- Ľubomír Sekeráš
Ľubomír Sekeráš (born
November 18 ,1968 inTrenčín ,Czechoslovakia nowSlovakia ) is a Slovak professionalice hockey player, playing defense. He has played in many leagues throughout his career. He started his career with theDukla Trencin of the then Czechoslovak Extraliga. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he continued to play for Dukla Trencin, but in theSlovak Extraliga which the team had migrated to. He continued playing for Dukla Trencin until 1995. At the start of the '95-'96 season, he began to play forTrinec Ocelari HC , which he would play for until the end of the '99-'00 season.NHL career and after
In 2000 he was drafted in the 8th round (232nd overall) by the
Minnesota Wild of the2000 NHL Entry Draft . He played as part of the expansion team's inaugural 2000–2001 season. He continued to play for the Wild through the 2003 playoffs when the Wild made an unexpected run deep into the playoffs until they were eliminated by the Mighty ducks ofAnaheim in the Western Conference Finals. He was then traded to theDallas Stars, but would only play four games for them before going to play for the LokomotivYaroslavl of the Russian Superleague followed by theSodertalje SK of theSwedish Elite League . Sekeras played for theNürnburg Ice Tigers of the German Hockey League in 2004–2005, and returned to Sweden in 2006–2007, when he played forMalmö Redhawks .Trivia
*Sekeras was born in the same town as teammate and Slovak ice hockey
superstar Marian Gaborik .
*Sekeras was born in the same town as Slovak ice hockeysuperstar Zdeno Chara .External links
*hockeydb|51241|Lubomir Sekeras
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