Igor Liba
Born (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960
Prešov, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Right
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
National team  Czechoslovakia
NHL Draft 91st overall, 1983
Calgary Flames
Playing career 19792003

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.

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78 ZPA Prešov CSSR-3
1978–79 ZPA Prešov CSSR-3
1979–80 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4216102616
1980–81 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4317244120
1981–82 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4435185334
1982–83 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 4327184524
1983–84 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 4114183216
1984–85 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4428265422
1985–86 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 3425295432
1986–87 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 3113162938
1987–88 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4221375886
1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 1025715
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 275131821 20002
1989–90 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 4417203737
1990–91 HC VSZ Košice CSSR 20110 31230
1990–91 EHC Biel NDA 181382110 31014
1991–92 HC VSZ Košice CSSR 1679166
1991–92 HC Cavalese ITA 181134452 42794
1992–93 TUTO Hockey FIN-2 44223456111
1993–94 EV Zeltweg AUT-2
1994–95 EV Zeltweg AUT 3030235344
1995–96 EV Zeltweg AUT 3315193434
1996–97 HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves SVK 4626255172
1997–98 HC Košice SVK 3210243436
1997–98 HK Trebisov SVK-2 41452
1998–99 HC VSZ Košice SVK 5215254024
1999–00 EV Zeltweg AUT-2 3024366018
2000–01 HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov SVK-2 361725426
2002–03 HK Spisska Nova Ves SVK 201101140
2002–03 HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov SVK-2 208111940
CSSR totals 426220226446331 856110
NHL totals 377182536 20002

International

Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympics
Silver medal – second place1984 Sarajevo
Bronze medal – third place1992 Albertville
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place1982 Finland
Silver medal – second place1983 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place1987 Austria
Bronze medal – third place1992 Czechoslovakia
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place1979 Sweden
Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1979 Czechoslovakia WJC 50002
1980 Czechoslovakia WJC 54154
1982 Czechoslovakia WC 103256
1983 Czechoslovakia WC 1028100
1984 Czechoslovakia OLY 74376
1984 Czechoslovakia CC 52356
1985 Czechoslovakia WC 1025716
1986 Czechoslovakia WC 1024618
1987 Czechoslovakia WC 1023512
1987 Czechoslovakia CC 60446
1988 Czechoslovakia OLY 846108
1992 Czechoslovakia OLY 41234
1992 Czechoslovakia WC 821310
Junior totals 104156
Senior totals 8824416592
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