Igor Liba
{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| caption =
| alt =
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Left Wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 192
| played_for = ZPA Prešov
HC Košice
HC Dukla Jihlava
New York Rangers
Los Angeles Kings
EHC Biel
HC Cavalese
EV Zeltweg
HK Spišská Nová Ves
| ntl_team = Czechoslovakia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Prešov, Czechoslovakia
| draft = 91st overall
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_team = Calgary Flames
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 2003
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Igor Liba (born November 4, 1960) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played 37 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings during the 1988–89 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 2003, was mainly spent in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and in other European leagues. Internationally Liba played for the Czechslovakian national team in several tournaments, including the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the latter. In 2005 Liba was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the player category of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2024.
Career
Igor Liba played for ZPA Prešov (1970–1978), HC Košice (1978–82, 1984–88, 1991–92, 1997–98 and 1998–99) and HC Dukla Jihlava (1982–84) in Czechoslovakia, after 1993 in Slovakia mostly for HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves.
In 1983 he was drafted by the Calgary Flames. Played with the New York Rangers (10 games, 2 goals and 5 assists) and Los Angeles Kings (37 games, 7 goals and 18 assists) in the 1988–89.
He also played for EHC Biel - Switzerland, :it:Hockey Club Fiemme - Italy, TuTo Turku - Finland, HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves - Slovakia, HK VTJ Trebišov - Slovakia, HC Zeltweg - Austria and HK Dragon Prešov - Slovakia.
Internationally, he played for the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team, and was inducted into the player category of the IIHF Hall of Fame during the medal ceremony of the 2024 IIHF World Championship.{{cite news|title=Hokejisté Jágr, Pouzar a Liba budou uvedeni do Síně slávy IIHF|date=15 January 2024|work=České Noviny|publisher=Czech News Agency|language=cs|location=Prague, Czech Republic|url=https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/2466089|access-date=15 May 2024}}{{cite news|title=Jágr, Pouzar a Liba vstoupí během květnového MS v Praze do Síně slávy IIHF|date=15 January 2024|work=iDnes|language=cs|location=Prague, Czech Republic|url=https://www.idnes.cz/hokej/ms-2024/sin-slavy-iihf.A240115_173639_ms-hokej-2024_rou|access-date=15 May 2024}}
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 | ||||||||
| 1977–78
| CSSR-3 | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978–79 | ZPA Prešov | CSSR-3 | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| CSSR | 42 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 43 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82
| TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 44 | 35 | 18 | 53 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | CSSR | 43 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| ASD Dukla Jihlava | CSSR | 41 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 | TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 44 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 34 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 31 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 42 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 86
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | NHL | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| NHL | 27 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 21
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | TJ VSŽ Košice | CSSR | 44 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 37
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| HC VSZ Košice | CSSR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | EHC Biel | NDA | 18 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1991–92
| HC VSZ Košice | CSSR | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | ITA | 18 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 2
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 1992–93
| FIN-2 | 44 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 111
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | AUT-2 | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95
| EV Zeltweg | AUT | 30 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | EV Zeltweg | AUT | 33 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| SVK | 46 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 72
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | HC Košice | SVK | 32 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| SVK-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | HC VSZ Košice | SVK | 52 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00
| EV Zeltweg | AUT-2 | 30 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | SVK-2 | 36 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| SVK | 20 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03 | HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov | SVK-2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | CSSR totals ! 426 !! 220 !! 226 !! 446 !! 331 ! 8 !! 5 !! 6 !! 11 !! 0 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 37 !! 7 !! 18 !! 25 !! 36 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 |
=International=
{{MedalTableTop| name = }}
{{Medal|Country | {{CSK}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympics}}
{{MedalSilver|1984 Sarajevo|}}
{{MedalBronze|1992 Albertville|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Czechoslovakia|}}
{{MedalSilver|1982 Finland|}}
{{MedalSilver|1983 West Germany|}}
{{MedalBronze|1987 Austria|}}
{{MedalBronze|1992 Czechoslovakia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1979 Sweden|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1979
| WJC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1980 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 1982
| WC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984
| Czechoslovakia | OLY | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984 | Czechoslovakia | CC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 1985
| Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
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| 1986 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 1987
| Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987 | Czechoslovakia | CC | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 1988
| Czechoslovakia | OLY | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1992
| Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
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! colspan=3 | Junior totals ! 10 !! 4 !! 1 !! 5 !! 6 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 88 !! 24 !! 41 !! 65 !! 92 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070124042432/http://www.sienslavy.sk/clenovia/igor-liba Igor Liba in the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame]
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