Matej Hočevar

Matej Hočevar
Date of birth	April 30, 1982
place of birth	Ljubljana , SR Slovenia
size	178 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 14
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 2002	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2002-2005	HK Slavija Ljubljana
2005–2017 (?)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

Matej Hočevar (born April 30, 1982 in Ljubljana , at the time: SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who was last under contract with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana .

Career

Matej Hočevar began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , for whose professional team he was active in the Slovenian ice hockey league from 2000 to 2002 . He was in the seasons 2000/01 and 2001/02 each Slovenian champion with his team. The winger then moved to city neighbor HK Slavija Ljubljana , for whom he played for three years before returning to HDD Olimpija in 2005. With the club he became Slovenian champions for the third time in the 2006/07 season . After the club was admitted to the Austrian ice hockey league for the 2007/08 season , the right-handed shooter and his team immediately became runner-up behind EC Red Bull Salzburg . In the following years he became a permanent fixture in the Olimpija EBEL team. He was also used in the playoffs of the Slovenian league and again Slovenian champions in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. In 2016, he also won the Slovenian cup competition with Olimpija .

International

For Slovenia , Hočevar took part in the junior division of the U18 World Championships in 1999 and 2000 in the European Division I and the U20 World Championships in 2001 in Division II and 2002 in Division I.

In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the 2009 and 2012 World Championships and the 2011 top division . He also represented his colors in qualifying for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games .

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2002 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2007 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2008 EBEL runner-up with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2012 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2013 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2014 Slovenian champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2016 Slovenian champion and cup winner with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

International

• 2001 Promotion to Division I at the U20 Junior World Championship of Division II
• 2012 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

ÖEHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	9	398	30th	57	87	237
Playoffs	3	23	2	1	3	26th

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

Commons : Matej Hočevar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matej Hočevar at hockeydb.com (English)
• Matej Hočevar at eliteprospects.com (English)