Kevin Hecquefeuille

Kévin Hecquefeuille (born on November 11, 1984 in Amiens) is a professional French ice hockey defenceman who is playing with the Mulhouse of the Ligue Magnus.

Club career
Hecquefeuille began his senior career with the Amiens of the Ligue Magnus in 2002. He stayed with the Amiens until the end of the 2003-04 season. In the 2002-03 season won Hecquefeuille the Jean-Pierre Graff Trophy for the best young player of the Ligue Magnus and in the 2003-04 season became Hecquefeuille the French champion.

In 2004 - 2008 played Hecquefeuille with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus. In the 2005-06 season was Hecquefeuille selected into the French All-Star Team. In the next season, he was again named into the French All-Star Team as he became the French champion and the Ligue Magnus Cup champion. In the 2007-08 season became Hecquefeuille the French Cup champion and was again selected into the French All-Star Team.

Hecquefeuille then spent the 2008-09 season with the Nybro Vikings IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan and the 2009-10 season with the Kölner Haie of the DEL.

In 2010, Hecquefeuille returned to his youth team, the Amiens of the Ligue Magnus and spent there one next season. In this season, he won the Albert Hassler Trophy for the Ligue Magnus best French player as he was the defenceman who recorded most assists (24) and most points (27) among all defencemen of the Ligue Magnus.

In the 2011-12 season played Hecquefeuille 20 regular season games and 9 relegation games with the Genève-Servette HC of the NLA and 1 game on loan with the Lausanne HC of the NLB.

Hecquefeuille also began the next season with the Genève-Servette of the NLA but after 21 games played, Hecquefeuille moved to the Karlskrona HK of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He finished there the season with 24 regular season games and 10 Kvalserien AS games played.

Hecquefeuille began the 2013-14 season with the Amiens of the Ligue Magnus but he played there only one game before moving to the SCL Tigers of the NLB where he finished the season with 34 regular season games and 12 play-off games played.

In the 2014-15 season continued Hecquefeuille with the SCL Tigers of the NLB. He was the defenceman who scored most goals (9) in the NLB as he became the NLB champion and SCL Tigers gained promotion to the NLA.

Hecquefeuille then stayed with the SCL Tigers for their first NLA season after their promotion.

Hecquefeuille began the 2016-17 season with the Amiens of the Ligue Magnus. After 5 games played, he moved again to Switzerland and played there 11 games with the EHC Kloten of the NLA and 6 regular season games and 10 play-off games with the HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the NLB. In this season, he became the Swiss Cup winner with the EHC Kloten.

In the 2017-18 season played Hecquefeuille 39 games with the Mulhouse of the Ligue Magnus before moving to the IK Pantern of the HockeyAllsvenskan for the end of the season. He played there 6 regular season games and 5 qualification games.

Since 2018, he is playing with the Mulhouse of the Ligue Magnus as the team's captain. He is currently signed there until the end of the 2021-22 season.

International career
Hecquefeuille played with the French National Team at the 2001 and 2002 World U18 Championships Division II (winning silver at the 2001 tournament and winning gold at the 2002 tournament where he was also the defenceman who recorded most assists (5) and most points (9) at the tournament), 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships Division I (winning bronze at the 2004 tournament), 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Championships Division I (winning silver at the 2005 and 2006 tournaments and gold at the 2007 tournament) and at the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 World Championship s (being selected one of the top 3 players on the French team at the 2011, 2018 and 2019 tournaments).