Gábor Ocskay
| Gábor Ocskay | |||
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| Born |
September 11, 1975 Budapest, HUN |
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| Died | March 25, 2009 (aged 33) Budapest, HUN |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Alba Volán Székesfehérvár | ||
| National team |
 Hungary
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| Playing career | 1992–2009 | ||
Gábor Ocskay, Jr. (Hungarian: ifjabb Ocskay Gábor; September 11, 1975 – March 25, 2009) was a Hungarian ice hockey player. As the center of the first line, he played a huge part in his national team's promotion to the 2009 World Championship. He died of a heart attack weeks before the start of the 2009 Championships.
Ocskay was born in Budapest, but spent his childhood in Székesfehérvár, Fejér county and during his entire career he played for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár. Officially he has been a member of the club since 1983 and that time he has started to develop a famed on-ice relationship with right winger Krisztián Palkovics. Among hockey fans in Hungary the pair was just known as "The Twins".
Started to play regularly in the Hungarian First Division in the 1993-94 season and won the championship nine times, the last seven being consecutive. After long-time captain, Balázs Kangyal has left the team, he became his successor, but due to some difficulties at the end of the 2008-09 EBEL regular season, he decided to give up this position. However, he has been the real spiritual leader of the team for a long time.
He won 187 caps for the Hungarian national team and since 1993 he has played in every single World Championship for them. With him the team won the Pool C (now Division II) tournament in 1998 and 2000, and by winning the 2008 Division I tournament in Sapporo, Japan, it gained promotion to the highest level of the World Championship for the first time since 1939.
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