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

Last 5 NHL Games

		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	SHOTS	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

Regular Season

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
1999‑00	Belleville Bulls	OHL	19	58	7	21	28	99	30	5	0	2
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
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
2004‑05	HC Ocelari Trinec	Czech ExtraLiga	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
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
2008‑09	Barys Astana	KHL	28	56	5	5	10	151	-12	1	0	2	9.4
2009‑10	HC Plzen	Czech ExtraLiga	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	Czech ExtraLiga	30	51	6	9	15	118	-7	0	0	1
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
2013‑14	Vityaz Chekhov	KHL	33	47	4	4	8	108	-4	2	0	0	5.1
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
	Slovak ExtraLiga Totals			474	30	123	153	668	103	12	1	6	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

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
1998‑99	Belleville Bulls	Memorial Cup	18	4	0	1	1	8	-2	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
	Slovak ExtraLiga Totals			132	14	27	41	268	27	7	2	8.5
	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
	Memorial Cup Totals			4	0	1	1	8	-2	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	+/-
Team Slovakia - Loto Cup 2004	24	3	0	0	2	1
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2010	30	3	1	1	2	0
Team Slovakia - Slovakia Cup 2011	30	2	0	0	2	1
Team Slovakia - Swiss Ice Hockey Challenge 2012	32	2	0	0	6	0
Team Slovakia - Euro Hockey Challenge 2013	32	6	1	1	2	2
Team Slovakia - Slovakia Cup 2013	32	2	0	0	2	-1
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2013	33	3	0	0	6	-1
Deutschland Cup Totals		6	1	1	8	-1
EHC Totals		6	1	1	2	2
Slovakia Cup Totals		4	0	0	4	0
Loto Cup Totals		3	0	0	2	1
Swiss Ice Hockey Challenge Totals		2	0	0	6	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