András Benk

The native form of this personal name is Benk András. This article uses the Western name order.
Born September 3, 1987 (1987-09-03) (age 24)
Budapest, Hungary
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Left Winger
Shoots Left
EBEL team
Former teams		 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
Huddinge IK
National team  Hungary
Playing career 2005–present

András Benk (born September 3, 1987) is a Hungarian professional ice hockey winger who plays for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Hockey League.[1]

He was member of the Hungarian national team which won promotion to the top division World Championship in 2008 after seventy years of absence.[2] Benk also made into the team in the next year, however, just in his second match of the championship, following a hit by Scottie Upshall, he suffered a broken collar bone and had to sit out the rest of the tournament.[3]

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Career statistics

Austrian Hockey League

Seasons GP Goals Assists Pts PIM
Regular season 4 188 6 20 26 91
Playoffs 1 5 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "András Benk Profile". Eurohockey.net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=39823. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Hungary back after 70 years!". International Ice Hockey Federation (iihf.info). 19 April 2008. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/2/article/hungary-back-after-70-years.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1207000800&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2591999&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=c6a81a2897. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Wyshynski, Greg (27 April 2009). "Video: Upshall's suspension, the future of open-ice hits in NHL?". Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com). http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Upshall-s-suspension-the-future-of-open-?urn=nhl-159274. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 

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