Libor Zábranský (ice hockey, born 2000)
Libor Zábranský Jr. (born 26 May 2000) is a Czech ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Porin Ässät of the Liiga.[1] He is the son of the Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman Libor Zábranský Sr.
| Libor Zábranský | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zábranský with the Czech Republic in 2023 | |||
| Born | 26 May 2000 Brno, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defenceman | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Liiga team Former teams | Porin Ässät Kometa Brno Mikkelin Jukurit | ||
| National team | Czech Republic | ||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||
Playing career edit
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.[2]
In April 2018, he was the captain[3] 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.[4]
He was also appointed captain of the men's national under-20 team for the 2020 World Junior Championships.[5]
In the CSB ranking for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, he ranked on 115th place in North American Skaters category.[6]
On 17th of April 2023, Ässät announced that Zabransky had signed a one-year contract with them.[7]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| 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 edit
| 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 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Libor Zábranský at eliteprospects.com".
- ^ Petrásková, Klára (2017-08-12). "Vybojovali jsme to týmovým výkonem, říká o stříbru Jakub Lauko" [We won the silver medals due to team effort, says Jakub Lauko]. hlinkagretzkycup.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "2018 IIHF World U18 Championships reports".
- ^ Borovský, Jakub (2018-04-23). "Senzační postup. Česká osmnáctka vyřadila Kanadu a je v semifinále" [Major upset. Czech U18 team defeated Canada and advances to semifinals]. idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Hedbávný, Marek (2019-12-25). "Kapitánem dvacítky je Zábranský. Kdo budou jeho asistenti?" [Captain of U20 is Zábranský. Who is going to be his assistants?]. hokej.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "2018 CSB Final (NA Skaters)".
- ^ "SM-liiga-seura kaappasi maajoukkuepakin kilpailijalta". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database