Jochen Hecht

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Jochen Hecht in the Buffalo Sabers jersey (2010)

Jochen Hecht in the Buffalo Sabers jersey (2010)
Date of birth June 21, 1977
place of birth Mannheim , Germany
size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
number # 55
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 2nd lap, 49th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
until 1998 Adler Mannheim
1998-2001 St. Louis Blues
2001-2002 Edmonton Oilers
2004-2005 Adler Mannheim
2002–2012 Buffalo Sabers
2012-2013 Adler Mannheim
2013 Buffalo Sabers
2013-2016 Adler Mannheim

Jochen Hecht (born June 21, 1977 in Mannheim ) is a former German ice hockey player and current coach , who played 892 games for the St. Louis Blues , Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabers in the National between 1993 and 2016 Hockey League and 429 games for his home club Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League on the position of the center . In addition, Hecht played for the German national ice hockey team at three Olympic Winter Games and numerous world championships .

Career

player

Hecht first went through the youth department of the Mannheim ERC . In the 1994/95 season he made his debut in the professional squad of Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League at the age of 17 . In its inaugural season he scored 23 points in 43 games and was selected in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues in the second round in 49th position. However, Hecht initially stayed three more seasons in Mannheim and won the German championship title at the end of the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons . He completed his personally most successful season in 1996/97 when he scored 42 points in 46 games.

Pike in the jersey of the Buffalo Sabers

In the summer of 1998, Hecht moved to North America. However, he did not make the jump into the roster of the St. Louis Blues straight away, but spent most of the season with the Worcester IceCats , the then farm team of the Blues, in the American Hockey League . There he came in the course of the regular season for his first three appearances in the NHL . From the playoffs, in which he scored his first NHL points, he was part of the regular squad. In the following two seasons, which the Blues tackled with a well-known squad as a championship favorite, the German developed into a reliable worker and points collector. The transfer to the Edmonton Oilers followed in the summer of 2001 all the more surprising . For Doug Weight and Michel Riesen , Hecht moved to Canada together with Marty Reasoner and Jan Horáček , as the St. Louis Blues restructured their squad after a disappointing performance in the previous 2000/01 season . The Center only spent one season with the Oilers. Despite 40 points in 82 games, he was released for a second-round draft pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Buffalo Sabers . With the Sabers he had a difficult first season, as he was only used 49 times due to a concussion and a hip injury . He came back stronger in the 2003/04 game year and had his best year up to that point in terms of his points.

Due to the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Hecht returned to Germany for a year and played at his home club in Mannheim. As team captain , he led the Adler to the runner-up title. He himself contributed 50 points in 48 games in the regular season and 20 points in 14 playoff games.

For the 2005/06 season , the center then went back to North America and was now one of the leaders of the Sabers. The 2006/07 season , which Buffalo completed for the most part in an outstanding manner, brought Hecht's strongest year with it, when he remained without a long-term injury for the first time in a long time and made 76 appearances in which he recorded 56 points. After the departures of Daniel Brière and Chris Drury in the summer of 2007, the Sabers introduced the principle of rotation for the captaincy, making the German the first player during the season to hold this office for a month. His Saber salary was $ 3.8 million per season.

During the lockout in the NHL, Hecht signed a contract with his old hometown club Adler Mannheim in December 2012, for which he played six games. He then returned to the Buffalo Sabers in the NHL, where his contract ran until the end of the 2012/13 season. From the 2013/14 season he played again for Adler Mannheim in the DEL. In 2015 he was again German champion with the Adler and was elected MVP of the play-offs.

After the 2015/16 season , he ended his playing career.

As a trainer

A few days after the announcement of the end of his career as a player, Hecht was appointed to the coaching staff of Adler Mannheim . In the 2016/17 season he was primarily responsible for the individual advancement of players and the development of talents. At the 2016 Deutschland Cup , Hecht was part of the German senior team for the first time as assistant to national coach Marco Sturm .

In the summer of 2017, Hecht became assistant coach of Mannheim's DEL team and held this position until the end of the 2017/18 season, when he left the Adler for the time being to devote himself to obtaining his coaching license.

International

Hecht first appeared in the Junior World Championships in 1994 for a German selection on the international stage. He also took part in the Junior World Championships in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 . His first appearances for the senior national team were at the 1996 World Cup . A little later he also took part in the World Cup of Hockey . In addition, other nominations came for the world championships in 1997 , 1998 , 2004 , 2005 and 2009 , the Winter Olympics in 1998 , 2002 , 2006 and 2010 and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . Due to an injury, he was unable to take part in the 2006 Winter Games.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 Mannheim ERC A-Juniors A juniors 28 27 13 40 103
1994/95 Adler Mannheim DEL 43 11 12 23 68 10 7th 2 9 0
1995/96 Adler Mannheim DEL 44 12 16 28 68 8th 3 2 5 6th
1996/97 Adler Mannheim DEL 46 21st 21st 42 36 9 3 3 6th 4th
1997/98 Adler Mannheim DEL 44 7th 19th 26th 42 10 1 1 2 14th
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0
1998/99 Worcester IceCats AHL 74 21st 35 56 48 4th 1 1 2 2
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 63 13 21st 34 28 7th 4th 6th 10 2
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 19th 25th 44 48 15th 2 4th 6th 4th
2001/02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 16 24 40 60 - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 49 10 16 26th 30th - - - - -
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 15th 37 52 49 - - - - -
2004/05 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 16 34 50 151 14th 10 10 20th 14th
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 18th 24 42 34 15th 2 6th 8th 8th
2006/07 Buffalo Sabers NHL 76 19th 37 56 39 16 4th 1 5 10
2007/08 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 22nd 27 49 38 - - - - -
2008/09 Buffalo Sabers NHL 70 12 15th 27 33 - - - - -
2009/10 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 21st 21st 42 35 - - - - -
2010/11 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 12 17th 29 40 1 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Buffalo Sabers NHL 22nd 4th 4th 8th 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Adler Mannheim DEL 6th 5 8th 13 8th - - - - -
2012/13 Buffalo Sabers NHL 47 5 9 14th 18th - - - - -
2013/14 Adler Mannheim DEL 49 15th 21st 36 62 5 0 1 1 4th
2014/15 Adler Mannheim DEL 35 11 9 20th 44 15th 3 12 15th 14th
2015/16 Adler Mannheim DEL 40 6th 19th 25th 108 3 1 0 1 8th
DEL total 355 104 159 263 587 74 28 31 59 64
AHL total 74 21st 35 56 48 4th 1 1 2 2
NHL overall 833 186 277 463 458 59 14th 18th 32 24

International

Represented Germany at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Germany U18 European Championship 6th place 5 6th 2 8th 18th
1994 Germany U20 World Cup 7th place 7th 0 0 0 4th
1995 Germany U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 5 3 3 6th 18th
1995 Germany U20 World Cup 7th place 7th 5 3 8th 18th
1996 Germany U20 World Cup 8th place 6th 1 4th 5 18th
1996 Germany WM 8th place 6th 1 2 3 8th
1996 Germany World cup 6th place 4th 1 0 1 2
1997 Germany U20 World Cup 9th place 6th 0 2 2 4th
1997 Germany WM 11th place 8th 2 0 2 6th
1998 Germany Olympia 9th place 4th 1 0 1 6th
1998 Germany WM 11th place 6th 1 1 2 2
2002 Germany Olympia 8th place 4th 1 1 2 2
2004 Germany WM 9th place 6th 3 0 3 4th
2004 Germany World cup 8th place 4th 1 0 1 2
2005 Germany WM 15th place 6th 3 1 4th 6th
2009 Germany WM 15th place 6th 1 0 1 4th
2010 Germany Olympia 11th place 4th 0 1 1 2
Juniors overall 36 15th 14th 29 80
Men overall 58 15th 6th 21st 44

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Hindelang: NHL star Jochen Hecht to Adler Mannheim? In: FAZ.net . July 21, 2001. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  2. ^ Ice hockey: Hecht ends NHL career and moves to Mannheim. In: Spiegel Online . April 27, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Benjamin Knaack: Prelude in the DEL: A pike among eagles. In: Spiegel Online . September 13, 2013, accessed July 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Del: Officially - Jochen Hecht takes off his hat! In: hockeyweb.de. July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  5. ↑ ADLER Mannheim. (No longer available online.) In: adler-mannheim.de. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016 ; Retrieved August 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / adler-mannheim.de
  6. ^ German Ice Hockey Federation: National team: Two debutants at the Germany Cup. In: deb-online.de. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Ex-NHL star: Hecht becomes assistant coach of Adler Mannheim. In: rp-online.de. July 25, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  8. ↑ https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2018/05/04/co-trainer-jochen-hecht-verlaesst-die-adler-mannheim-vorerst.html
  9. ^ Marc Heinrich: From the shark pool to the ice hockey world championship. In: FAZ.net . April 22, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pike, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim