Libor Polášek (born April 22, 1974 in Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey centre. Polášek was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 21st overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft from HC Vitkovice of the Czech Extraliga with the hope of seeing the tall center develop into a player similar to Mark Messier. He however turned out being unable to live up to the expectations, failing to even make any kind of impact at the minor league level. During his stay with the Hamilton Canucks and the Syracuse Crunch, the then farm teams of the Vancouver Canucks in the American Hockey League, he registered only 20 goals over four seasons. Even further down, at the ECHL level, with the South Carolina Stingrays, Polášek was unable to perform at the level he was expected to, failing t