Kévin Hecquefeuille Explained

Kévin Hecquefeuille
Birth Date:20 November 1984
Birth Place:Amiens, France
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:185
Position:Defenseman
Shoots:Right
Played For:Scorpions de Mulhouse
Gothiques d'Amiens
Brûleurs de Loups
Nybro Vikings
Kölner Haie
Genève-Servette HC
Karlskrona HK
SCL Tigers
EHC Kloten
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Ntl Team:France
Career Start:2002
Career End:2022

Kévin Hecquefeuille (born 20 November 1984) is a French ice hockey coach for Scorpions de Mulhouse in the French Ligue Magnus. He previously played as a defenseman, in a career that lasted from 2002 to 2022. Internationally Hecquefeuille played for the French national team in multiple World Championships.

Career

Hecquefeuille played the majority of his early career in the French Ligue Magnus for Les Gothiques d'Amiens and Les Brûleurs de Loups. In 2003, Kévin won the Jean-Pierre Graff Trophy as the best rookie in the Ligue Magnus.

Beginning in 2008, he took his game abroad, playing in countries like Sweden (Nybro Vikings IF, Karlskrona HK), Germany (Kölner Haie),[1] and Switzerland (Genève-Servette HC,[2] SCL Tigers[3]) in the following years. He worked out with the Vienna Capitals[4] in November 2016, but left the Austrian club after four days for personal reasons.[5]

On 18 December 2016 he was offered a PTO by EHC Kloten of the National League A (NLA) and was then signed to a short-term contract as a replacement for injured Bobby Sanguinetti. He left Kloten when his contract expired in January 2017.[6]

On 24 January 2017 he joined HC La Chaux-de-Fonds for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.

He also played 19 years for the French national team.

He retired from playing in 2022, and on 28 March 2022 became the coach of Scorpions de Mulhouse.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2002–03Gothiques d'AmiensFRA24 6 6 12 18
2003–04Gothiques d'AmiensFRA-22 1 2 3 4
2003–04Gothiques d'AmiensFRA22 1 4 5 1410 1 3 4 10
2004–05Brûleurs de LoupsFRA28 4 7 11 1612 1 0 1 4
2005–06Brûleurs de LoupsFRA22 4 14 18 167 1 3 4 16
2006–07Brûleurs de LoupsFRA26 10 17 27 30 12 4 3 7 42
2007–08Brûleurs de LoupsFRA26 10 12 22 306 2 1 3 4
2008–09Nybro VikingsSWE-241 7 11 18 54
2009–10Kölner HaieDEL51 5 11 16 573 0 1 1 2
2010–11Gothiques d'AmiensFRA26 3 24 27 609 6 5 11 24
2011–12Genève-Servette HCNLA20 0 6 6 12
2011–12Lausanne HCNLB1 0 0 0 0
2012–13Genève-Servette HCNLA21 3 5 8 10
2012–13Karlskrona HKSWE-224 4 15 19 20
2013–14Gothiques d'AmiensFRA1 0 0 0 0
2013–14SCL TigersNLB34 8 14 22 1412 1 6 7 6
2014–15SCL TigersNLB31 9 16 25 2615 7 8 15 26
2015–16SCL TigersNLA31 6 7 13 16
2016–17Gothiques d'AmiensFRA5 0 5 5 6
2016–17EHC KlotenNLA11 1 1 2 8
2016–17HC La Chaux-de-FondsNLB6 2 3 5 610 2 11 13 18
2017–18Scorpions de MulhouseFRA39 6 22 28 73
2017–18IK PanternSWE-26 0 1 1 2
2018–19Scorpions de MulhouseFRA43 8 25 33 56
2019–20Scorpions de MulhouseFRA23 4 13 17 187 1 3 4 0
2020–21Scorpions de MulhouseFRA21 3 8 11 18
2021–22Scorpions de MulhouseFRA44 4 12 16 38
FRA totals350 63 169 232 39775 16 25 41 108

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
2001FranceU18-DII3 1 2 3 4
2002FranceU18-DII5 4 5 9 6
2003FranceWJC-DI5 0 1 1 4
2004FranceWJC-DI5 2 1 3 2
2005FranceWC-DI5 1 1 2 8
2006FranceWC-DI5 3 1 4 6
2007FranceWC-DI5 0 0 0 4
2008FranceWC5 0 0 0 4
2009FranceWC6 1 1 2 8
2010FranceWC6 0 1 1 6
2011FranceWC6 1 3 4 4
2012FranceWC7 3 1 4 4
2013FranceWC7 1 2 3 2
2015FranceWC7 1 2 3 6
2017FranceWC7 0 0 0 2
2018FranceWC7 0 4 4 2
2019FranceWC7 0 3 3 2
Junior totals18 7 9 16 16
Senior totals80 11 19 30 58

Notes and References

  1. News: Haie nehmen Hecquefeuille unter Vertrag. BILD.de. 2016-11-13.
  2. News: Kévin Hecquefeuille a mis McSorley en colère. Le Matin. 4 November 2012.
  3. News: Leader Hecquefeuille kämpft um einen Vertrag. Berner Zeitung. 2016-11-13.
  4. Web site: Geballte Erfahrung! Caps verpflichten Kevin Hecquefeuille! - UPC Vienna Capitals. www.vienna-capitals.at. 2016-11-13.
  5. Web site: Die Spannung steigt! Noch 45 Minuten bis... - EV Vienna Capitals Facebook. www.facebook.com. 2016-11-19.
  6. Web site: MM_Genoway - EHC Kloten. EHC Kloten. de-DE. 2017-01-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118150315/http://www.ehc-kloten.ch/news/nl-a/news-berichte/mm_genoway/. 2017-01-18.