Vincent Lukáč (born 14 February 1954 in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

) is a former professional Slovak

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player, coach and politician. He was a player of

HC Košice Hockey Club Košice is a Slovak professional ice hockey club based in Košice that competes in the Slovak Extraliga, the top tier of Slovak ice hockey. It is the most successful hockey club in Slovakia and the former Czechoslovakia, having won the ...

(''the most successful player in history of the team'' - 14 seasons, 518 games, 393 goals),

HC Dukla Jihlava HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an ice hockey team in the Czech Republic. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, an ...

, SC Rosenheim, WEV Wien,

Fife Flyers The Fife Flyers are a Ice hockey in Scotland, Scottish professional ice hockey team in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Established in 1938, the Flyers are the oldest still-extant club in the country. The Flyers play their home games at Fife Ice Arena, which ...

of Scotland (alongside compatriots and ) and

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in London. He had been drafted by the

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

at the age of 28, but never played the

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. He was a coach of

, the

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(assistant) and MsHK Žilina, Slovakia. Lukáč resides in Košice. He is the father-in-law of

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-winning hockey player

Jiří Bicek Jiří Bicek (born 3 December 1978) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils between 2000 and 2004, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2003. By doing so, Bicek became ...

. In 2004, he was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame. Outside of ice hockey, he contested Let's Dance.

Political career

2010 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a ...

, he was elected to the National Council on the list of the

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. He also served as a municipal deputy in the

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borough of Košice. As an MP, he caused controversy by claiming he had good relationship with mafia members. After widespread criticism, Lukáč clarified it was meant to be a joke.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

Vincent Lukáč in the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukac, Vincent 1954 births Living people Czechoslovak ice hockey left wingers Fife Flyers players HC Košice players HC Dukla Jihlava players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Ice hockey people from Košice Quebec Nordiques draft picks Slovak ice hockey left wingers Slovak ice hockey coaches Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in England Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in England Expatriate ice hockey players in West Germany Slovakia men's national ice hockey team coaches Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012 Slovak National Party politicians