In this series \u2013 Get to Know \u2013 learn more about the newest Utah Mammoth players and who they are on and off the ice!<\/p>\n
During the 2025 NHL Draft, the Utah Mammoth chose \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hoch with the team\u2019s third round draft pick. Learn more about Hoch below!<\/p>\n
The Basics<\/p>\n
Hoch is from \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, Czechia and spent last season playing in his home country. At 6-foot-4 and 192 pounds, Hoch brings size to the prospect pool. Elite Prospects list him as a power forward<\/a> and EP’s Draft Guide stated that Hoch \u201chas an aura of maturity while he steps on the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n The Road to the Draft<\/p>\n Throughout his career, Hoch has spent the vast majority playing in his hometown of \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice at the under-17 and under-20 levels. Over the last two seasons, Hoch has also played at the senior level in the top Czech league for \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice.<\/p>\n Last season, Hoch played 30 games with HC Motor \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice\u2019s under-20 team, 23 games with the senior team, and two games with HC Stadion Litomerice in Czechia2. With the U20 team, Hoch had 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. With the senior team, he had one goal and two assists for three points. With Stadion Litomerice, he had two points in two games (1G, 1A).<\/p>\n Following the season, Hoch was drafted by the Mammoth and attended the organization\u2019s development camp in late June and early July.<\/p>\n International Experience<\/p>\n Hoch has represented his home country Czechia multiple times throughout his career at the under-18, under-19, and under-20 levels. During the 2024-25 season at the under-19 level, Hoch played eight games and had three goals through that span. At the under-20 level through 12 games, he had four goals. This year, Hoch has played four games at the under-20 level and has two goals and one assist for three points.<\/p>\n His Favorites<\/p>\n When it comes to the list of his favorites, Hoch shared everything from favorite movies \u2013 Deadpool, Avengers, Fast and Furious, and Harry Potter \u2013 to his hobbies \u2013 beach volleyball and spending time with friends. You can read the whole list here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this series \u2013 Get to Know \u2013 learn more about the newest Utah Mammoth players and who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-51022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}