Ľuboš Bartečko

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Luleå HF
former_teams =
league = SEL
position = LW/C
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 189
nationality = SVK
birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|7|14|mf=y
birth_place = Kežmarok, CS
draft = Undrafted
career_start = 1997

Ľuboš Bartečko (pronounced bar-tetch-ko) (born July 14, 1976 in Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional hockey forward who currently plays for Luleå HF in the Swedish Elitserien. He was earlier in the National Hockey League where he played for the St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers.

Playing career

Before Bartečko started his career in the NHL he played for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Drummondville Voltigeurs in the QMJHL and for the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL. He started his NHL career in 1998–99 with the St. Louis Blues.His best year was the 1999–00 season when he scored 16 goals and 39 points in 67 games and often played on a line with his fellow countrymen Pavol Demitra and Michal Handzus. In 2001 he moved to Atlanta, playing for the Atlanta Thrashers. Since the 2003–04 season he returned to Europe, where he played for HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga and for HC Dynamo Moscow of Russian Hockey Super League, where he won the league title in 2004-05. Bartečko currently plays his third season for Luleå HF in the Swedish Elitserien since 2005-06. However, he started each season in the Slovak Extraliga.

Awards

* Won the playoffs with HC Dynamo Moscow of Russian Hockey Super League in 2004–05

Records

Career statistics

International Play

* Silver Medal with Team Slovakia in 2000 Ice Hockey World Championships
* Gold Medal with Team Slovakia in 2002 Ice Hockey World Championships
* Played for Team Slovakia in the 2004 Ice Hockey World Championships
* Played for Team Slovakia in the 2005 Ice Hockey World Championships
* Played for Team Slovakia in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino
* Team Slovakia - 77 caps / 15 goals

References

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ee also

* Slovaks in the NHL