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Radim Bicanek played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Belleville Bulls, 1993-94 and 1994-95. He came to the OHL already drafted by an National Hockey League club. Bicanek was taken in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators, 27th overall.

The season before joining Belleville, Radim played for Czechoslovakia’s Under-18 European Junior Championships Team and Under-20 World Junior Team. Czechoslovakia finished third behind Canada and Sweden at the Under-20 tournament.

Bicanek provided great offense from the blueline for the Bulls with 43 points in his rookie season and 39 in his second season. In the playoffs, Bicanek contributed 21 points over 28 games over the two seasons combined.

Radim played 122 NHL games starting with the Senators. In 2000, he was picked up by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL Expansion Draft. He played parts of two seasons with Columbus before returning to the Czech Republic. Bicanek also appeared in 18 games with the Chicago Black Hawks over his NHL career.

Since 2004-05, Bicanek has been playing in the Czech Republic’s Extraliga. His first five seasons were played with HC Znojemsti where he was team captain for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. He has been a member of HC Kometa Brno since the start of the 2009-10 season. Radim has worn the ‘A’ on his jersey since coming to Brno. He will return for the 2011-12 season.

Check out Radim Bicanek’s profile page on the HC Kometa Brno official website.

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Ontario Hockey League grad Jan Platil has appeared in just five games thus far in the 2010-11 season, three with HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga and two with HK SKP Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga. The Nürnberg Ice Tigers have signed on Platil for the rest of the season and he should be playing in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga by the weekend.

Platil played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2000-01 to 2002-03, all with the Barrie Colts. The big Czech defenseman helped the team to a Robertson Cup final in 2001-02 before they lost out to the Erie Otters in five games. Jan led Barrie’s defensemen in scoring in his final season with 51 points in 61 games. He was a five-time Ontario Hockey League Defenseman of the Month during his final two seasons.

The Ottawa Senators took Platil in the seventh round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 218th overall. Jan played a steady three seasons with Ottawa’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, upon graduation from the Ontario Hockey League. In 2006-07, Platil left for Europe and hasn’t looked back.

In that first season back in Europe, Jan played for Lukko of Finland’s SM-Liiga and CSKA Moscow of the Russian Super League. He also played for the Czech Republic’s National Team.

Since, Platil has bounced around several teams in Russia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Nürnberg marks his first visit to the DEL.

Jan Platil has appeared in two previous posts at OHL Alumni Central:

List of Barrie Colts Alumni playing pro hockey in 2009-10

OHL Alumni on HC Ocelari Trinec of the Czech Republic’s Extraliga

Two Ontario Hockey League alumni are already members of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and have been featured in these previous posts at OHL Alumni Central:

Sean Blanchard

Patrick Ehelechner

Andrew Ianiero has just finished his eighth straight season in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and his fifth straight and sixth overall with the Bakersfield Condors. Ianiero is currently on Bakersfield’s season ending roster and starting today can accept a qualifying offer from the team to stay on for another season.

Ianiero played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1998-99 to 2001-02, all with the Kingston Frontenacs. Andrew provided the Frontenacs with steady offense over his four seasons with 20+ goals each season and 220 points in 258 overall regular season OHL games. In 1999-00, Andrew tied the team record for most short goals in a single game with two. He was the last Kingston Frontenac to accomplish this feat.

Andrew was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round of the 1999 NHL draft, 154th overall. Previous to his stay with the Bakersfield Condors, Ianiero played with the ECHL’s Dayton Bombers, Augusta Lynx, Charlotte Checkers and Texas Wildcatters.

By ECHL standards, Andrew’s is a very lengthy stay with the Condors. According to the Bakersfield Condors official website, he is second all-time on the team in total games played. He is only the 28th player in ECHL history to play 500+ games. He is the Condors all-time ironman with a consecutive games played streak that lasted 215 games. He is the Condors all-time play-off points leader.

Andrew Ianiero is a fan favourite in Bakersfield and hopefully the team will give him a chance to stay on for another season. We’ll be watching the news today to find out. If anyone catches the news before I do, please add the info to the comments of this post!

Check out Andrew Ianiero’s profile page on the Bakersfield Condors official website.

Martin St. Pierre was a huge part of the Ontario Hockey League’s Guelph Storm for four seasons from 2000-01 to 2003-04. In his final season with the Storm, he was simply a stand-out. St. Pierre was third in the Ontario Hockey League in scoring with 110 points on 45 goals and 65 assists. Martin added another 35 points in 22 playoff games, leading Guelph to a Robertson Cup win with a sweep of the Mississauga IceDogs in the OHL final. To top the season off, St. Pierre was awarded the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the Ontario Hockey League’s best overage player.

With his three games played with the Ottawa Senators this past season, Martin has now played 38 NHL games since entering the world of pro hockey in 2004-05. He has also logged NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins.

Martin has put some great seasons together in the AHL. In 2005-06, he had 73 points with the Norfolk Admirals. The following season he added 99 points with the Admirals while playing an additional 14 games with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 99 points tied him for second in AHL scoring. In 2007-08, he had 88 points with the Rockford IceHogs, also good for second in the AHL. In 2008-09, he contributed 66 points with the Providence Bruins and this past season he totalled 72 points with the Binghamton Senators.

St. Pierre has recently signed on with HC Nefgekhimik Nizhnekamsk of Russia’s KHL for the 2010-11 season. The team finished fourth in the 12 team Eastern Conference of the 24 team KHL.

His profile has yet to appear on the KHL’s official site, but Martin St. Pierre can still be found on the Binghamton Senators official site.

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Scott Dobben played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League. Dobben’s OHL career began in 2000-01 with the Erie Otters. Scott remained with the Otters through the 2001-02 season and 18 games into the 2002-03 Ontario Hockey League campaign. In 2001-02, Dobben finished third on the team in scoring with 31 goals and 63 points in a full 68 regular season games. He was part of an Erie Otter team than won the Robertson Cup, beating the Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in the final. The team lost in the semi-final of the Memorial Cup.

Scott was traded to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2002-03. In his final season, 2003-04, Dobben finished second on the Greyhounds in scoring with 30 goals and 58 points in 63 games, 8 points behind the team leader, Jeff Carter.

Dobben was a fourth round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 2002 NHL draft, going 113th overall. Between 2004-05 and 2006-07, Scott played for seven different teams from the ECHL, AHL and UHL. All of 2006-07 was played with the Kalamazoo Wings of the UHL.

Dobben left the world of pro hockey and went the Canadian university route for two seasons, 2008-09 and 2009-10, playing for Lakehead in Ontario. This past season, Scott lead Lakehead in scoring with 52 points in 42 games.

Scott has recently signed on with  ESV Kaufbeuren in the German Bundesliga, a level below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany’s top league. In 2009-10, the team finished 10th in the 14 team league. Scott’s goal scoring ability should help the team improve in the standings.

Check out Scott Dobben’s profile page on the ESV Kaufbeuren official website.