Libor Hudáček (; born 7 September 1990) is a Slovak

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player currently under contract with

HC Oceláři Třinec HC Oceláři Třinec (''Třinec Steelers'') is a Czech ice hockey team from Třinec who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is the Werk Arena. The team's main sponsors are the local Třinec Iron and S ...

of the

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(ELH). He is the younger brother of Július Hudáček, who is a

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Playing career

Hudáček began playing

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in the

HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Spišská Nová Ves is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Spišská Nová Ves. They currently play in the Slovak Extraliga. The club is a four-time and current winner of the second highest competition Slovak 1. Liga, as it won in ...

. He was a member of the

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project in the 2009–10 season, overall playing 23 games. The rest of the season, he played for the

HC Slovan Bratislava Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava () is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Tipsport Liga (hockey), Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, it returned to ...

. In the 2010–11 season he overall played 55 games and earned 24

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for Slovan. In the next season, he scored the winning goal in the 7th playoffs final game against

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and won the Slovak Extraliga title. After two seasons with

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in the

(ELH), Hudáček returned to the KHL as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on 21 May 2020. On 24 February 2021, Hudacek joined

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of the

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(NL) on a one-year deal through the end of the 2020–21 season. He hurt his leg in a game against

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on March 9, 2021, which required surgery, forcing him to sit out the remainder of the season. On 31 July 2022, Hudáček opted to return to the Czech Republic as a free agent and signed a three-year contract with HC Oceláři Třinec of the ELH.

International play

Hudáček participated in the

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and the

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. He played for

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at the

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, earning 5 points in 10 games. He won the silver medal at the 2012 World Championship.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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