Igor Liba
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice hockey | |||
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| Silver | 1984 Sarajevo | Ice hockey | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertvile | Ice hockey | |
Igor Liba is a former excellent Slovak ice hockey player. He was born in November 4, 1960 in Prešov, Czechoslovakia, today in Slovakia. He is 6', 192 lb, left wing. 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.
[edit] 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.
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, HC Fiemme Cavalese - Italy, TuTo Turku - Finland, HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves - Slovakia, HK VTJ Trebišov - Slovakia, HC Zeltweg - Austria and HK Dragon Prešov - Slovakia.
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| Preceded by Vincent Lukac |
Czechoslovak Golden Hockey Stick 1984 |
Succeeded by Jiri Kralik |
Categories: 1960 births | Living people | Slovak ice hockey players | Czechoslovak ice hockey players | New York Rangers players | Los Angeles Kings players | Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics | Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia | Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
