Libor Zábranský (ice hockey, born 2000)

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Libor Zábranský
Born (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 21)
Brno, Czech Republic
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shoots Right
WHL team
Former teams		 Kamloops Blazers
Moose Jaw Warriors
Saskatoon Blades
Fargo Force
Kelowna Rockets
Kometa Brno
Playing career 2016–present

Libor Zábranský Jr. (born 26 May 2000) is a Czech ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL).[1] He is the son of the Czech retired 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.[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]

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 ELH-Jr. 12 3 4 7 4 — — — — —
2016–17 HC Kometa Brno U20 ELH-Jr. 34 9 26 35 36 12 3 7 10 6
2016–17 HC Kometa Brno ELH 15 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč Czech.1 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 — — — — —
WHL totals 159 8 41 49 107 4 0 0 0 0

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2017 Czech Republic IH18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1 3 4 2
2018 Czech Republic WJC18 4th 7 1 4 5 6
2020 Czech Republic WJC 7th 5 4 0 4 16

References[]

  1. ^ "Libor Zábranský at eliteprospects.com".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "2018 IIHF World U18 Championships reports".
  4. ^ Borovský, Jakub (2018-04-23). "Senzační postup. Česká osmnáctka vyřadila Kanadu a je v semifinále" [Major upset. Czech U18 team defeated Canada and advaces to semifinals]. idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "2018 CSB Final (NA Skaters)".

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