Ľubomír Sekeráš
{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| position = Defense
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 183
| played_for = Minnesota Wild
Dallas Stars
HC Oceláři Třinec
HC Zlín
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Södertälje SK
Malmö Redhawks
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
HC Dukla Trenčín
| ntl_team = SVK
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2011
| draft = 232nd overall
| draft_year = 2000
| draft_team = Minnesota Wild
}}
Ľubomír Sekeráš (born November 18, 1968) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Sekeráš last played with hometown team HC Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga. Sekeráš has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars.
Playing career
He started his career with the HC Dukla Trenčín of the then Czechoslovak Extraliga. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he continued to play for Dukla Trenčín, but in the Slovak Extraliga winning the Championship in its first season. He continued playing for Dukla Trenčín until 1995. At the start of the 1995-96 season, he began to play for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga, which he would play for until the end of the 1999-00 season.
Sekeráš was drafted, at the age of 31, in the 8th round (232nd overall) by the Minnesota Wild of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played immediately as part of the expansion team's inaugural 2000–01 season. He continued to play for the Wild through the 2003 playoffs scoring his first playoff goal, a game winner, in the turning point over the Vancouver Canucks in the Conference Semifinals.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=230507030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104235915/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=230507030|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2017|title=Wild sidestep elimination for fifth time this postseason | publisher =ESPN | date = 2003-05-07 | access-date = 2010-04-25}} The Wild continued to make an unexpected run deep into the playoffs until they were eliminated by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the Western Conference Finals.
A free agent in the 2003–04 season, Sekeráš signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague. Lubomir left after 15 games to join Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elite League. Sekeráš whirlwind year continued when he was signed by the injury depleted Dallas Stars on March 9, 2004, to fill in for the remainder of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1754992|title=Defense further bolstered with signing | publisher=ESPN | date = 2004-03-09 | access-date = 2010-04-25}} Sekeras played for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the German Hockey League in 2004–05, and returned to Sweden in 2006–07, when he played for Malmö Redhawks.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1987–88
| CSSR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22
| 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989–90
| ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 44 | 6 | 8 | 14 | —
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 52 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 26
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991–92
| ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 32
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 40 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 48
| 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993–94
| Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 36 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 46
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 36 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 24
| 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 1995–96
| ELH | 40 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 44
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | HC Železárny Třinec | ELH | 51 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 54
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997–98
| HC Železárny Třinec | ELH | 44 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 34
| 13 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | HC Železárny Třinec | ELH | 50 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 38
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 1999–00
| HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 42
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | NHL | 80 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 52
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| Minnesota Wild | NHL | 69 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 30
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003–04
| RSL | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04 | SEL | 33 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| NHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | DEL | 52 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 48
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005–06
| Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | Allsv | 35 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 20
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006–07
| ELH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | Malmö Redhawks | SEL | 23 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 46 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 36
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 48 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009–10
| Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 47 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013–14
| SVK.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | CSSR totals ! 193 !! 21 !! 54 !! 75 !! — ! 50 !! 5 !! 17 !! 22 !! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 344 !! 63 !! 124 !! 187 !! 300 ! 47 !! 7 !! 18 !! 25 !! 28 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 213 !! 18 !! 53 !! 71 !! 122 ! 15 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 6 |
=International=
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{{MedalCountry | {{ih|SVK}} }}
{{MedalSport | Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Saint Petersburg | }}
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1994
| Slovakia | OLY | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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| 1994 | Slovakia | WC C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1995
| Slovakia | WC B | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996 | Slovakia | WC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996
| Slovakia | WCH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997 | Slovakia | WC | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 1998
| Slovakia | OLY | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998 | Slovakia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1999
| Slovakia | WC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2001
| Slovakia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 51 !! 4 !! 17 !! 21 !! 64 |
References
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External links
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Category:Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
Category:HC Oceláři Třinec players
Category:HK Dukla Trenčín players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players
Category:Malmö Redhawks players
Category:Minnesota Wild draft picks
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Category:Nürnberg Ice Tigers players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia
Category:PSG Berani Zlín players
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
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Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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