Ľubomír Pokovič
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Date of birth | April 28, 1960 |
place of birth | Skalica , Czechoslovakia |
position | striker |
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1979-1989 | HC Slovan Bratislava |
Ľubomír Pokovič (born April 28, 1960 in Skalica , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player - and coach, who played on the position of striker for HC Slovan Bratislava in the 1st division of Czechoslovakia . Until 2011 he was the assistant coach of the Slovak national ice hockey team . His son Lubor is also a hockey player.
Career
Pokovič played between 1979 and 1989 in the forward position for HC Slovan Bratislava in the highest Czechoslovak league . Between 1991 and 1993 he was also in the third-class league for REV Bremerhaven as a player-coach on the ice.
Trainer
Pokovič began his coaching career in Germany at REV Bremerhaven in the Oberliga , where he looked after the team for two seasons as a player- coach . He then moved as head coach to EHC Neuwied in the second-class first division and later the second division . With the Rhinelander he was on the gang between 1995 and 1999 and won with the team the DEB League Cup 1997 and the championship of the 1st league in the seasons 1996/97 and 1997/98 .
From the 1999/2000 season Pokovič worked for three seasons as an assistant coach for HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovakian extra league before he worked as head coach for the Tölzer Löwen in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2002/03 season . After only one season, however, he returned to HC Slovan Bratislava, where he initially worked as an assistant coach and in the 2003/04 season as head coach. At the same time, he initially took on the post of assistant coach of the Slovak national ice hockey team for two years , which he held again between 2008 and 2011.
After a season in Bratislava , Pokovič went to HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech Extra League for one season in 2004 , where he was the assistant coach of Pavel Marek , before he took over the coaching position at HK Dinamo Minsk from the Belarusian Extra League, with which he was Belarusian in 2006, for two seasons Cup winner and 2007 extra league champion. In the 2012/13 season , the Slovak was again in charge of HK Dinamo Minsk , who is now playing in the KHL , as an assistant coach, as well as the Belarusian national team in the same function . During the 2013/14 season he was promoted to head coach in Minsk after Alyaksandr Andryjeuski was released from this position.
He was removed from office in October 2015.
Achievements and Awards
As a trainer
- DEB League Cup winner 1997
- Champion of the second-rate 1st division in 1997 and 1998
Web links
- Ľubomír Pokovič at eurohockey.com
- Ľubomír Pokovič at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Ľubomír Pokovič at eishockey-in-neuwied.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ eliteprospects.com [1]
- ↑ eurohockey.com, Aleksandr Andrievski is fired as head coach of Dinamo-Minsk , November 25, 2013, accessed on January 16, 2014
- ^ Coach castling in the KHL. In: hockeyfans.ch. October 17, 2015, accessed October 23, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pokovič, Ľubomír |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pokovic, Lubomir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Skalica Czechoslovakia |