Kamil Brabenec (ice hockey)

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Kamil Brabenec
Born (1976-05-17) 17 May 1976 (age 49)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 19952022

Kamil Brabenec (born 17 May 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player whose position was left wing.

Brabenec played for HKm Zvolen, HC Kometa Brno, HC České Budějovice, HC Keramika Plzeň, Luleå HF, HC Vsetín and HC Egna. He won a Slovak Extraliga with HKm Zvolen (2012–13) and a Czech Extraliga with HC Kometa Brno (2016–17). [1] [2] Active for over 20 years, his career ended after a spell with the reserves of Kometa Brno, his hometown team, in 2022.

His father Kamil Brabenec Sr. was an international basketball player for Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 80s, [3] and his sister Andrea Brabencová  [ it ] and daughter Kristýna Brabencová  [ it ] also played that sport at a high level. [4] His son Jakub Brabenec is a hockey player who was drafted by NHL team Vegas Golden Knights in 2021. [5]

References

  1. Profile at HC Kometa Brno official website
  2. "Einen tschechischen Meister zieht es ins Unterland" (in German). 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. Brabenec Kamil, Menšíkova jedenáctka (in Czech)
  4. Doma mluvíme moravsky. Holky někdy nevěděly, co říkám, směje se Brabencová [We speak Moravian at home. The girls sometimes didn't know what I was saying, laughs Brabencová], Patrik El-Talabáni, deník.cz, 16 May 2018 (in Czech)
  5. VGK Sign Forward Jakub Brabenec to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract, Vegas Golden Knights / NHL.com, 10 December 2022