteprospects.com (English)