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Ľuboš Bartečko

Ľuboš Bartečko
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Born (1976-07-14) July 14, 1976 (age 40)
Kežmarok, TCH
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for HK ŠKP Poprad
St. Louis Blues
Atlanta Thrashers
HC Sparta Praha
HC Dynamo Moscow
Luleå HF
MHK Kezmarok
SC Bern
Färjestad BK
Modo Hockey
Lev Poprad
HC Lev Praha
Piráti Chomutov
National team  Slovakia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1997–2016
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Gothenburg
Silver medal – second place 2000 Saint Petersburg

Ľuboš Bartečko (born July 14, 1976) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward. He began and concluded his career with hometown club, HK ŠKP Poprad in the Slovak Extraliga. He most notably played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers.

Before Bartečko started his career in the NHL he played for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Drummondville Voltigeurs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and for the Worcester Ice Cats of the American Hockey League (AHL). He started his NHL career in 1998–99 with the St. Louis Blues.

His best year was the 1999–2000 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 Handzuš. 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 Superleague (RSL), where he won the league title in 2004–05.


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