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Branislav Mezei
Slovak ice hockey player

Branislav Mezei

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Slovak ice hockey player
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Gender
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Place of birth
Nitra
Age
44 years
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Biography

Branislav Mezei (born October 8, 1980 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. Mezei is a defenceman currently with HK Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga. Mezei has previous played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers. Mezei also played for Barys Astana and HC Plzen of the KHL, and Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga. Mezei was a first-round pick of the Islanders in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, tenth overall.

Playing career

Mezei moved to Canada to play junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. Mezei played three seasons with the Bulls from 1997 until 2000. After his second season, he was drafted tenth-overall by the New York Islanders. He joined the Islanders organization in 2000. Mezei played two seasons in the Islanders organization, including 66 games with the Islanders, before being traded to the Florida Panthers in July 2002. He was a member of the Panthers from 2002 until 2008, playing a further 178 games.

During the 2004–05 lockout, Mezei played for Trinec Ocelari HC and HK Dukla Trenčín. In 2008, Mezei moved to Europe to play with Barys Astana of the KHL. He has since played for Espoo Blues, HC Plzen, HC Pardubice and Lev Poprad.

On August 31, 2014, Mezei remained in the KHL, signing with his fourth club, in Croatian based KHL Medveščak Zagreb on a one-year deal. After just 8 games with the Croatian club, Mezei was released mutually from his contract in order to return to his native Slovakia with HK Nitra on October 24, 2014.

International play

He has also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in Ice Hockey World Championships in 2001, 2004 and 2008.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1995–96HK NitraSlovak.20455101586
1996–97HK NitraSlovak.205272229114
1997–98Belleville BullsOHL533585880228
1998–99Belleville BullsOHL6051823901804429
1999–00Belleville BullsOHL587212899603310
2000–01New York IslandersNHL4214553
2000–01Lowell Lock MonstersAHL2003328
2001–02Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL5919101372001148
2001–02New York IslandersNHL2402212
2002–03Florida PanthersNHL1120210
2002–03San Antonio RampageAHL1000030000
2003–04Florida PanthersNHL4507780
2004–05HC Oceláři TřinecCzech4112368
2004–05HK Dukla TrenčínSlovak10112161212338
2005–06Florida PanthersNHL1601137
2006–07Florida PanthersNHL4503355
2007–08Florida PanthersNHL5722464
2008–09Barys AstanaKHL56551015130116
2009–10HC PlzeňCzech1900061
2009–10Espoo BluesSM-l3804412031234
2010–11HC PardubiceCzech516915118901116
2011–12HC Lev PopradKHL5331114117
2012–13Avtomobilist YekaterinburgKHL518132189
2013–14HC VityazKHL47448108
2014–15KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL800014
2014–15HK NitraSlovak4041014651202227
NHL totals24051924311

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1999SlovakiaWJC3rd, bronze medalist(s)60008
2000SlovakiaWJC9th71016
2001SlovakiaWC7th60002
2004SlovakiaWCH7th20000
2004SlovakiaWC4th90006
2008SlovakiaWC13th50008
2013SlovakiaWC8th70446
Junior totals1310114
Senior totals2904422

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