Libor Zábranský
Zábranský with the Czech Republic in 2023
Born (2000-05-26) 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 2016present

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.

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]

On 17th of April 2023, Ässät announced that Zabransky had signed a one-year contract with them.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2015–16 HC Kometa Brno U20 CZE Jr 123474
2016–17 HC Kometa Brno U20 CZE Jr 349263536 1237106
2016–17 HC Kometa Brno CZE 150112 10000
2016–17 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč CZE-2 30004
2017–18 Kelowna Rockets WHL 722171934 40000
2018–19 Kelowna Rockets WHL 3527932
2018–19 Fargo Force USHL 304121620 20000
2019–20 Saskatoon Blades WHL 1614514
2019–20 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 1315615
2019–20 Kamloops Blazers WHL 23281012
2020–21 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 51714412 40008
2021–22 Jukurit FIN 584131757 71012
2022–23 Jukurit FIN 573121518
FIN totals 1157253275 71012

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
2017 Czech Republic IH18 41342
2018 Czech Republic WJC18 71456
2020 Czech Republic WJC 540416
Junior totals 16671324

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 advances 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)".
  7. "SM-liiga-seura kaappasi maajoukkuepakin kilpailijalta". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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