Jan Benda
Born (1972-04-28) 28 April 1972
Reet, Belgium
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for EHC München
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
BK Mladá Boleslav
Slavia Praha
HC Plzeň 1929
HC Litvínov
HC Chemopetrol
HC Hamé Zlín
Khimik Voskresensk
Severstal Cherepovets
Ak Bars Kazan
Jokerit
Ässät
Sparta Praha
Hedos München
EHC Freiburg
National team  Germany
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19922018

Jan Benda (born 28 April 1972) is a Belgian-born German ice hockey coach and retired player. He played nine games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1997–98 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2018, was mainly spent in various European leagues. Internationally Bends played for the German national team at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics, and nine World Championships.[1]

Career

Born in Belgium to Czech parents, Benda started his career in the OHL with the Oshawa Generals, where he played with future NHL stars such as Eric Lindros, Jason Arnott, and Stephane Yelle. In his final year with the Generals, he would finish with 35 points in 61 games. After playing 2 seasons in Germany, Benda would return to North America for the 1994-95 ECHL season to play for the Richmond Renegades. He would finish the season with 60 points in 62 games, which ranked fifth on the team that season. That season, he also briefly played for the Binghamton Rangers, the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. The next two seasons, Benda would play for HC Sparta Praha.

Benda would later return to North America for the 1997-98 season, where he was assigned to the Washington Capitals AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates. He was later recalled to play for the Capitals, where he would score three assists in nine games. Upon completion of the 1997-98 season, Benda would return to Europe. He would play the next three seasons in the Finnish SM-Liiga, where he would lead his team in points during the 1998-99 season (with Porin Ässät) and in 1999-00 (with Jokerit). Benda would leave Finland in 2001 to sign with Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Superleague. He would spend the next three seasons in Kazan and would split his final year between Khimik Voskresensk and Severstal Cherepovets.

Benda played in the Czech Republic for BK Mladá Boleslav, whom he joined in 2008 where he was the captain. Before joining BK Mladá Boleslav, he had played with HC Litvínov from 2006 to 2008.

Benda represented Germany at the 2002 World Championships, the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and the Winter Olympics in 1994, 1998, and 2002.

Benda played for HC Plzeň 1929 and scored 35 points in 51 regular season games during the 2009-10 season.

In 2011, he returned to Germany, joining the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on a short-term deal, before signing with EHC München for the remainder of the 2011-12 season.[2]

He then spent the 2012-13 campaign with the Dresdner Eislöwen in Germany's second-tier league DEL2.[3]

The 2014–15 season saw Benda score 10 goals and dish 29 assists in 42 games for Deggendorf Fire in the German Oberliga. For the 2015–16 season, he moved to ECDC Memmingen, a member of the Bayernliga in Germany. Along with his playing duties he served as a coach in the club's youth program. When ECDC head coach Alexander Wedl was sacked in January 2016, Benda took over head coaching duties on an interim basis.[4] His playing career ended in June 2018 at age 46.[5]

Following his playing days, Benda worked for ECDC Memmingen as an assistant coach and youth coach.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1988–89 Henry Carr Crusaders MetJHL 1803322
1989–90 Oshawa Legionnaires MetJHL 44508013024
1989–90 Oshawa Generals OHL 10110
1990–91 Oshawa Generals OHL 514111564 1624619
1991–92 Oshawa Generals OHL 6112233568 711212
1992–93 EHC Freiburg GER 416111749
1993–94 Hedos München GER 4316112767 1032521
1994–95 Binghamton Rangers AHL 40000
1994–95 Richmond Renegades ECHL 62213960187 17851330
1995–96 ESC Moskitos Essen GER-2 21016
1995–96 HC Slavia Praha CZE 247142124 716733
1996–97 HC Sparta Praha CZE 447212874 1011214
1997–98 Washington Capitals NHL 90336
1997–98 Portland Pirates AHL 6225295490 80776
1997–98 HC Sparta Praha CZE 30114
1998–99 Ässät SM-l 52212243139
1999–2000 Jokerit SM-l 5219284799 1124616
2000–01 Jokerit SM-l 5218264456 50116
2001–02 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 338122061 1125740
2002–03 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 5114243868 52026
2003–04 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 564172174 51016
2004–05 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 34461032
2004–05 Khimik Voskresensk RSL 19281020
2005–06 HC Chemopetrol CZE 4413223554
2005–06 HC Hamé Zlín CZE 634714 612310
2006–07 HC Chemopetrol CZE 4510162677
2007–08 HC Litvínov CZE 4510142450
2008–09 BK Mladá Boleslav CZE 518172556
2009–10 HC Plzeň 1929 CZE 516293565 60220
2010–11 KLH Chomutov CZE-2 23381132
2010–11 HC Slavia Praha CZE 111348
2010–11 BK Mladá Boleslav cZE 81128
2011–12 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 171232
2011–12 EHC München DEL 3114514
2012–13 Dresdner Eislöwen GER-2 472111360
2013–14 Deggendorf Fire GER-3 4210293934
2014–15 Deggendorfer SC GER-3 419273622 40002
2015–16 ECDC Memmingen GER-4 3411374812 40332
2016–17 ECDC Memmingen GER-4 21833418 21122
2017–18 ECDC Memmingen GER-3 1518910
CZE totals 33266142208434 293111457
NHL totals 90336

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1994 Germany OLY 80116
1994 Germany WC 500024
1996 Germany WC 612333
1996 Germany WCH 42130
1997 Germany OLY-Q 32022
1997 Germany WC 802218
1998 Germany OLY 43038
1999 Germany WC B 715616
2000 Germany OLY-Q 32136
2001 Germany OGQ 30000
2001 Germany WC 70114
2002 Germany OLY 71012
2002 Germany WC 717814
2003 Germany WC 61234
2004 Germany WC 62020
2005 Germany WC 613427
Senior totals 90172441164

References

  1. "Jan Benda Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. "Jan Benda ist ein bunter Hund". ‚‘derwesten.de". 23 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. "Statistik Jan Benda". ‚‘Rodi-DB". 26 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. "ECDC Memmingen trennt sich von Coach Alexander Wedl". ‚‘memmingen-sind-wir.de". 6 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. Franz, Michael (11 June 2018). "Ein Großer verlässt das Eis: Jan Benda beendet seine Spielerkarriere". www.memmingen-indians.de (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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