Martin Cibák (born 17 May 1980) is a Slovak former professional

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player.

Biography

Cibák was born in

Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš (; until 1952 ''Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš'', ; ) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava. It lies in the Liptov region, in Podtatranská kotlina, Liptov Basin near the Low Tatra and Tat ...

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. As a youth, he played in the 1994

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with a team from

Poprad Poprad (; ; ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatras, High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the Spiš region and the largest of all towns in the vic ...

. Cibák won the

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with

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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 The 2004 World Cup of Hockey was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the second installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, eight years after the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey. It was held from August ...

. Cibak earned the nickname "Cibby" while playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He signed a one-year contract with

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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 El ...

and left the club on 26 April 2009 to sign with

HC Spartak Moscow HC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club played in the Tarasov Division of the KHL during the 2013–14 season. Howe ...

on 6 May 2009. Slalom canoeist Peter Cibák is his cousin.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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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 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub