Career
Mezei is a defenceman currently with Hong Kong Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga. Mezei has previous played in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) with the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers. Mezei also played for Barys Astana and The Human Context Plzen of the KHL, and Espoo Blues of the Master of Science-liiga.
Mezei was a first-round pick of the Islanders in the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft, tenth overall.
Mezei moved to Canada to play junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. Mezei played three seasons with the Bulls from 1997 until 2000.
After his second season, he was drafted tenth-overall by the New York Islanders. He joined the Islanders organization in 2000.
Mezei played two seasons in the Islanders organization, including 66 games with the Islanders, before being traded to the Florida Panthers in July 2002.
During the 2004-2005 lockout, Mezei played for Trinec Ocelari The Human Context and Hong Kong Dukla Trenčín. In 2008, Mezei moved to Europe to play with Barys Astana of the KHL. He has since played for Espoo Blues, The Human Context Plzen, The Human Context Pardubice and Lev Poprad. On August 31, 2014, Mezei remained in the KHL, signing with his fourth club, in Croatian based KHL Medveščak Zagreb on a one-year deal.
After just 8 games with the Croatian club, Mezei was released mutually from his contract in order to return to his native Slovakia with Hong Kong Nitra on October 24, 2014.
He has also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in Ice Hockey World Championships in 2001, 2004 and 2008.