Jiří Bicek

Jiří Bicek (born December 3, 1978) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils between 2000 and 2004, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2003. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1995 to 2018, was mainly spent in Europe. Internationally Bicek played for the Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the 1997 and 2009 World Championships.

Jiří Bicek
Bicek in 2006
Born (1978-12-03) December 3, 1978
Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
NHL Draft 131st overall, 1997
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 19952018

Playing career

Bicek was drafted 131st overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He then proceeded to play 7 pro seasons in North America, mostly playing for the Albany River Rats of the AHL. In 423 games in Albany, Bicek scored 75 goals and 167 assists for 242 points. In those last four seasons, he was called up to the Devils sporadically. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Bicek returned to Slovakia to play for HC Košice. He played 54 games there and scored 18 goals and 41 points. In 62 career NHL games, Bicek has scored 6 goals and 7 assists for 13 points. He won a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the Devils.

During the 2006–2007 season he played for Swedish team Brynäs IF and Finnish KalPa before moved 2008 to JYP in the SM-Liiga, he joined to end of the year 2008 to EHC Biel.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1994–95 HC Košice U20 SVK U20 4238367418
1995–96 HC Košice U20 SVK U20 91282014
1995–96 HC Košice SVK 3010152516 92460
1996–97 HC Košice SVK 4411142520 7134
1997–98 Albany River Rats AHL 5010102022 131674
1998–99 Albany River Rats AHL 79154560102 52242
1999–00 Albany River Rats AHL 807364351 40220
2000–01 New Jersey Devils NHL 51014
2000–01 Albany River Rats AHL 7312294173
2001–02 New Jersey Devils NHL 10000
2001–02 Albany River Rats AHL 6215193445
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 44561125 50000
2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 244101428
2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 120110 20000
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 5512183037
2004–05 HC Košice SVK 5418234169 1068144
2005–06 Leksands IF SWE 5016122848
2006–07 HC Košice SVK 143588
2006–07 Brynäs IF SWE 35891734 621339
2007–08 KalPa FIN 3513142732
2008–09 JYP FIN 33781516
2008–09 EHC Biel NLA 151454
2009–10 Södertälje SK SWE 4452722
2010–11 HC Prešov SVK-2 20110
2010–11 HC Kladno CZE 3510102024
2011–12 Rytíři Kladno CZE 5013122522 31230
2012–13 Rytíři Kladno CZE 172244
2012–13 HC Karlovy Vary CZE 25410142
2013–14 HC Košice SVK 5214142820 171564
2014–15 HC Košice SVK 4613102314 176394
2015–16 HC Košice SVK 4713274010 100440
2016–17 HC Košice SVK 5415183312 61124
2017–18 HC Košice SVK 40000
SVK totals 34597126223169 7617284516
NHL totals 62671329 70000

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1995 Slovakia EJC-B 56170
1996 Slovakia EJC 513418
1996 Slovakia WJC 62574
1997 Slovakia WJC 62134
1997 Slovakia WC 81014
2009 Slovakia WC 60002
Junior totals 2211102126
Senior totals 141016

Awards

References

  1. "EHCB verpflichtet Jiří Bicek" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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