“We have long been convinced of Libor’s playing qualities. He has had a difficult year sportingly, but he will have all the more motivation to prove that he is still one of the best strikers,” said the manager. sportsman from Třinec, Jan Peterek. said in a statement.

Třinec was already interested in Hudáček two years ago, but the extra-league silver medalist with Liberec in 2019 went to Nižněkamsk. At the end of the 2018/19 season, he was also working in Lausanne. A pupil of Spišská Nové Ves, he also played for Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga and KHL, Banská Bystrica and in Sweden in Örebro and Färjestad.

In the 2020/21 season, he was Nizhnekamsk’s most productive player with 38 points (17+21), but the following year after returning from Lausanne, he collected only three assists in 11 duels . In mid-October he moved to Lugano, where he scored eight goals in 10 games. Then he went to Minsk, where he had four points (2+2) in six games, including the playoffs. At the Olympics, in three duels, he scored three goals and made one assist.

“I’ve never experienced anything like this before. It’s the career of a professional hockey player. I haven’t done so well at club level, but we’ve had a lot of success with the national team “, recalled Hudáček last year. “The Steelers are a top organization, they have won three league titles in a row. This is a testament to the high quality of the staff. I look forward to the boys in the cabin and the cooperation with coaches Moták and Országh” , added the striker. , who has 119 games and 106 points in the Czech Extraliga for 51 goals and 55 assists.

“A striker with a very rich history is coming. He has come through the KHL, the Swedish and Swiss leagues. So the expectations are high, of course, we will try to integrate him as quickly as possible into the line-up and the team in order that he can really be a reinforcement”, declared the new coach of Třinec, Zdeněk Moták, during a new acquisition which played 218 games in the KHL and scored 103 points (45+58).