Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Radek Faksa was born January 9, 1994, in Vitkov, Czech Republic. He is a forward in the NHL.

On 6 July 2012, Faksa signed an entry-level contract with Dallas. Upon completing his junior career with Sudbury, on 3 April 2014, Faksa was reassigned by the Stars to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Texas Stars.

Faksa scored his first NHL goal on 6 November 2015 in a victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

On 28 November 2017, Faksa tallied a natural hat trick in the second period, scoring the only goals in the Stars' shutout of the Vegas Golden Knights. It was the first hat trick of his NHL career as well as the first scored in T-Mobile Arena and the first time the Golden Knights were shut out at home. The following game, on 30 November in Chicago, Faksa was hooked by Patrick Kane on a shorthanded breakaway and awarded his first career penalty shot, which he scored on to give the Stars a 2–1 lead in the first period. Faksa notched an assist in the second period on a pass to Remi Elie, and the Stars went on to beat the Blackhawks 4–3 with an overtime goal by Mattias Janmark.

On 11 October 2020, the Stars re-signed Faksa to a five-year, $16.25 million contract.