Jochen Hecht

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Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
199 lb (90 kg/14 st 3 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Buffalo Sabres
St. Louis Blues
Edmonton Oilers
Adler Mannheim
Nationality Flag of Germany Germany
Born June 21, 1977 (1977-06-21) (age 30),
Mannheim, West Germany
NHL Draft 49th overall, 1995
St. Louis Blues
Pro career 1998 – present

Jochen Hecht (born June 21, 1977 in Mannheim, West Germany) is a forward for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He is one of the few German-born players in the league.

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[edit] Player History

The St. Louis Blues selected Hecht in the second round, 49th overall, of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft from Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. Hecht played two full seasons for the Blues, compiling 32 goals and 46 assists before being dealt, along with Marty Reasoner and Jan Horacek, to the Edmonton Oilers for Doug Weight and Michel Riesen on July 1, 2001.

After appearing in a full season with the Oilers, Hecht was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 31st and 36th picks in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Hecht appeared in four games with team Germany at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He scored a goal and an assist as Germany finished eighth. He had been named to the team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy however he was injured in his last NHL game before the Olympic break and was unable to play.

[edit] 2006–07 Season

Jochen Hecht had his most successful NHL season, in terms of points scored, in 2006–2007 with 56 points (19 goals, 37 assists).

[edit] 2007–08 Season

Hecht was chosen as the Captain for the month of October 2007 and later during February of 2008. He is the second German born player to captain an NHL team. Walt Tkaczuk was the first. The C will rotate each month. On October 16, 2007 Hecht agreed to a 4 year $14.1 million dollar contract, which will keep him in Buffalo until the 2011–2012 season.

Hecht scored his 300th career point on October 26, 2007 when he scored against Florida Panthers' goaltender Tomas Vokoun.

In the 2007–08 season he scored 22 goals and 26 assists for 48 points in 73 games played.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 St. Louis Blues NHL 63 13 21 34 28 7 4 6 10 0
2000–01 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 19 25 44 48 15 2 4 6 4
2001–02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 16 24 40 60 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Buffalo Sabres NHL 49 10 16 26 30 0 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Buffalo Sabres NHL 64 15 37 52 49 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 16 34 50 151 14 10 10 20 14
2005–06 Buffalo Sabres NHL 64 18 24 42 34 15 2 6 8 8
2006–07 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76 19 37 56 39 16 4 1 5 10
2007–08 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 22 27 49 38 0 0 0 0 0
NHL Totals 548 132 211 343 326 58 14 17 31 24

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