The Mannheim Eagles announced that German forward Jochen Hecht is retiring from hockey.
(It’s OK to be a little bewildered that he was still playing, just don’t be too mean about it.)
Hecht played 833 regular season games and 59 playoff contests at the NHL level, making his greatest mark as a member of the Buffalo Sabres.
His last bit of NHL action came in 2012-13, when he scored 14 points in 47 games for Buffalo.
Since then, he wrapped up his career with the Mannheim Eagles, a team he’s sporadically played for since 1994-95.
Honestly, it’s weird to see Hecht in any sweater not related to German’s national teams, the Eagles or Sabres, even though the Blues actually drafted him:
Then again, he could also look odd in a certain Sabres sweater.
#Sports 2007 Upper Deck High Gloss #386 Jochen Hecht /10 Buffalo #Sabres #Hockey Card… https://t.co/BpjKcPvAuj #FF pic.twitter.com/HO2dkOdsrn
— Buffalo Sabres Store (@BuffaloSabres17) July 25, 2016
Apparently he got the NHL 16 Hockey Ultimate Card treatment:
Another one calls it a career. Find this item for a limited time only in #NHL16's #HUT! pic.twitter.com/lzJw75rjHS
— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) July 30, 2016
Plenty of Sabres fans and reporters fondly remember Hecht, so here’s to a nice career.
