Jochen Hecht

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jochen Hecht
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1977(1977-06-21)
Age	47
Birthplace	Mannheim
Country	Germany
Birth City	Baden-Württemberg
Horoscope	Gemini

Jochen Hecht Biography

Jochen Hecht is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on June 21, 1977 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Jochen Thomas Hecht (born 21 June 1977) is a German hockey coach as well as an former professional hockey player. He was an assistant coach at Adler Mannheim until May 2018.

After playing a complete season in the Oilers, Hecht was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 31st and 36th selections during the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. As the Sabre, Hecht had his most prosperous NHL season with regards to points in 2006-07, scoring 56 points (19 goals 37 assists).

Hecht returned to the city of Mannheim with the Sabres to play against Adler in an exhibition game on 4 October 2011. Hecht, who was recovering from an injury and did not play, received a standing ovation upon skating onto the ice in pre-game practice.

After being injured in January 2012 with a concussion, Hecht missed the remainder of the season and ended the year as a free agent. Several months into the 2012–13 NHL lockout, and after consulting with German doctors (who determined that some of his symptoms were neck-related), he rejoined Adler, joining Sabres linemate Jason Pominville, who joined Adler as a lockout player. After the lockout ended, he re-signed with the Sabres to a one-year, $1 million deal.

Hecht was part of four games for Team Germany at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had a shot as well as an assist, as Germany placed eighth. He was named in the German team to compete at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He suffered an injury, however in his final NHL game prior to the Olympic break, and was unable to take part. He participated in the four World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Team Germany between 1994 and 1997. He also holds the record for the many games played during World Junior Ice Hockey Championships along with the Swiss’s Bjorn Christen.

Jochen Hecht Net Worth

Jochen Hecht is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jochen Hecht 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In his youth, Hecht played in the 1990 and 1991 Quebec International Pee Wee Hockey Tournaments, with the group from Baden-Wurttemberg.

The St. Louis Blues selected Hecht in the second round, 49th overall from 1995’s NHL Entry Draft from Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Hecht played for two full seasons with the Blues and scored scores of 32 assists and 44 goals prior to being traded along as Marty Reasoner and Jan Horacek by the Edmonton Oilers for Doug Weight and Michel Riesen on 1 July 2001.

Hecht was chosen as the captain for the month of October 2007 and later during February 2008. He is the second German-born player to captain an NHL team – Walt Tkaczuk was the first. The C was rotated monthly during the 2007–08 season. On 16 October 2007, Hecht agreed to a four-year, $14.1 million contract extension, which kept him in Buffalo until the 2011–12 season. Hecht scored his 300th career point on 26 October 2007, when he scored against Florida Panthers’ goaltender Tomáš Vokoun.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Jochen Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Jochen Hecht celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.