Joel Rechlicz (born June 14, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played under contract with the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL). Rechlicz is well known for playing the enforcer role and is billed as a tough as nails type of player. By signing a three-year entry level contract with the New York Islanders in May 2008, Rechlicz became the first player from the reestablished but now defunct International Hockey League to play a game in the National Hockey League. Along with the Islanders, he has also played with the Washington Capitals.\n', '

Before embarking on junior hockey, Joel briefly played high school hockey for Brookfield Central High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin. From there, at the age of 16, he went on to play for the St. Paul Lakers in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. From there the climb up the hockey ladder started. Rechlicz played three games in the North American Hockey League for the Santa Fe Roadrunners in 2004-05. He then moved onto the Northern Michigan Black Bears of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League for a season and a half. He had brief stops with the Des Moines Buccaneers and Indiana Ice of the USHL in 2005-06. He got his first taste of major junior hockey with a brief call up to the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL in 2006.\n', '

Rechlicz played major junior hockey for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) at age 19. After the completion of the 2006-07 junior season, Rechlicz made his professional debut with the Chicago Hounds of the UHL. He played two games with the Chicago Hounds in 2006-07 and then began the 2007-08 season with the Kalamazoo Wings of the newly created International Hockey League. Although he received little ice time during his 25-game stint with Kalamazoo, Rechlicz received a call-up from the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League.\n', '

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