Position Centre Height 1.91 m Playing career Weight 95 kg | Name Radek Faksa Salary 832,500 USD (2015) Role Ice hockey player Shoots Left-handed | |
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Born January 9, 1994 (age 30)
Opava, Czech Republic ( 1994-01-09 ) NHL team (P)
Cur. team Dallas Stars
Texas Stars (AHL) NHL Draft 13th overall, 2012
Dallas Stars Current team Texas Stars (#29 / Centerman) Similar People Jamie Benn, Lindy Ruff, Ken Hitchcock | ||
2012 draft prospect radek faksa a hot commodity
Radek Faksa (born 9 January 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). In his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he was the League's leading rookie scorer whilst playing for the Kitchener Rangers. Faksa was drafted 13th overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
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- Amateur
- Professional
- International play
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Amateur
Faksa began his ice hockey career in his birth city of Opava, although at age 11, his single mother was struggling to fund his hockey career. Faksa and his family received an offer from HC Oceláři Třinec for Faksa to play in Třinec's system, whereupon the Faksas accepted the offer; Faksa moved alone to Třinec, where he lived by himself in a hotel paid for by his team until the age of 17.
Faksa was drafted 22nd in the CHL Import draft by the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
In his first season with the Rangers, in 2011–12, Faksa primarily played on the team's second line, scoring 29 goals and 37 assists for 66 points in 62 games in his first season of North American hockey. Faksa's draft stock rose throughout the season and he solidified himself as a top prospect, ranking fourth on the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's midterm ranking of North American skaters. He was then selected to participate in the 2012 CHL Top Prospects Game, where he won the “Showdown Breakaway Challenge” in the Top Prospects Skills Competition. Faksa finished the season as the rookie leading scorer in the OHL, also finishing second in voting for the Emms Family Award, awarded annually to the OHL's top first-year player; the Award ultimately went to 15-year-old defenceman Aaron Ekblad.
On 22 June 2012, Faksa was drafted 13th overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He was the first Czech taken in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft since Jakub Voráček's selection in 2007. In addition, Faksa was drafted seventh overall by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft.
On 10 January 2014, Faksa was traded by Kitchener to the Sudbury Wolves in exchange for fellow Czech Dominik Kubalík and two second-round draft picks.
Professional
On 6 July 2012, Faksa signed an entry-level contract with Dallas. Upon completing his junior career with Sudbury, on 3 April 2014, Faksa was reassigned by the Stars to their AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars.
Faksa scored his first NHL goal on 6 November 2015 in a victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
International play
Faksa competed for the Czech Republic at the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships, the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2016 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.