Igor Liba

Igor Liba
Born	November 4, 1960 (1960-11-04) Prešov, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	New York Rangers Los Angeles Kings
NHL Draft	91st overall, 1983 Calgary Flames
Playing career	1981–2003

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver	1984 Sarajevo	Ice hockey
Bronze	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey

Igor Liba (born November 4, 1960 in Prešov, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak ice hockey player. Played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia. Living in Košice, Slovakia.

Igor Liba was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

Career

Igor Liba played for ZPA Prešov (1970–1978), HC Košice (1978–1982, 1984–1988, 1991–1992, 1997–1998 and 1998–1999) and HC Dukla Jihlava (1982–1984) 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 + 5 assists) and Los Angeles Kings (37 games, 7 goals + 18 assists) in the season of 1988–1989. In the Los Angeles Kings he was playing with Wayne Gretzky in one formation.

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.

External links

• Igor Liba's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Igor Liba – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
• Igor Liba in the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame
• Official website of HC Košice

Awards
Preceded by Vincent Lukac	Golden Hockey Stick 1984	Succeeded by Jiri Kralik