Andrej Sekera

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Buffalo Sabres
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 200
nationality = SVK
nickname = 'Rej
birth_date = birth date and age|1986|6|8
birth_place = Bojnice, CS
draft = 71st overall
draft_year = 2004
draft_team = Buffalo Sabres
career_start = 2006


image_size = 250px

Andrej Sekera (born June 8, 1986 in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia now Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the third round, 71st overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

After playing one season in the Slovak Extraliga for HC Dukla Trenčín, Sekera came to North America. He played two seasons with the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. In the 2005–06 season, he won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the league's most outstanding defenceman.

On July 14, 2006, he signed a three-year contract with the Sabres. He made his professional debut with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 2006–07 season. He also appeared in two National Hockey League games with the Sabres early in the season.

Sekera recorded his first NHL goal on November 28, 2007 against St. Louis Blues goalie Manny Legace.

International play

* 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Slovakia
* 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Slovakia
* 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Slovakia

Awards

* OHL All-Rookie Team: 2004–05 season
* Max Kaminsky Trophy (most outstanding defenceman in OHL): 2005–06 season
* OHL First Team All-Star: 2005–06 season

External links

*hockeydb|78470