Branislav Mezei

Born on: October 8, 1980
Birth place: Nitra, Slovakia
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 5" (196 cm) | 247 lb (112 kg)

Drafted by: New York Islanders, 1. round (#10 overall), in 1999 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1999	Team Slovakia	U20 World Championship	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	18	1999	Belleville Bulls	OHL J. Ross Robertson Cup Champion	Belleville Bulls defeated London Knights 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	35	2016	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	HK Nitra defeated HC Banska Bystrica 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
	43	2024	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	HK Nitra defeated HK Spisska Nova Ves 4‑0 in a best of seven series.
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
OHL J. Ross Robertson Cup Championships
Slovak Extraliga Championships

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Feb 29, 2008	MIN @ FLA	(3-2)	0	0	0	0	1	16:54	14:13	0:00	2:41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 2, 2008	FLA @ NYI	(1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	9:02	9:02	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	3	3	0	0	0.00%
Mar 4, 2008	FLA @ BOS	(1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	11:12	10:20	0:00	0:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00%
Mar 16, 2008	ATL @ FLA	(1-3)	0	0	0	7	1	9:59	8:43	0:00	1:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 5, 2008	FLA @ WSH	(1-3)	0	0	0	2	-1	9:53	9:53	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	2	0	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1997‑98	Belleville Bulls	OHL	17	53	3	5	8	58	22	1	0	0
1998‑99	Belleville Bulls	OHL	18	60	5	18	23	90	44	0	2	0
1998‑99	Belleville Bulls	Memorial Cup	18	4	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
1998‑99	Team Slovakia U20		18	6	0	0	0	8	-3	0	0	0
1999‑00	Belleville Bulls	OHL	19	58	7	21	28	99	30	5	0	2
1999‑00	Team Slovakia U20		19	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	9.1
2000‑01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	20	20	0	3	3	28	0	0	0	0	0.0
2000‑01	New York Islanders	NHL	20	42	1	4	5	53	-5	0	0	0	3.4
2000‑01	Team Slovakia		20	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	New York Islanders	NHL	21	24	0	2	2	12	2	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	21	59	1	9	10	137	12	0	0	0	1.8
2002‑03	Florida Panthers	NHL	22	11	2	0	2	10	-2	0	0	1	20.0
2002‑03	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	Florida Panthers	NHL	23	45	0	7	7	80	-4	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	Team Slovakia		23	9	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0.0
2004‑05	HC Ocelari Trinec	ELH	24	41	1	2	3	68	-15	1	0	0
2004‑05	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovak ExtraLiga	24	10	1	1	2	16	3	1	0	0	7.1
2004‑05	Team Slovakia		24	9	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
2005‑06	Florida Panthers	NHL	25	16	0	1	1	37	3	0	0	0	0.0
2006‑07	Florida Panthers	NHL	26	45	0	3	3	55	5	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	Florida Panthers	NHL	27	57	2	2	4	64	-13	0	0	0	5.3
2007‑08	Team Slovakia		27	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	Barys Astana	KHL	28	56	5	5	10	151	-12	1	0	2	9.4
2009‑10	HC Plzen	ELH	29	19	0	0	0	61	-10	0	0	0
2009‑10	Blues Espoo	SM-Liiga	29	38	0	4	4	120	-6	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	HC Pardubice	ELH	30	51	6	9	15	118	-7	0	0	1
2010‑11	Team Slovakia		30	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.0
2011‑12	Lev Poprad	KHL	31	53	3	10	13	117	-6	1	1	0	4.7
2012‑13	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	32	51	8	13	21	89	-21	7	0	0	6.9
2012‑13	Team Slovakia		32	19	0	5	5	20	3	0	0	0	0.0
2013‑14	Vityaz Chekhov	KHL	33	47	4	4	8	108	-4	2	0	0	5.1
2013‑14	Team Slovakia		33	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2014‑15	Medvescak Zagreb	KHL	34	8	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0
2014‑15	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	34	40	4	10	14	65	10	1	0	1	5.4
2015‑16	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	35	43	4	7	11	54	10	1	1	1	6.5
2016‑17	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	36	56	5	25	30	83	14	2	0	2	4.3
2017‑18	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	37	51	5	23	28	112	19	2	0	1	4.7
2018‑19	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	38	57	1	12	13	77	26	1	0	0	0.9
2019‑20	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	39	55	3	9	12	68	-2	2	0	0	3.8
2020‑21	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	40	38	5	8	13	48	5	2	0	1	11.6
2021‑22	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	41	45	2	15	17	48	20	0	0	0	3.9
2022‑23	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	42	38	0	5	5	61	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2023‑24	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	43	41	0	8	8	36	0	0	0	0	0.0
2024‑25	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	44	53	3	5	8	55	16	0	1	1	4.8
2025‑26	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	45	19	0	2	2	12	9	0	0	0	0.0
	Slovak ExtraLiga Totals			546	33	130	163	735	128	12	2	7	4.0
	NHL Totals			240	5	19	24	311	-14	0	0	1	3.5
	KHL Totals			215	20	32	52	479	-43	11	1	2	6.3
	OHL Totals			171	15	44	59	247	96	6	2	2
	Czech ExtraLiga Totals			111	7	11	18	247	-32	1	0	1
	AHL Totals			80	1	12	13	165	13	0	0	0	1.5
	Liiga Totals			38	0	4	4	120	-6	0	0	0	0.0
	Memorial Cup Totals			4	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	SH%
1997‑98	Belleville Bulls	OHL	17	8	0	2	2	8	-2	0	0
1998‑99	Belleville Bulls	OHL	18	18	0	4	4	29	11	0	0
1999‑00	Belleville Bulls	OHL	19	6	0	3	3	10	5	0	0
2001‑02	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	21	20	0	3	3	48	-2	0	0	0.0
2002‑03	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0
2004‑05	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovak ExtraLiga	24	12	1	2	3	38	3	1	0	5.0
2008‑09	Barys Astana	KHL	28	3	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0.0
2009‑10	Blues Espoo	SM-Liiga	29	3	1	2	3	4	1	1	0	16.7
2010‑11	HC Pardubice	Czech ExtraLiga	30	9	0	1	1	16	-3	0	0
2014‑15	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	34	12	0	2	2	27	1	0	0	0.0
2015‑16	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	35	16	2	1	3	37	9	2	0	9.1
2016‑17	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	36	13	3	4	7	37	2	2	0	11.5
2017‑18	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	37	8	3	7	10	14	1	2	0	23.1
2018‑19	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	38	18	1	3	4	26	3	0	1	5.6
2020‑21	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	40	5	0	1	1	10	-3	0	0	0.0
2021‑22	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	41	19	3	2	5	37	8	0	1	10.7
2022‑23	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	42	8	0	3	3	8	-3	0	0	0.0
2023‑24	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	43	21	1	2	3	34	6	0	0	5.0
2024‑25	HK Nitra	Slovak ExtraLiga	44	20	0	2	2	54	2	0	0	0.0
	Slovak ExtraLiga Totals			152	14	29	43	322	29	7	2	7.9
	OHL Totals			32	0	9	9	47	14	0	0
	AHL Totals			23	0	3	3	48	-1	0	0	0.0
	Czech ExtraLiga Totals			9	0	1	1	16	-3	0	0
	KHL Totals			3	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			3	1	2	3	4	1	1	0	16.7

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	SH%
Team Slovakia - U20 World Championship 1999	18	6	0	0	0	8	-3
Team Slovakia - U20 World Championship 2000	19	7	1	0	1	6	0	9.1
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2001	20	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2004	23	9	0	0	0	6	1	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Cup 2004	23	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2008	27	5	0	0	0	8	0	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2013	32	7	0	4	4	6	4	0.0
World Championship Totals		27	0	4	4	22	4	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		13	1	0	1	14	-3
World Cup Totals		2	0	0	0	0	-1

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	+/-	SH%
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2004	24	4	0	0	6
Team Slovakia - Loto Cup 2004	24	3	0	0	2	1	0.0
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2010	30	3	1	1	2	0	0.0
Team Slovakia - Slovakia Cup 2011	30	2	0	0	2	1	0.0
Team Slovakia - Swiss Ice Hockey Challenge 2012	32	2	0	0	6	0	0.0
Team Slovakia - Men 3‑Nations 2013	32	2	0	0	4	-2	0.0
Team Slovakia - Slovakia Cup 2013	32	2	0	0	2	-1	0.0
Team Slovakia - Euro Hockey Challenge 2013	32	6	1	1	2	2	0.0
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2013	33	3	0	0	6	-1	0.0
Men Totals		27	2	2	32	0

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1999	Team Orr	CHL	18	1	0	1	1	2		0	0	0
	CHL Top Prospects Game Totals			1	0	1	1	2		0	0	0