Libor Zábranský

Libor Zábranský Jr. (born 26 May 2000) is a Czech ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Porin Ässät of the Liiga. He is the son of the Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman Libor Zábranský Sr.

Playing career In August 2017, he was the captain of men's national under-18 team in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. The national team got into the finals where they lost to Canada 4–1. Zábranský himself, however, could not play the final match due to injury.

In April 2018, he was the captain of the same team in the World U18 Championships. In the preliminary round, the team defeated only France finishing in 4th place. However, in the quarterfinals, the team created major upset defeating Canada 2–1.

He was also appointed captain of the men's national under-20 team for the 2020 World Junior Championships.

In the CSB ranking for the 2018 NHL entry draft, he ranked on 115th place in North American Skaters category.

On 17th of April 2023, Ässät announced that Zabransky had signed a one-year contract with them.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2015–16 HC Kometa Brno U20 CZE Jr 12 3 4 7 4 — — — — — 2016–17 HC Kometa Brno U20 CZE Jr 34 9 26 35 36 12 3 7 10 6 2016–17 HC Kometa Brno CZE 15 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč CZE-2 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2017–18 Kelowna Rockets WHL 72 2 17 19 34 4 0 0 0 0 2018–19 Kelowna Rockets WHL 35 2 7 9 32 — — — — — 2018–19 Fargo Force USHL 30 4 12 16 20 2 0 0 0 0 2019–20 Saskatoon Blades WHL 16 1 4 5 14 — — — — — 2019–20 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 13 1 5 6 15 — — — — — 2019–20 Kamloops Blazers WHL 23 2 8 10 12 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 51 7 14 4 12 4 0 0 0 8 2021–22 Jukurit FIN 58 4 13 17 57 7 1 0 1 2 2022–23 Jukurit FIN 57 3 12 15 18 — — — — — FIN totals 115 7 25 32 75 7 1 0 1 2

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2017 Czech Republic IH18 4 1 3 4 2 2018 Czech Republic WJC18 7 1 4 5 6 2020 Czech Republic WJC 5 4 0 4 16 Junior totals 16 6 7 13 24