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Branislav Mezei
Бранислав Мезей
- Position: defender
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Slovakia
- Birth date: 08.10.1980 (44 years)
- Birth place: Nitra, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia
- Height: 190 cm / 6' 2"
- Weight: 104 kg / 229 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: NY Islanders, year: 1999, round: 1, position: 10
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- Trivia:
Drafted 1997, 2 #57 overall by Belleville Bulls in the CHL Import Draft
Named to CHL Top Prospects game 1998-99
Named to CHL Third All-Star team 1998-99
Named to OHL All-Star first team 1999-00
2022-2023 Continental Cup Semifinals Group F Best Defender
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Slovakia | National team games | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | |
| 2012-13 | Slovakia | National team games | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -1 | |
| 2012-13 | Slovakia | World Championship | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2010-11 | Slovakia | National team games | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2007-08 | Slovakia | National team games | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | Slovakia | World Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | Slovakia | World Cup of Hockey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | |
| 2003-04 | Slovakia | World Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2000-01 | Slovakia | World Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | |
| 1999-00 | Slovakia | WJC (U20) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | Slovakia | WJC (U20) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nitra | Extraliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024-25 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 0 | |
| 2024-25 | Nitra | Extraliga | 53 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | Nitra | Extraliga | 41 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2022-23 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022-23 | Nitra | Continental Cup (Third round) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2022-23 | Nitra | Continental Cup | |||||||
| 2022-23 | Nitra | Extraliga | (C) | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2021-22 | Nitra | Extraliga | 24 (C) | 45 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | (C) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -3 |
| 2020-21 | Nitra | Slovak Cup | (C) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Nitra | Extraliga | 24 (C) | 38 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 5 |
| 2019-20 | Nitra | Extraliga | (C) | 55 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 68 | -2 |
| 2018-19 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | (C) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| 2018-19 | Nitra | Extraliga | 24 (C) | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 26 |
| 2017-18 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | (C) | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| 2017-18 | Nitra | Extraliga | (C) | 51 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 112 | 19 |
| 2016-17 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | (C) | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | Nitra | CHL | (C) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Nitra | Extraliga | (C) | 56 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 83 | 14 |
| 2015-16 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 | ||
| 2015-16 | Nitra | CHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | |
| 2015-16 | Nitra | Extraliga | 43 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 10 | |
| 2014-15 | Nitra | Extraliga (Play-off) | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2014-15 | Nitra | Extraliga | 40 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 10 | |
| 2014-15 |  Zagreb | KHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 |  Vityaz Podolsk | KHL (Cup of Hope) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | |
| 2013-14 | Vityaz Podolsk | KHL | 47 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 108 | -6 | |
| 2012-13 | Avtomobilist Yek. | KHL (Cup of Hope) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | |
| 2012-13 | Avtomobilist Yek. | KHL | 51 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 89 | -21 | |
| 2011-12 |  Lev Praha | KHL | 53 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 117 | -6 | |
| 2010-11 | Pardubice | Tipsport extraliga (Play-off) | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -3 | |
| 2010-11 | Pardubice | Tipsport extraliga | 51 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 118 | -5 | |
| 2009-10 | HC Plzen 1929 | O2 extraliga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | -10 | |
| 2009-10 |  Espoo Blues | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2009-10 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 120 | -6 | |
| 2008-09 |  Barys Astana | KHL (Play-off) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | |
| 2008-09 | Barys Astana | KHL | 56 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 151 | -10 | |
| 2007-08 |  Florida Panthers | NHL | 57 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 64 | -13 | |
| 2006-07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 5 | |
| 2005-06 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2004-05 | Trenčín | Extraliga (Play-off) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 2 | |
| 2004-05 | Trenčín | Extraliga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2004-05 | Třinec | Tipsport extraliga | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 68 | -15 | |
| 2003-04 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 45 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 80 | -4 | |
| 2002-03 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL (Play-off) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002-03 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002-03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -2 | |
| 2001-02 | New York Islanders | NHL | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2001-02 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL (Play-off) | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | -2 | |
| 2001-02 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 137 | 12 | |
| 2000-01 | New York Islanders | NHL | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 53 | -5 | |
| 2000-01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 |  Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20, Play-off) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |
| 1999-00 | Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20) | 58 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 99 | 30 | |
| 1998-99 | Belleville Bulls | Memorial Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | |
| 1998-99 | Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20, Play-off) | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 11 | |
| 1998-99 | Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20) | 60 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 90 | 44 | |
| 1997-98 | Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20, Play-off) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | |
| 1997-98 | Belleville Bulls | OHL (U20) | 53 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 22 | |
| 1996-97 | Nitra | Juniors | 52 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 114 | 70 | |
| 1995-96 | Nitra | Juniors | 45 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 86 | 15 |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 16 2025 18:30 | Extraliga (SVK) | HC Slovan Bratislava HK Nitra | 3-4 OT | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Sep. 14 2025 17:00 | Extraliga (SVK) | HK Nitra Dukla Trencin | 2-3 SO | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
| Sep. 12 2025 17:30 | Extraliga (SVK) | Vlci Žilina HK Nitra | 3-0 | | | | | | | | |
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