Marcel Melicherčík

Slovakia Marcel Melicherčík


Date of birth	December 20, 1986
place of birth	Poprad , Czechoslovakia
size	188 cm
Weight	80 kg

position	goalkeeper
number	# 92
Shot hand	Left

Career stations

until 2006	HK Poprad
2006-2007	BK Mladá Boleslav
2007–2012	HK Poprad
2012-2013	HC Sparta Prague
2013-2014	Bílí Tygři Liberec
2014-2016	HC Košice
2016-2017	HC Bolzano
2017-2018	Heilbronn falcon
2018-2019	Kassel Huskies
2019	Grizzlies Wolfsburg

Marcel Melicherčík (born December 20, 1986 in Poprad ) is a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper who was last under contract with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the German ice hockey league .

Career

Melicherčík began his career in the youth teams of the HK Poprad and made his debut in the 2005/06 season for the fighting team in the Slovak Extra League . He stayed in Poprad until 2012 and completed the last two seasons as the first goalkeeper. In the summer of 2012 he was signed by HC Lev Prague for the Continental Hockey League , but could not prevail and instead completed two seasons in the Czech Extra League . In 2014 he returned to Slovakia and played for HC Košice . With this he was able to celebrate the Slovak championship title in 2015 , although Alexandr Hylák took over the position as the first goalkeeper in the playoffs .

Melicherčík has so far also played two games for the Slovak national team , but was not used in tournaments.

In the summer of 2016 he was signed by the EBEL Club HC Bozen as the first goalkeeper and was one of the top performers in the 2016/17 season. His current contract with HCB was terminated at the end of October 2017. In December 2017, the Heilbronn falcons signed Melicherčík until the end of the 2017/2018 season.

Then he was under contract with the Kassel Huskies before he was given to the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in February 2019 in exchange for Gerald Kuhn .

Achievements and Awards

2015: Slovak champion with HC Košice
2014/15 and 2015/16: Best goals against goals against in the Slovak Extra League

Career statistics

			Regular season											Play-offs / play-downs
season	team	league	SP	MIN	GA	ATM	SO-CALLED	SVS	SVS%	SO	S.	N	NNV	SP	MIN	GA	ATM	SO-CALLED	SVS	SVS%	SO	S.	N	NNV
2003/04	HK Poprad U18	U18, SVK	33
	HK Poprad U20	U20, SVK	2											2
2004/05	HK Poprad U20	U20, SVK	36	1992	77	2.32	886	809	91.31	2	23	9	6th	6th	344	16	2.79	142	126	88.73	1	3	2	1
2005/06	HK Poprad U20	U20, SVK	32	1417	65	2.75	696	631	90.66	2	15th	14th	3	7th	333	16	2.88	199	183	91.96	0	3	4th	0
	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	2	49	1	1.24	25th	24	96.00	0	1	1	0
2006/07	BK Mladá Boleslav U20	U20, CZE	6th
	HC Melník	2nd league, CZE	1	65	1	0.92	-	-	-	0	0	0	1
2007/08	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	15th	674	27	2.40	369	342	92.68	2	8th	7th	0
2008/09	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	12	513	23	2.69	268	245	91.42	0	4th	8th	0	5	275	9	1.96	96	87	90.63	0	4th	1	0
2009/10	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	8th	485	17th	2.10	300	283	94.33	2	5	2	1
	MHK Kežmarok	1st league (SVK)	12	696	30th	2.58	372	342	91.94	1	7th	4th	1
2010/11	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	53	3015	110	2.19	1328	1218	91.72	5	34	13	6th	8th	332	12	2.17	195	183	93.85	0	3	4th	1
2011/12	HK Poprad	Extraliga (SVK)	48	2820	130	2.77	1680	1550	92.26	5	33	16	5	6th	364	17th	2.80	183	166	90.71	0	2	3	1
2012/13	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga (CZE)	9	496	19th	2.30	218	199	91.28	1	7th	2	0	4th	234	15th	3.85	138	123	89.13	0	2	2	0
	HC Litomerice	1st League (CZE)	10	608	20th	1.97	331	311	93.96	1	6th	4th	0	3	180	9	3.00	111	102	91.89	0	1	2	0
2013/14	Bílí Tygri Liberec	Extraliga (CZE)	30th	1689	73	2.59	808	735	90.97	4th	14th	16	0
	HC Benatky nad Jizerou	1st League (CZE)	4th	250	9	2.16	118	109	92.37	1	1	3	0
2014/15	HC Košice	Extraliga (SVK)	38	2086	65	1.87	897	832	92.75	9	28	7th	2	1	34	4th	7.05	15th	11	73.33	0	1	0	0
2015/16	HC Košice	Extraliga (SVK)	27	1838	53	1.73	699	646	92.42	2	22nd	6th	3	5	309	12	2.33	116	104	89.66	0	2	3	0
2016/17	HC Bolzano	EBEL	46	2757	138	3.00	1340	1202	89.70	3

( 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

Commons : Marcel Melicherčík - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Marcel Melicherčík at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Bolzano has found its number one for the new season , report on hockeyfans.at from August 19, 2016
↑ Goalie change at HCB Südtirol - Marcel Melichercik out - Matt Climie in. In: sportreport.biz. October 30, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
↑ Heilbronner-falken.de, Hare leaves Falken - Melichercik is coming , accessed on December 6, 2017
↑ Kassel Huskies pick up Jerry Kuhn from Wolfsburg and give Marcel Melichercik to the Grizzlys. In: eishockeynews .de. February 12, 2019, accessed February 12, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Melicherčík, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Melichercik, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Poprad , Czechoslovakia

[1] Bolzano has found its number one for the new season , report on hockeyfans.at from August 19, 2016

[sportrep-171030-2] Goalie change at HCB Südtirol - Marcel Melichercik out - Matt Climie in. In: sportreport.biz. October 30, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .

[3] Heilbronner-falken.de, Hare leaves Falken - Melichercik is coming , accessed on December 6, 2017

[eishocke-190211-4] Kassel Huskies pick up Jerry Kuhn from Wolfsburg and give Marcel Melichercik to the Grizzlys. In: eishockeynews .de. February 12, 2019, accessed February 12, 2019 .