Pavol Rybár

Pavol Rybár
Date of birth	October 12, 1971
place of birth	Skalica , Czechoslovakia
size	181 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 1990	ZVL Skalica
1990-1992	VTJ Topoľčany
1992-1998	HK 36 Skalica
1998-1999	HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves
1999	HK 36 Skalica
1999-2000	HC Znojemští Orli
2000-2006	HC Slovan Bratislava
2006-2007	Amur Khabarovsk HK Homel
2007-2009	HK 36 Skalica
2009-2011	HC Slovan Bratislava

Pavol Rybár (born October 12, 1971 in Skalica , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper who was in goal for HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak extra league for many years .

Career

Rybár began his career at ZVL Skalica , for which he was initially in goal until 1990. He then moved to VTJ Topoľčany and also played games for HC Dukla Trenčín from the Slovakian Extra League , but returned in 1991 to his home club. There he played until 1999, where he was a champion of the first division and was part of the all-star team of the extra league . During this time he also came to work at HK Nitra and HK VTJ Spisská Nová Ves . After a year at HC Znojemští Orli , the left catcher moved to HC Slovan Bratislava , with whom he was able to celebrate his greatest sporting successes. The goalkeeper achieved three Slovak championships and won the IIHF Continental Cup in seven years with the team. After the 2005/06 season he left the club and hired Amur Khabarovsk from the Russian Super League and the Belarusian extra league club HK Homel . From the 2007/08 season he played again at HK 36 Skalica and was Slovak runner-up there in 2009. After this success he was again committed by Slovan Bratislava, where he formed the goalkeeping duo with Branislav Konrád .

He ended his career in 2011 and became a goalkeeping coach at HC Slovan in 2012. Since 2015 he has been in the same position with the partner team HC 05 Banská Bystrica .

International

Rybár made his debut with the Slovak national ice hockey team in 1997 at the World Cup . They also took part in the squad of the Slovaks at the Winter Olympics in 1998 in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City . He also played the World Championships in 2000 , 2001 and 2003 . In 2000 he won the silver medal and in 2003 bronze.

Achievements and Awards

1997 1. Liga -Master and Extraliga -Aufstieg with HK 36 Skalica 1999 All-Star-Team of the Extraliga 2001 All-Star-Team of the Extraliga 2002 Slovak champion with HC Slovan Bratislava 2003 Slovak champion with HC Slovan Bratislava

2003 All-Star-Team of the Extraliga 2004 IIHF Continental Cup -Win with HC Slovan Bratislava 2005 Slovak champion with HC Slovan Bratislava 2009 Slovak runner-up with the HK 36 Skalica

International

• 2000 silver medal at the world championship
• 2003 bronze medal at the world championship

Web links

• Pavol Rybár at hockeydb.com (English)
• Pavol Rybár at eurohockey.com
• Pavol Rybár at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Pavol Rybár at hockeygoalies.org