Hunter Fejes
| Hunter Fejes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
31 May 1994 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Slovak team Former teams |
HC Košice Orlando Solar Bears Orli Znojmo HC Vita Hästen Graz 99ers Black Wings Linz Manitoba Moose (loan) Hershey Bears (loan) Rockford IceHogs (loan) Toronto Marlies (loan) Wheeling Nailers Rapid City Rush Tucson Roadrunners Springfield Falcons | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Samuel Hunter Fejes (born 31 May 1994) is an American professional ice hockey winger who currently[when?] plays for HC Košice of the Slovak Extraliga.
Biography[edit]
Fejes was born in Anchorage, Alaska. His ancestors came to the US from Slovakia.[1] When he was 10 years old, he was involved in a car crash on the way home from a training that resulted in the death of his mother and left Fejes comatose for weeks.[2]
In April 2022 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. After three months of rigorous chemotherapy treatment, the cancer entered remission and in October he was cancer free.[3]
At the junior level, Fejes played for Shattuck-Saint Mary's junior hockey team and for Colorado College in National Collegiate Athletic Association. In the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted by Arizona Coyotes from the 178th place but did make it into the first team.[4] Before joining HC Košice he played in a variety of AHL and ECHL hockey team as well as overseas in Sweden, the Czech Republic and Austria.
He joined Košice right before the play off phase of the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season. At first, he was unsure whether he should accept the offer from Košice, but was persuaded by his Orlando team mate Maxim Čajkovič, who is originally from Slovakia.[2]
Awards and honors[edit]
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Slovak | ||
| Champion | 2023 | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Dve vážne dopravné nehody i rakovina. Útočníkovi Košíc sa zmenil pohľad na život". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Umrela mu mama, porazil rakovinu. Fejes našiel v majstrovskom tíme novú rodinu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Solar Bears Announce Return of Hunter Fejes After Bout With Cancer". orlandosolarbearshockey.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Košice majú prebytok legionárov, angažovali útočníka zo zámoria". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Ice hockey people from Anchorage, Alaska
- HC Košice players
- Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) players
- Orli Znojmo players
- HC Vita Hästen players
- Graz 99ers players
- Manitoba Moose players
- Hershey Bears players
- Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
- Toronto Marlies players
- Wheeling Nailers players
- Rapid City Rush players
- Tucson Roadrunners players
- Springfield Falcons players
- American expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
- American expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
- American expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
- American expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Arizona Coyotes draft picks