Jan Benda (ice hockey player)
 Jan Benda 
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| Date of birth | April 28, 1972 |
| place of birth | Reet , Belgium |
| size | 196 cm |
| Weight | 96 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 1990-1992 | Oshawa Generals |
| 1992-1993 | EHC Freiburg |
| 1993-1994 | EC Hedos Munich |
| 1994-1995 | Richmond Renegades |
| 1995-1996 | HC Slavia Prague |
| 1996-1997 | HC Sparta Prague |
| 1997-1998 | Portland Pirates |
| 1998-1999 | Porin Ässät |
| 1999-2001 | Jokerit Helsinki |
| 2001-2004 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 2004 | Chimik Moskovskaya Oblast |
| 2004-2005 | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 2005-2008 | HC Litvínov |
| 2008-2009 | BK Mladá Boleslav |
| 2009-2010 | HC Plzeň |
| 2010 | KLH Chomutov |
| 2010-2011 | HC Slavia Prague |
| 2011–2012 |
Nuremberg Ice Tigers EHC Munich |
| 2012-2013 | Dresden Ice Lions |
| 2013-2015 | Deggendorf Fire |
| 2015-2018 | ECDC Memmingen |
Jan Benda (born April 28, 1972 in Reet , Belgium ) is a former German - Czech ice hockey player . The 1.96 m tall center is a former German national player and played for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League as well as for several clubs in other European countries. With the German national team he took part in three Olympic Winter Games, in total he played 175 international games for Germany.
Career
Benda began his ice hockey career with the juniors of the Düsseldorfer EG and in the Canadian junior league OJHL before moving to the Ontario Hockey League in 1989 with the Oshawa Generals . After two seasons, the right-shooter moved to the 2nd German Bundesliga for Grefrather EC . After another guest appearance in Oshawa, Benda moved in the summer of 1992 in the 1st German Bundesliga for the 1992/93 season to EHC Freiburg and then for the 1993/94 season to EC Hedos Munich , with which he became German champion .
After a year in North America, where he worked in the American Hockey League with the Binghamton Rangers and in the East Coast Hockey League with the Richmond Renegades played, he moved back to Europe, where he in the 1995/96 season short for ESC Moskitos Essen played and then played in the Czech Republic in Prague until the 1997/98 season . In 1997 he was hired as a free agent by the Washington Capitals. For the capitals, Benda was only nine times in the NHL on the ice (0 goals, 3 assists), most of the season he played for the Capitals farm team , the Portland Pirates , in the AHL.
After his engagement in the NHL, the globetrotter moved to Finland . After three successful years, the Edmonton Oilers signed him before the 2000/01 NHL season , but before the start of the season Benda received the club's release and moved to Russia to Ak Bars Kazan . In 2004 he moved to Chimik Moskovskaya Oblast and then - in the same season - to Severstal Tscherepowez. In the 2005/06 season he came to the Czech Republic. There he played with Robert Reichel at HC Chemopetrol Litvínov. For the 2006 play-offs, his club loaned him to HC Hamé Zlín . In summer 2008 he moved to the newly promoted BK Mladá Boleslav , with whom he avoided relegation, and a year later to HC Plzeň . The stations at KLH Chomutov and HC Slavia Prague followed .
In 2011 he moved back to Germany to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers , from there he went to the EHC Munich . In August 2012, the second division club Dresdner Eislöwen announced the commitment of Benda. From 2013 he laced his skates in the top division for Deggendorf Fire and also worked in the club's youth department. In 2015 he moved to the fourth-class Bavarian ice hockey league at ECDC Memmingen : In addition to his work as a player, he worked as a coach in the youth field. When the ECDC separated from its coach in January 2016, Benda took over the team temporarily as player-coach. In June 2018, he ended his playing career at the age of 46. He then worked in Memmingen as a junior coordinator and assistant coach of the men's team, but was relieved of office in the Oberliga team with head coach Waldemar Dietrich at the beginning of October 2018 after a failed start to the season, but remained active in the junior division for the club.
International
For the German national team , Benda took part in nine world championships ( 1994 , 1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 ), one World Cup of Hockey (1996) and three Olympic Games ( 1994 , 1998 , 2002 ). For the World Cup of Hockey 2004 he got no approval from his Russian club Chimik Voskressensk .
In total, he was on the ice 98 times for Germany and scored 16 goals in 26 assists.
Achievements and Awards
- 1995 Riley Cup win with the Richmond Renegades
Career statistics
| Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1988/89 | Henry Carr | OJHL | 18th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1989/90 | Oshawa Legion | OJHL | 44 | 50 | 80 | 130 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1989/90 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1990/91 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 51 | 4th | 11 | 15th | 64 | 16 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 19th | ||
| 1990/91 | Grefrather EC | 2nd BL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1991/92 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 61 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 68 | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1992/93 | EHC Freiburg | 1st BL | 41 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | EC Hedos Munich | 1st BL | 43 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Richmond Renegades | ECHL | 62 | 21st | 39 | 60 | 187 | 17th | 8th | 5 | 13 | 50 | ||
| 1994/95 | Binghamton Rangers | AHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | ESC eating mosquitoes | 1st League North | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | HC Slavia Prague | Extra league | 24 | 7th | 14th | 21st | 24 | 7th | 1 | 6th | 7th | 35 | ||
| 1996/97 | HC Sparta Prague | Extra league | 49 | 7th | 21st | 28 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1997/98 | HC Sparta Prague | Extra league | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 62 | 25th | 29 | 54 | 90 | 8th | 0 | 7th | 7th | 6th | ||
| 1997/98 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Ässät Pori | SM-liiga | 52 | 21st | 22nd | 43 | 139 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Ässät Pori | SM-liiga | 14th | 4th | 5 | 9 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999/00 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-liiga | 52 | 19th | 28 | 47 | 99 | 11 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 16 | ||
| 2000/01 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-liiga | 52 | 18th | 26th | 44 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2001/02 | Ak Bars Kazan | Super league | 32 | 7th | 12 | 19th | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Ak Bars Kazan | Super league | 51 | 14th | 24 | 38 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6th | ||
| 2003/04 | Ak Bars Kazan | Super league | 56 | 4th | 19th | 23 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2004/05 | Chimik Moskovskaya Oblast | Super league | 18th | 2 | 7th | 9 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Severstal Cherepovets | Super league | 33 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | HC Litvínov | Extra league | 44 | 13 | 22nd | 35 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | HC Hamé Zlín | Extra league | 6th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 14th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2006/07 | HC Litvínov | Extra league | 37 | 9 | 16 | 25th | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | HC Litvínov | Extra league | 45 | 10 | 14th | 24 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | BK Mladá Boleslav | Extra league | 51 | 8th | 17th | 25th | 56 | 15 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2009/10 | HC Plzeň | Extra league | 51 | 6th | 29 | 35 | 65 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010/11 | KLH Chomutov | 1st league (Cz) | 23 | 3 | 8th | 11 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | HC Slavia Prague | Extra league | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | BK Mladá Boleslav | Extra league | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8th | 17 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2011/12 | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 17th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | EHC Munich | DEL | 31 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Dresden Ice Lions | 2nd Bundesliga | ||||||||||||
| NHL overall | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1st BL overall | 84 | 22nd | 22nd | 44 | 116 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Others
He is the son of the former ice hockey player and coach of the same name, who last coached the Essen Mosquitos in the German Ice Hockey League in the 2000/01 season until December 2000 .
Web links
- Jan Benda in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Jan Benda at eurohockey.com
- Jan Benda at hockeydb.com (English)
- Jan Benda at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Jan Benda at rodi-db.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Diepold: Interview - ice hockey legend Jan Benda ends his career at the age of 46! Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
- ↑ idowa, Straubing, Germany: Deggendorf: Two New for Deggendorf Fire: Philipp Müller and Andrew Schembri - idowa. In: idowa.de. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Interview with Jan Benda: "I would like to pass on my experiences in Memmingen". In: www.memmingen-indians.de. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
- ↑ ECDC Memmingen separates from coach Alexander Wedl - Jan Benda takes over as player-coach for the time being. In: www.memmingen-indians.de. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Franz: A great man leaves the ice: Jan Benda ends his playing career. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
- ^ South upper division ECDC Memmingen separates from Waldemar Dietrich and Jan Benda - Captain Daniel Huhn becomes interim trainer. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Benda, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Czech ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reet , Belgium |