Richard Šechný (born 19 October 1971 in

Prešov Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city i ...

) is a Slovak professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player.

Domestic career

He has played over 700 games in the

Slovak Extraliga The Slovak Extraliga, known as the Tipsport liga since the 2025–26 season for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From 2018–19 to 2020–21, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. Teams fro ...

. He was twice named an all-star, lead the league in scoring, and led the league in assists. He also won a league title. He also played for

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk () is a professional ice hockey club based in Nizhnekamsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Neftekhimik was founded October 23, 1968 by workers of the Ni ...

of the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...

International career

He represented Slovakia at the 1999 IIHF World Championship as well as the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sechny, Richard 1971 births Living people HC '05 Banská Bystrica players HC 07 Detva players HK Dukla Michalovce players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics MHK Kežmarok players HC Košice players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia Podhale Nowy Targ players HK Poprad players HC Prešov players Slovak ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Prešov HKM Zvolen players Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia 21st-century Slovak sportsmen