Igor Liba

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 Czechslovak 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.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 ZPA Prešov CSSR-3 — — — — — — — — — — 1978–79 ZPA Prešov CSSR-3 — — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 42 16 10 26 16 — — — — — 1980–81 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 43 17 24 41 20 — — — — — 1981–82 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 44 35 18 53 34 — — — — — 1982–83 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 43 27 18 45 24 — — — — — 1983–84 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 41 14 18 32 16 — — — — — 1984–85 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 44 28 26 54 22 — — — — — 1985–86 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 34 25 29 54 32 — — — — — 1986–87 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 31 13 16 29 38 — — — — — 1987–88 TJ VSŽ Košice CSSR 42 21 37 58 86 — — — — — 1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 10 2 5 7 15 — — — — — 1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 27 5 13 18 21 2 0 0 0 2 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 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 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Cavalese ITA 18 11 34 45 2 4 2 7 9 4 1992–93 TUTO Hockey FIN-2 44 22 34 56 111 — — — — — 1993–94 EV Zeltweg AUT-2 — — — — — — — — — — 1994–95 EV Zeltweg AUT 30 30 23 53 44 — — — — — 1995–96 EV Zeltweg AUT 33 15 19 34 34 — — — — — 1996–97 HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves SVK 46 26 25 51 72 — — — — — 1997–98 HC Košice SVK 32 10 24 34 36 — — — — — 1997–98 HK Trebisov SVK-2 4 1 4 5 2 — — — — — 1998–99 HC VSZ Košice SVK 52 15 25 40 24 — — — — — 1999–00 EV Zeltweg AUT-2 30 24 36 60 18 — — — — — 2000–01 HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov SVK-2 36 17 25 42 6 — — — — — 2002–03 HK Spisska Nova Ves SVK 20 1 10 11 40 — — — — — 2002–03 HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov SVK-2 20 8 11 19 40 — — — — — CSSR totals 426 220 226 446 331 8 5 6 11 0 NHL totals 37 7 18 25 36 2 0 0 0 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1979 Czechoslovakia WJC 5 0 0 0 2 1980 Czechoslovakia WJC 5 4 1 5 4 1982 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 2 5 6 1983 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 8 10 0 1984 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 4 3 7 6 1984 Czechoslovakia CC 5 2 3 5 6 1985 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 5 7 16 1986 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 4 6 18 1987 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 3 5 12 1987 Czechoslovakia CC 6 0 4 4 6 1988 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 4 6 10 8 1992 Czechoslovakia OLY 4 1 2 3 4 1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 2 1 3 10 Junior totals 10 4 1 5 6 Senior totals 88 24 41 65 92