Július Hudáček

Július Hudáček
Date of birth	August 9, 1988
place of birth	Spišská Nová Ves , Czechoslovakia
size	184 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Right
Career stations
until 2004	HK Spišská Nová Ves
2004-2005	ŠKP PS Poprad
2005-2007	HK Spišská Nová Ves
2007-2008	HK Orange 20
2008-2011	HC Košice
2011–2012	Södertälje SK
2012-2013	Frölunda HC
2013-2014	HC Pardubice
2014-2017	Örebro HK
2017-2018	Severstal Cherepovets
since 2018	HK Spartak Moscow

Július Hudáček (born August 9, 1988 in Spišská Nová Ves , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HK Spartak Moscow from the Continental Hockey League since May 2018 . His brother Libor Hudáček is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Július Hudáček began his career in his hometown at HK Spišská Nová Ves before moving to ŠKP PS Poprad for one season in 2004 . For Poprad he played in the U18 junior extra league in Slovakia. In 2005 he returned to his home club and continued to play for its youth teams.

Július Hudáček (2013)

Before the 2007/08 season he moved to HK Orange 20 , which exclusively includes members of the U20 national junior team and which takes part in the extra league. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season moved to HC Košice and was initially intended for its U20 team. Hudáček won a place in the extra league squad of HC Košice and contributed with very good performances to win his team's title. In the following two seasons he was able to repeat this success with Košice, where he was elected to the All-Star Team of the Extraliga in all three years of championship. In 2011 it also had the best catch quota in the league.

In the 2011/12 season Hudáček was under contract with Södertälje SK in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, before moving to Frölunda HC in the Elitserien in 2012 .

In April 2013 he was signed by HK Sibir Novosibirsk from the Continental Hockey League , but only completed one competitive game for Sibir in the KHL. In September 2013, another goalkeeper was committed with Mikko Koskinen and Hudáček fired. He was then without a club and was only signed by HC Pardubice from the Czech Extraliga in November and completed 38 games for Pardubice by the end of the season. He then moved to Örebro HK in the Svenska Hockeyligan ( aka Elitserien ) and was one of the statistically best goalkeepers in the league for the next three years. In 2015 he was named Goalkeeper of the Year ( Årets Målvakt ) and Most Valuable Player at the SHL Awards and had the best catch rate of all goalkeepers in the league with 93.0%.

In 2017 he was signed by Severstal Tscherepowez from the Continental Hockey League .

International

For Slovakia , Hudáček took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 , where he finished seventh with his team.

From 2010 he was a regular member of the Slovak men's national team and from 2012 he was a member of the national team at the World Championships . At the World Championships in 2016 and 2017 he was the Slovaks first goalkeeper.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Slovak champion with HC Košice
• 2009 Extraliga All-Star Team
• 2010 Slovak champion with HC Košice
• 2010 Extraliga All-Star Team
• 2011 Slovak champion with HC Košice
• 2011 Extraliga All-Star Team
• 2011 Best catch quota in the extra league
• 2015 SHL Awards - Goalkeeper of the Year and MVP
• 2015 Best catch quota for Svenska Hockeligan (93%)

International

• 2012 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Main round								Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	Min	GT	Sv%	GTS	SM	SO		Sp	Min	GT	Sv%	GTS	SM	SO
2003/04	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves	Extraliga U18		22nd	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HK ŠKP PS Poprad	Extraliga U18		23	648	34	90.48	3.15	2	0		2	54	6th	88.68	6.67	0	0
2004/05	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves	Extraliga U18		13	704	39	89.23	3.32	2	1
2005/06	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves	Extraliga U18		39	2315	87	92.81	2.25	4th	4th		3	178	6th	92.86	2.02	0	0
2005/06	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves	Extraliga U20		5	176	15th	84.21	5.11	0	0
2006/07	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves	Extraliga U20		41	2231	82	9.38	2.20	6th	5		6th	259	12	9.31	1.95	2	1
2007/08	HK Orange 20	EL (Sk)		20th	1067	79	88.24	4.44	0	0
2008/09	HC Košice	EL (Sk)		22nd	1250	50	92.2	2.40	0	0		8th	451	12	94.69	1.50	2	1
2009/10	HC Košice	EL (Sk)		27	1588	60	93.35	2.27	12	4th		16	979	32	93.63	1.96	0	1
2010/11	HC Košice	EL (Sk)		45	2753	82	93.61	1.79	24	6th		14th	865	18th	95.01	1.25	4th	4th
2011/12	Södertälje SK	Allsvenskan		43	2442	85	92.60	2.09	0	7th
2012/13	Frölunda HC	Elitserien		48	2894	94	92.74	1.95	0	5		6th	388	15th	92.02	2.32	0	1

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Július Hudáček at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Július Hudáček at slovakhockey.sk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julius Hudacek blev Årets Målvakt & MVP. In: hockeynyheter.se. Retrieved June 9, 2017 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Július Hudáček sa upísal Severstaľu Čerepovec. In: hokej.sk. April 27, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .