Josef Hrabal

Josef Hrabal
Date of birth	17th August 1985
place of birth	Přerov , Czechoslovakia
size	185 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	defender
number	# 97
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 8th lap, 248th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 2006	Vsetínská hokejová
2006-2008	Severstal Cherepovets
2008-2009	Springfield Falcons Stockton Thunder MODO Hockey
since 2009	HC Oceláři Třinec

Josef Hrabal (born August 17, 1985 in Přerov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech extra league since 2009 .

Career

Josef Hrabal began his career in the Vsetínská hokejová youth team , for whose U18 juniors he played in the U18 extra league from 1999. In 2001 he was accepted into the club's U20 team. During the 2002/03 season he made his debut at the age of 17 for the club's professional team in the Czech Extra League . At the same time, he continued to play for the juniors, but increased his stakes from year to year before he was a permanent member of the men's team from 2005. During the 2006/07 season Hrabal was committed by Severstal Tscherepowez from the Russian Super League , for which he was active until 2008 and completed 81 games. He convinced the athletic management of his draft franchise Edmonton Oilers to bring him to North America. There he was with the farm teams of the Oilers, the Springfield Falcons from the American Hockey League and the Stockton Thunder from the ECHL . Shortly before the end of the transition period, he returned to Europe and played six games for MODO Hockey . In August 2009 he was signed by HC Oceláři Třinec , with whom he won the Czech championship at the end of the 2010/11 season . He contributed to this success with 12 scorer points in the playoffs. In addition, with a plus / minus value of +13, he had the best rating of all players in the playoffs.

International

Josef Hrabal played for the young national teams of the respective age groups from 2001, but was never nominated for a major international tournament. From 2006 he took part in courses, friendly matches and the Euro Hockey Tour with the men's national team and has so far completed 17 international matches.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
AHL regular season	1	17th	0	1	1	14th
Super league main round	2	76	6th	14th	20th	97
Super League Playoffs	2	13	0	2	2	14th
Extraliga main round	2	192	14th	38	52	162
Extraliga playoffs	2	21st	3	10	13	18th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Josef Hrabal at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Josef Hrabal at hockeydb.com (English)
• Josef Hrabal at hcocelari.cz