Martin Nečas

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Martin Nečas
Date of birth January 15, 1999
place of birth Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic
size 185 cm
Weight 76 kg
position center
number # 88
Shot hand Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2016 , 1st round, 10th position
HK tractor Chelyabinsk
NHL Entry Draft 2017 , 1st round, 12th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
until 2015 SKLH Žďár nad Sázavou
2015-2018 HC Kometa Brno
since 2017 Carolina Hurricanes
Charlotte Checkers

Martin Nečas (born January 15, 1999 in Nové Město na Moravě ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Carolina Hurricanes from the National Hockey League since July 2017 and for their farm team , the Charlotte Checkers , in the American Hockey League is used.

Career

The stage of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft as the Carolina Hurricanes selected Nečas .

Nečas spent his junior years at SKLH Žďár nad Sázavou . The striker played for the club until the 2014/15 season. At the age of 13 he made his debut in the club's U16 team. During the 2014/15 season, the attacker switched to the offspring of HC Kometa Brno . At the club based in the Czech extra league, Nečas went through the U16 and U18 teams. He finished the 2014/15 season as a top scorer in the U16 age group. In the following game year he led the U18 team as top scorer in the playoffs to win the Czech championship title. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season - he had previously been selected in the KHL Junior Draft 2016 in tenth place overall by the HK tractor Chelyabinsk - the 17-year-old made the leap into the professional team in Brno. He finished the season as the best newcomer to the league and won the Czech championship title with the team . In a total of 51 missions, he contributed 19 scorer points. These included eleven goals, four of which he scored in the playoffs.

In the summer of 2017, Nečas was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2017 as the twelfth player by the Carolina Hurricanes from the National Hockey League . The Czech was signed by the Hurricanes just a few weeks after the draft, completed the pre-season phase in North America and was on the ice for the first time in the NHL in Carolina's fourth game of the season. However, this should remain his only appearance in the 2017/18 NHL season , as the management decided to send the center forward back to his Czech homeland for further development. There he ran on loan again for Kometa Brno. With the club successfully defended the title of the Czech championship. In addition, Nečas was recognized as the most valuable player in the Extraliga after he had been involved in 26 goals in 38 appearances.

At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Nečas switched permanently to the organization of the Hurricanes, where he also initially worked for their farm team , the Charlotte Checkers , in the American Hockey League (AHL). With the Checkers he won the Calder Cup at the end of the season .

International

For his home country, Nečas was on the ice in the junior division at numerous international tournaments. The striker made his first appearance at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2015 , in which the Czech Republic took seventh place. At the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2016 a few months later, Nečas led his team as team captain to win the tournament for the first time. Furthermore, in 2017 he played in both the U20 Junior World Championship and the U18 Junior World Championship , but without making it into the medal ranks. At the U20 Junior World Championship 2018 , the attacker and the team took fourth place. He himself was the top scorer of his team and scored as many points as tournament top scorer Casey Mittelstadt . His eight assists, however, were the single most of the competition.

Nečas made his debut for the Czech national team as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2017/18 . This was followed by participation in the 2018 World Cup in Denmark . At the turn of the year 2018/19 he took part in the U20 World Junior Championship 2019 .

Achievements and Awards

International

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
2013/14 SKLH Žďár nad Sázavou U16 extra league 36 29 29 58 14th - - - - -
2014/15 SKLH Žďár nad Sázavou U16 extra league 25th 24 47 71 10 - - - - -
2014/15 HC Kometa Brno U16 extra league 9 8th 12 20th 4th 4th 4th 5 9 2
2014/15 HC Kometa Brno U18 extra league 4th 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
2015/16 HC Kometa Brno U18 extra league 18th 9 21st 30th 14th 10 4th 11 15th 6th
2016/17 HC Kometa Brno U20 extra league 1 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
2016/17 HC Kometa Brno Extra league 41 7th 8th 15th 6th 10 4th 0 4th 8th
2016/17 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 1st League - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
2017/18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2017/18 HC Kometa Brno Extra league 24 9 8th 17th 6th 14th 4th 5 9 6th
2018/19 Charlotte Checkers AHL 64 16 36 52 36 18th 5 8th 13 6th
2018/19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 7th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
U16-Extraliga overall 70 61 88 149 28 4th 4th 5 9 2
U18 extra league overall 22nd 10 23 33 18th 10 4th 11 15th 6th
Extraliga overall 65 16 16 32 12 24 8th 5 13 14th
AHL total 64 16 36 52 36 18th 5 8th 13 6th
NHL overall 8th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -

International

Nečas in the jersey of the Czech U20 national team

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2015 Czech Republic U17-WHC 7th place 5 4th 1 5 4th
2016 Czech Republic HIMT 1st place, gold 5 2 4th 6th 2
2017 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 5 1 2 3 2
2017 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 7th place 5 0 3 3 4th
2018 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 8th 11 0
2018 Czech Republic WM 7th place 7th 3 2 5 0
2019 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th place 5 1 3 4th 18th
Juniors overall 31 11 21st 32 30th
Men overall 7th 3 2 5 0

( 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 )

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