Martin Hanzal

Czech Republic Martin Hanzal


Date of birth	February 20, 1987
place of birth	České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia
size	197 cm
Weight	103 kg

position	center
number	# 19
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 1st round, 17th position Phoenix Coyotes

Career stations

until 2006	HC České Budějovice
2006	Omaha Lancers
2006-2007	Red Deer Rebels
2007-2017	Phoenix / Arizona Coyotes
2017	Minnesota Wild
since 2017	Dallas Stars

Martin Hanzal (born February 20, 1987 in České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League since July 2017 and plays for them in the position of the center .

Career

Hanzal in the jersey of the Coyotes (2013)

Martin Hanzal began his career in his hometown in the youth team of HC České Budějovice , where he played in all youth teams and from 2001 played in the U18 junior extra league. At the age of 16 he was promoted to the U20 team and also knew how to convince there. In the 2004/05 season he came to his first missions in the men's team of HC České Budějovice, which was playing in the second-class first division at that time . At the end of the season, his club rose to the extra league .

During the NHL Entry Draft 2005 Hanzal was selected in the first round in 17th place by the Phoenix Coyotes , but remained in the Czech Republic and made his debut on the first day of the 2005/06 season in the Extraliga against HC Rabat Kladno . In total, Hanzal was used 19 times in the Extraliga team, but he mostly had to play defensively. He also continued to play for the U20 juniors and played some games at BK Mladá Boleslav in the 1st division.

At the end of January 2006 he decided to move to North America due to his defensive focus in the Extraliga and stayed with the Omaha Lancers from the United States Hockey League until the end of the season . In the following season he went for the Red Deer Rebels in the Western Hockey League on the ice and was the top scorer of the Rebels with 85 points from 60 WHL games at the end of the season .

In the summer of 2007 he took part in both the rookie camp and the Coyotes training camp, where he knew how to convince with his style of play and his willingness to learn. Therefore, he got a place in the NHL squad of the Coyotes for the 2007/08 season and mostly played in the third attack formation. In his rookie season, Hanzal scored eight goals and 27 assists . As a result, the Czech established himself as a fixture in the Coyote squad.

After almost ten years and over 600 NHL appearances for the Coyotes, Hanzal was handed over to the Minnesota Wild in February 2017 along with Ryan White and a four-round vote in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Arizona Grayson Downing received a first-round vote in the same draft, a second-round vote in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, and a fourth-round vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft . Despite the commitment of Hanzal, the Wild failed in the first playoff round, which meant that the Czech only played 25 games for the team. In July 2017, he joined the Dallas Stars as a free agent , signing a three-year contract that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 4.75 million. However, he missed his first two seasons in Texas largely due to injuries.

International

Martin Hanzal has participated in five world championships in his career to date: he played for the U18 national team at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2005 , and then for the U20 team at the U20 Junior World Championships in 2006 and 2007 . For the men's national team, he took part in the 2008 and 2013 world championships. He also represented his home country at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

2005 champion of the 1st division and promotion to the extra division with HC České Budějovice
2005 All-Star Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
2007 WHL East Second All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	HC České Budějovice	U18 extra league	14th	4th	2	6th	2	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	HC České Budějovice	U18 extra league	47	24	30th	54	28	7th	1	3	4th	25th
2003/04	HC České Budějovice	U18 extra league	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	4th
2003/04	HC České Budějovice	U20 extra league	53	15th	7th	22nd	32	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HC České Budějovice	U20 extra league	37	22nd	22nd	44	80	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HC České Budějovice	1st League	15th	1	2	3	2	6th	0	0	0	6th
2005/06	HC České Budějovice	U20 extra league	7th	3	5	8th	20th	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HC České Budějovice	Extra league	19th	0	1	1	10	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	BK Mladá Boleslav	1st League	5	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Omaha Lancers	USHL	19th	4th	15th	19th	30th	5	1	0	1	4th
2006/07	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	60	26th	59	85	94	6th	2	7th	9	19th
2007/08	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	72	8th	27	35	28	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	74	11	20th	31	40	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	81	11	22nd	33	104	7th	0	3	3	10
2010/11	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	61	16	10	26th	54	4th	1	2	3	8th
2011/12	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	64	8th	26th	34	63	12	3	3	6th	29
2012/13	HC České Budějovice	Extra league	18th	8th	11	19th	73	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	39	11	12	23	24	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	65	15th	25th	40	73	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	37	8th	16	24	31	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	64	13	28	41	77	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	51	16	10	26th	43	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Minnesota Wild	NHL	20th	4th	9	13	10	5	1	0	1	0
2017/18	Dallas Stars	NHL	38	5	5	10	23	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Dallas Stars	NHL	7th	1	1	2	4th	-	-	-	-	-
U18 extra league overall			63	28	34	62	32	9	2	3	5	29
U20 extra league overall			97	40	34	74	132	-	-	-	-	-
1st league overall			20th	3	2	5	2	4th	0	0	0	2
Extraliga overall			37	8th	12	20th	83	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall			673	126	211	337	574	28	5	8th	13	47

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005	Czech Republic	U18 World Cup	4th Place	7th	4th	3	7th	10
2006	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	6th place	6th	0	2	2	4th
2007	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	5th place	6th	2	1	3	6th
2008	Czech Republic	WM	5th place	6th	0	3	3	8th
2013	Czech Republic	WM	7th place	8th	1	3	4th	2
2014	Czech Republic	Olympia	6th place	4th	0	1	1	4th
2016	Czech Republic	World cup	6th place	3	1	1	2	2
Juniors overall				19th	6th	6th	12	20th
Men overall				21st	2	8th	10	16

( 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

Commons : Martin Hanzal - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Dallas Stars website
Martin Hanzal at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ hokejcb.cz, profile - Martin Hanzal
↑ hockeysfuture.com, Profile - Martin Hanzal
↑ coyotes.nhl.com, One to Watch: Martin Hanzal , January 5, 2008, accessed June 4, 2013

Squad of the Dallas Stars in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Hanzal, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia

[1] .cz, profile - Martin Hanzal

[2] ysfuture.com, Profile - Martin Hanzal

[3] yotes.nhl.com, One to Watch: Martin Hanzal , January 5, 2008, accessed June 4, 2013