Ľuboš Bartečko | |||
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Born |
Kežmarok, TCH |
July 14, 1976 ||
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 |
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National team | Slovakia | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1997–2016 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Slovakia | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2002 Gothenburg | ||
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.