Szilárd Rokaly

Szilárd Rokaly
Date of birth	May 9, 1998
place of birth	Gheorgheni , Romania
size	179 cm
Weight	69 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2012-2013	Progym Gheorgheni
2013-2015	HSC Csíkszereda
2015-2017	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
since 2017	HSC Csíkszereda

Szilárd Rokaly (born May 9, 1998 in Gheorgheni ) is a Romanian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HSC Csíkszereda in the MOL league since 2017 . His older brother Norbert is also a Romanian national player.

Career

Club

Szilárd Rokaly, who belongs to the Hungarian-speaking Szekler minority in Romania , began his career in the youth department of Progym Gheorgheni in his hometown of Transylvania. In 2013 he moved to HSC Csíkszereda , the traditional club of the Szekler, for which he played in both the Romanian and Hungarian U18 leagues. After two years there, he joined the Hungarian top club Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , for whose U20 team he plays in the Erste Bank Young Stars League . In the 2016/17 season he also made his first appearances in the second men's team of Alba Volán in the multinational MOL league . In 2017 he returned to HSC Csíkszereda in Miercurea Ciuc and plays with the club in the MOL league, with which he became Romanian champion and cup winner in 2018 .

International

Rokaly plays internationally in contrast to other Szeklers who compete for Hungary , for his native Romania . He was already active internationally in the junior sector: He made his debut at the U18 World Cup in 2014 in Division II, in which he also played in 2015 , when he was voted the best player of his team as the tournament's top scorer, and in 2016 . In the U20 area, he played at the 2016 World Championships when he and his brother Norbert had the second best plus / minus balance of the tournament behind the Serb Ivan Glavonjić , in 2017 when he and the Lithuanian Dominik Bogdziul were the third-best scorer behind his compatriots Emilijus Krakauskas and Ilja Četvertak , who together with his compatriot Támas Részeg and Japanese Atsuki Ikeda scored the third-most goals after Krakauskas and the Estonian Wladimir Nestertsuk , and in 2018 , when he was voted the best player of his team, also in Division II In 2016 as well as 2017 and 2018 he was the team captain of the Romanian U20 selection.

Rokaly made his debut in the men's national team at the World Cup of Division II in 2017 , when he was promoted to Division I with the Romanians.

Achievements and Awards

• 2018 Romanian champion and cup winner with the HSC Csíkszereda

International

• 2015 Promotion to Division II, Group A at the U18 World Cup, Division II, Group B
• 2015 top scorer at the U18 World Cup in Division II, Group B
• 2016 Promotion to Division II, Group A at the U20 World Cup, Division II, Group B
• 2017 Promotion to Division I, Group B at the World Cup Division II, Group A
• 2019 Promotion to Division I, Group A at the World Championship of Division I, Group B

MOL league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	37	10	18th	28	0
Playoffs	1	4th	0	6th	6th	0

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Szilárd Rokaly at eliteprospects.com (English)