{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player (born 1981)}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Marcel Hossa | image = Marcel Hossa.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Hossa with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2003 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Ilava, Czechoslovakia | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 220 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | played_for = Montreal Canadiens<br>Mora IK<br>New York Rangers<br>Phoenix Coyotes<br>Dinamo Riga<br>Ak Bars Kazan<br>Spartak Moscow<br>Lev Praha<br>Dukla Trenčín<br>Modo Hockey<br>Škoda Plzeň<br>Oceláři Třinec | ntl_team = SVK | draft = 16th overall | draft_year = 2000 | draft_team = Montreal Canadiens | career_start = 2001 | career_end = 2018 }} '''Marcel Hossa''' ({{IPA|sk|ˈmartsel ˈɦɔsa|sk}}; born 12 October 1981) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey left winger. Hossa played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Phoenix Coyotes, having been drafted by the Canadiens in the first round, 16th overall, in the 2000 NHL entry draft.

Hossa has also played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for Dinamo Riga, Ak Bars Kazan and Spartak Moscow. Internationally, Hossa has represented Slovakia on several occasions, including at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Hossa's older brother is Marián Hossa, also a professional ice hockey player, who is a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a member of Hockey Hall of Fame.

==Playing career== Hossa was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL entry draft, 16th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to relocating to North America, he first played junior hockey in his native Slovakia with Dukla Trenčín before joining the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) ahead of the 1998–99 season.

Several seasons later, Hossa led the Winterhawks in scoring and to the WHL finals in 2000–01, his third year in the WHL, before turning professional the following season with the Canadiens' then-American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Quebec Citadelles. He played the majority of the 2001–02 season with the Citadelles, finishing fifth on the team in points with 32. He was recalled by the Canadiens midway through the season and made his NHL debut, ultimately appearing in ten games.

Over the next two seasons, Hossa split time between the Canadiens and the team's new AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs, being named in the 2003 NHL YoungStars Game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://a.espncdn.com/nhl/allstar2003/news/2003/0119/1495290.html|title=Three Panthers selected for YoungStars game | publisher =ESPN | date = 2003-01-19 | accessdate = 2010-03-30}}</ref> Despite showing promise, however, Hossa was unable to establish a full-time role with Montreal at the NHL level. During the 2004 2004–05 NHL lockout, he signed a one-year contract with Swedish team Mora IK of the Elitserien on 25 September 2004, reuniting him with older brother, Marián Hossa; Marcel Hossa finished the year fifth in team scoring with 24 points.

Prior to the 2005–06 season, on 30 September 2005, Hossa was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Garth Murray.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2177372|title=Rangers acquire Hossa from Habs via trade | publisher =ESPN | date = 2005-09-30 | access-date = 2010-03-30}}</ref> In his first season with the Rangers, Hossa appeared in a career-high 64 games and scored ten goals. In 2006–07, after a slow start to the year, he was later shifted to the team's top line in February, responding with eight goals in 11 games, finishing the season with an NHL career-high 18 points. His season was then halted, however, after injuring his right knee in a 2–1 victory over the New York Islanders on 5 March 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/rangers/2007-03-06-hossa-injury_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip|title=Knee injury claims Rangers Hossa | newspaper =USA Today | date = 2007-03-06 | accessdate = 2010-03-30}}</ref>

In the 2007–08 season, Hossa struggled to regain his offensive form and played in 36 games with the Rangers before he was assigned to the team's AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, on a conditioning stint on 16 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=493484|title=Hossa assigned to Hartford for conditioning | website =New York Rangers | date = 2008-02-16 | accessdate = 2010-03-30}}</ref> On 26 February, he was then traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, along with goaltender Al Montoya, in exchange for Fredrik Sjöström, David LeNeveu and Josh Gratton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=376590|title=Hossa joins his brother on the move | publisher =NHL | date = 2008-02-26 | accessdate = 2009-04-01}}</ref> Hossa played out the season with the Coyotes, going scoreless in 14 games.

On 3 July 2008, as an unrestricted free agent, Hossa signed with Dinamo Riga of the newly-formed Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.delfi.lv/news/hockey/news/article.php?id=21318772|title=Dinamo Riga sign NHL Phoenix Coyote, Marcel Hossa | publisher =(in Latvian)Sports.delfi.lv | date = 2008-07-03 | accessdate = 2008-11-10}}</ref> After leading Riga with 22 goals in the 2008–09 season, Hossa went a step further in 2009–10, leading the KHL in goals with 35.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=4849|title=Riga "Dinamo" forward Kariya becomes scoring leader in playoffs | publisher =baltic-course | date = 2010-03-16 | accessdate = 2010-03-30}}</ref> Following his impressive offensive output, he was selected to play internationally for Slovakia—alongside brother Marián—in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=384112.html|title=Hossa, Gaborik, Chara headline Slovakia team | publisher =NBC | date = 2010-01-07 | accessdate = 2010-03-30}}</ref>

On 7 May 2010, Hossa left Riga and after signing a two-year contract with reigning KHL champions Ak Bars Kazan.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://parsportu.lv/articles/1/40575/ | title = Hossa confirms two-year contract with Kazan | publisher = parSportu.lv | date = 2010-05-07 | accessdate = 2010-05-10 | language = Latvian | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100511003634/http://parsportu.lv/articles/1/40575 | archivedate = 2010-05-11 }}</ref>

On 26 July 2011, Hossa signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spartak.ru/press/news/item6917/ | title = Hossa chooses Spartak | date = 2011-07-26 | accessdate = 2011-08-11 | language = Russian | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319094811/http://www.spartak.ru/press/news/item6917/ | archivedate = 2012-03-19 }}</ref>

On 16 May 2013, announced that Hossa is returning to Dinamo Riga after signing a one-year contract, later being released from the team on 20 December 2014. On 30 January 2015, however, he signed a contract with Modo Hockey in Sweden to play out the remainder of the 2014–15 season.{{fact|date=July 2025}}

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1997–98 | Dukla Trenčín | SVK U20 | 55||32||56||88||68 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1998–99 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 70||7||14||21||66 | 2||0||0||0||0 |- | 1999–2000 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 60||24||29||53||58 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2000–01 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 58||34||56||90||58 | 16||5||7||12||14 |- | 2001–02 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 50||17||15||32||24 | 3||0||0||0||4 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2001–02 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 10||3||1||4||2 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2002–03 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 37||19||13||32||18 | 21||4||7||11||12 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2002–03 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 34||6||7||13||14 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2003–04 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 15||1||1||2||8 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2003–04 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 57||18||22||40||45 | 10||2||3||5||8 |- | 2004–05 | Mora IK | SEL | 48||18||6||24||69 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2005–06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 64||10||6||16||28 | 4||0||0||0||6 |- | 2006–07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 64||10||8||18||26 | 10||2||2||4||4 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 36||1||7||8||24 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2007–08 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 5||1||0||1||2 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2007–08 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 14||0||0||0||4 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2008–09 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 52||22||22||44||118 | 3||2||0||2||0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2009–10 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 56||35||20||55||44 | 9||4||1||5||4 |- | 2010–11 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 51||16||15||31||12 | 8||2||1||3||2 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2011–12 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 35||6||11||17||42 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2011–12 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 19||8||6||14||14 | 7||3||1||4||4 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2012–13 | Lev Praha | KHL | 50||8||11||19||28 | 4||0||0||0||14 |- | 2013–14 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 50||22||19||41||33 | 7||2||2||4||11 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2014–15 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 38||7||9||16||24 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2014–15 | HK Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 4||2||2||4||2 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2014–15 | Modo Hockey | SHL | 11||3||3||6||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2015–16 | HC Škoda Plzeň | ELH | 20||8||8||16||35 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2015–16 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 2||0||1||1||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2016–17 | HK Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 52||22||21||43||30 | —||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2017–18 | HK Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 28||14||6||20||8 | 17||6||1||7||35 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 237!!31!!30!!61!!106 ! 14!!2!!2!!4!!10 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 351!!124!!113!!227!!315 ! 38!!13!!5!!18!!35 |}

===International=== {{MedalTableTop|name = }} {{MedalCountry | {{ih|SVK}} }} {{MedalSport |Men's ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|IIHF U18 Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Germany | }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2012 Helsinki | }} {{MedalBottom}} {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1999 | Slovakia | U18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000 | Slovakia | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |- | 2001 | Slovakia | WJC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005 | Slovakia | WC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2006 | Slovakia | OG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |- | 2008 | Slovakia | WC | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Slovakia | WC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |- | 2010 | Slovakia | OG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011 | Slovakia | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- | 2012 | Slovakia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014 | Slovakia | OG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Junior totals ! 21 ! 3 ! 4 ! 7 ! 30 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 49 ! 7 ! 11 ! 18 ! 14 |}

==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="2" | '''WHL''' |- | CHL Top Prospects Game | 2000 |- | West Second All-Star Team | 2001 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="2" | '''NHL''' |- | NHL YoungStars Game | 2003 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="2" | '''KHL''' |- | All-Star Game | 2009, 2010, 2014 |- | Best Sniper | 2010 |}

==See also== *Notable families in the NHL

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{ice hockey stats}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|marcel-hossa}} * {{Olympic.sk|marcel-hossa}}

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