Martin Cibák (born 17 May 1980) is a
Slovak former professional
ice hockey
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player.
Biography
Cibák was born in
Liptovský Mikuláš
Liptovský Mikuláš (; until 1952 ''Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš'', german: Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus; hu, Liptószentmiklós) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava. It lies in the Liptov region, in Liptov Bas ...
,
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
. As a youth, he played in the 1994
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (french: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, ...
with a team from
Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the t ...
.
Cibák won the
Stanley Cup with
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...
in the
2003–04 NHL season
The 2003–04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup champions were the Tampa Bay Lightning, who won the best of seven series four games to three against the Calgary Flames.
For the fourth time in ...
, and also played with the Slovak National Team in the
2004 World Cup of Hockey. Cibak earned the nickname "Cibby" while playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
He signed a one-year contract with
Frölunda HC in August, 2006. In summer 2007, he signed a contract with
Södertälje SK
Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Eli ...
and left the club on 26 April 2009 to sign with
HC Spartak Moscow
HC Spartak Moscow (russian: ХК Спартак Москва, en, Spartak Moskva) is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2013–14 season. Howe ...
on 6 May 2009.
Slalom canoeist
Peter Cibák
Peter Cibák (born 2 March 1981 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2010.
He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith. ...
is his cousin.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
*
Martin Cibák at the Tampa Bay Lightning page*
1980 births
Living people
Detroit Vipers players
Frölunda HC players
HC Košice players
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
HC Olomouc players
HC Plzeň players
HC Spartak Moscow players
HC Vityaz players
PSG Berani Zlín players
Hershey Bears players
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medicine Hat Tigers players
MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players
Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia
Ice hockey people from Liptovský Mikuláš
Severstal Cherepovets players
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Slovak ice hockey centres
Södertälje SK players
Springfield Falcons players
Stanley Cup champions
Tampa Bay Lightning draft picks
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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