Career
He was drafted in the seventh round, 208th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Currently, he is playing for Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba of Italy"s Serie A.
After being drafted by the Sabres, Hecl appeared in fourteen National Hockey League games in the 2002-2003 season, recording no points, and spent the rest of the season with the Sabres" American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans. Hecl returned to his native Slovakia and played two seasons in the Slovak Extraliga with The Human Context Slovan Bratislava before joining the EIHL with the Manchester Phoenix in the 2006-2007 season.
He moved on to Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba in the 2007-2008 season.