Ľubomír Sekeráš

Ľubomír Sekeráš (born November 18, 1968) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Sekeráš last played with hometown team HC Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga. Sekeráš has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars.

Playing career He started his career with the HC Dukla Trenčín of the then Czechoslovak Extraliga. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he continued to play for Dukla Trenčín, but in the Slovak Extraliga winning the Championship in its first season. He continued playing for Dukla Trenčín until 1995. At the start of the 1995-96 season, he began to play for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga, which he would play for until the end of the 1999-00 season.

Sekeráš was drafted, at the age of 31, in the 8th round (232nd overall) by the Minnesota Wild of the 2000 NHL entry draft. He played immediately as part of the expansion team's inaugural 2000–01 season. He continued to play for the Wild through the 2003 playoffs scoring his first playoff goal, a game winner, in the turning point over the Vancouver Canucks in the Conference Semifinals. The Wild continued to make an unexpected run deep into the playoffs until they were eliminated by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the Western Conference Finals.

A free agent in the 2003–04 season, Sekeráš signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague. Lubomir left after 15 games to join Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elite League. Sekeráš whirlwind year continued when he was signed by the injury depleted Dallas Stars on March 9, 2004, to fill in for the remainder of the season. Sekeras played for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the German Hockey League in 2004–05, and returned to Sweden in 2006–07, when he played for Malmö Redhawks.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 9 0 0 0 — — — — — — 1988–89 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 16 2 5 7 22 11 0 4 4 0 1989–90 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 44 6 8 14 — 9 0 2 2 — 1990–91 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 52 6 16 22 26 6 0 1 1 0 1991–92 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 32 2 6 8 32 13 1 1 2 0 1992–93 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 40 5 19 24 48 11 4 9 13 0 1993–94 Dukla Trenčín SVK 36 9 12 21 46 9 2 4 6 10 1994–95 Dukla Trenčín SVK 36 11 11 22 24 9 2 7 9 8 1995–96 HC Železárny Třinec ELH 40 11 13 24 44 3 0 0 0 0 1996–97 HC Železárny Třinec ELH 51 14 20 34 54 4 1 0 1 2 1997–98 HC Železárny Třinec ELH 44 9 30 39 34 13 2 10 12 4 1998–99 HC Železárny Třinec ELH 50 8 15 23 38 10 2 6 8 6 1999–00 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 52 7 24 31 42 4 0 2 2 2 2000–01 Minnesota Wild NHL 80 11 23 34 52 — — — — — 2001–02 Minnesota Wild NHL 69 4 20 24 38 — — — — — 2002–03 Minnesota Wild NHL 60 2 9 11 30 15 1 1 2 6 2003–04 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 15 0 3 3 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Södertälje SK SEL 33 4 13 17 30 — — — — — 2003–04 Dallas Stars NHL 4 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2004–05 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 52 4 27 31 48 6 0 1 1 4 2005–06 Dukla Trenčín SVK 12 0 4 4 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 35 3 16 19 20 9 0 2 2 8 2006–07 HC Hamé Zlín ELH 12 1 0 1 30 — — — — — 2006–07 Malmö Redhawks SEL 23 3 10 13 28 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 46 7 12 19 36 8 1 0 1 10 2008–09 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 48 6 10 16 22 5 1 0 1 4 2009–10 Dukla Trenčín SVK 47 4 30 34 42 — — — — — 2010–11 Dukla Trenčín SVK 40 1 3 4 28 11 2 4 6 8 2013–14 MHK Dubnica nad Váhom SVK.3 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — CSSR totals 193 21 54 75 — 50 5 17 22 — ELH totals 344 63 124 187 300 47 7 18 25 28 NHL totals 213 18 53 71 122 15 1 1 2 6

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Slovakia OLY 8 0 0 0 10 1994 Slovakia WC C 6 0 3 3 4 1995 Slovakia WC B 7 3 4 7 22 1996 Slovakia WC 5 2 0 2 4 1996 Slovakia WCH 1 0 0 0 2 1997 Slovakia WC 8 0 3 3 8 1998 Slovakia OLY 4 0 4 4 2 1998 Slovakia WC 6 0 0 0 16 1999 Slovakia WC 5 0 5 5 8 2000 Slovakia WC 7 2 4 6 6 2001 Slovakia WC 7 0 1 1 8 Senior totals 51 4 17 21 64