Jakub Suchánek (born November 16, 1984) is a Czech professional ice hockey

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

playing for HC Tábor of the Czech 2. Liga (Czech.2).

Playing career

Suchánek played the early part of his career in the Czech lower leagues as well as spells in the

1st Czech Republic Hockey League The Maxa liga is the second-highest level of professional ice hockey in the Czech Republic, after the Czech Extraliga, Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association. Until 2015, the league was known as t ...

for

HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi HC Slovan Ústečti Lvi is an ice hockey team in the Czech 2nd League ('' 2. národní hokejová liga'') (the second division). Their home arena is Zimní stadion Ústí nad Labem in Ústí nad Labem. The team was known as HC Slovan Ústí nad la ...

HC Olomouc HC Olomouc is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga, from the city of Olomouc. They won the Extraliga championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997, the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, and was thus relegated ...

, Sportovní Klub Kadaň and HC Most. He also played five seasons in

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between 2009 and 2014, spending three seasons with Rapaces de Gap and two with

Étoile Noire de Strasbourg The Association Étoile Noire de Strasbourg is a French ice hockey team based in Strasbourg and playing in Division 1. History The team currently uses the name of "Étoile Noire de Strasbourg" (Strasbourg Black Star) and was founded in 2000; the ...

. Suchánek made his Czech Extraliga debut with

HC Dukla Jihlava HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an ice hockey team in the Czech Republic. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, an ...

during the 2017–18 season at the age of 33. The team were relegated to the Chance Liga, though Suchánek did manage a return to the Extraliga on loan at

HC Litvínov HC Litvínov, called HC VERVA Litvínov for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Ivan Hlinka Stadion in Litvínov. Honours Domestic Czech Extraliga * Winners (1): 2014–15 * Runners-up (1) ...

. On May 1, 2019, he joined Motor České Budějovice of the Chance Liga where they earned promotion to the Czech Extraliga.Five reinforcements for Motor! Christov, Kloz, Prokeš, Suchánek and Veselý are coming

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* 1984 births Living people Czech ice hockey defencemen HC Dukla Jihlava players Étoile Noire de Strasbourg players HC Litvínov players HC Most players Motor České Budějovice players HC Olomouc players Ice hockey people from Tábor Rapaces de Gap players HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi players Sportovní Klub Kadaň players HC Tábor players Rytíři Kladno players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in France 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{czech-icehockey-bio-stub