Heiko Smazal

Heiko Smazal
Date of birth	January 6, 1974
place of birth	Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Germany
size	179 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	defender
number	# 56
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1990-1995	EV Landshut
1995-1999	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
1999-2002	Munich Barons
2002-2007	Hamburg Freezers
2007-2010	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2010/2011	EHF Passau Black Hawks
2011-2014	EV Landshut

Heiko "Mike" Smazal (born January 6, 1974 in Neustadt an der Waldnaab ) is a former German ice hockey player who was active in the German ice hockey league for EV Landshut , the Nürnberg Ice Tigers , Munich Barons and Hamburg Freezers . In addition, he completed a total of 47 international matches for the German national team .

Career

The 1.79 meter tall defender began his career in the youth team of EV Landshut , for whom he was on the ice for the first time in the 1st Bundesliga in the 1992/93 season . Even after the German Ice Hockey League was founded in 1994 , he played for Lower Bavaria, but switched to league rivals Nürnberg Ice Tigers during the premier season . With the Franks, the left shooter reached the final of the German championship in the 1998/99 season , but this was lost to the Adler Mannheim .

After moving to the Munich Barons , he was able to catch up on the success the following year , and even after the franchise had moved to Hamburg , Smazal was still on the ice for the Barons, who now played as Hamburg Freezers . In the summer of 2007, his expiring contract was not extended and the defender moved from the Freezers to SC Bietigheim-Bissingen in the 2nd Bundesliga. He stayed there until the end of the 2009/10 season and then moved to the EHF Passau Black Hawks . In February 2011, the defender signed a contract with the Landshut Cannibals . For the 2011/12 season he will return to his home club. The now 40-year-old ended his career in April 2014.

International

Born in Bavaria, he wore the German jersey for the first time in 1991 when he was nominated for the German junior national team that same year . There were three more appointments to the squad of the junior national team before he went on the ice for the first time in 2000 for the senior national team. Heiko Smazal played 47 appearances for the German national team, including at the 2001 and 2004 World Championships .

DEL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	13	520	10	81	91	544
Playoffs	8th	65	2	9	11	48

(Status: end of the 2006/07 season)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eishockey.info Black Hawks sign Heiko Smazal , accessed on July 31, 2010
2. ↑ eishockey.info First new addition for the Cannibals , accessed on April 30, 2011
3. ↑ idowa.de, Smazal stops, Armstrong screened out, Stewart wobbles and Thornton should stay  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Heiko Smazal at hockeydb.com (English)
• Heiko Smazal at eurohockey.com