Yan Stastny

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Yan Stastny
Yan Stastny.jpg
Stastny with the Peoria Rivermen in 2007
Born (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982 (age 39)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Edmonton Oilers
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
HC CSKA Moscow
Schwenninger Wild Wings
HC Vítkovice Ridera
EHC Lustenau
National team  United States
NHL Draft 259th overall, 2002
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2005–2018

Yan Pavol Stastny (born September 30, 1982) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey centre. He comes from the Slovak Stastny ice hockey family, and is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Šťastný (one of the first star Eastern Bloc players to defect to the West). His uncles Anton and Marián Šťastný also played in the NHL, and his brother Paul Stastny plays for the Winnipeg Jets.

Early life[]

Yan Stastny was born in Quebec City, but he moved to New Jersey and then to St. Louis at the age of 7 when his father joined the St. Louis Blues, and where he and his siblings were raised.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the St. Louis Blues minor ice hockey team.[2]

He played high school ice hockey for Chaminade College Preparatory School for two years, and then transferred to Parkway Central High School, because Chaminade would not let him miss classes to play junior ice hockey.[1] During his final years of high school, he played for the Junior B St. Louis Jr. Blues and then the Junior A St. Louis Sting.[3][1]

Yan's number 26 was retired by Chaminade College Preparatory School in honor of Yan and his brother Paul in August 2018.[4]

Playing career[]

Amateur[]

Stastny played for the Omaha Lancers, a Junior A team in the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 2000–01 season. He helped them win the Clark Cup playoff trophy and the Gold Cup National Championship over the Texas Tornado. After high school, he attended the University of Notre Dame for two years where he played for the Fighting Irish before being drafted into the NHL.[5][6]

Professional[]

Stastny was drafted in the eighth round (259th overall) in the 2002 NHL entry draft. He played for Team USA in the 2005 IIHF World Championship, making the Stastnys the first ice hockey family known to have represented four different countries in international play (his father played for Czechoslovakia and Canada in the Canada Cup series in 1976 and 1984, and for Slovakia after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia).[3]

After playing 51 games of the 2005–06 season with the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Iowa Stars, Stastny made his NHL debut on March 1, 2006, with the Edmonton Oilers against the St. Louis Blues, the last team for which his father played. Eight days later, he was traded by the Oilers back to the Boston Bruins along with Marty Reasoner and a 2006 second round pick (Milan Lucic) for Sergei Samsonov as part of an NHL trade deadline deal. He scored his first NHL goal for Boston in a 4-3 home loss against the Montreal Canadiens on April 13, 2006. On January 16, 2007, the Boston Bruins traded him to the St. Louis Blues for a 2007 fifth round draft pick.[7]

On March 3, 2010, the Blues traded him to the Vancouver Canucks for Pierre-Cédric Labrie. He never appeared with the Canucks, instead playing with AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, to conclude the 2009–10 season. On June 29, 2010, Stastny joined CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[3]

After a season with Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan, Stastny returned to the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), signing an initial try-out contract with the Schwenninger Wild Wings on August 2, 2015. He later secured a one-year deal on August 31.[8]

As a free agent the following off-season, Stastny returned to North America after six European seasons, agreeing to a professional try-out contract to attend the training camp with his former club, the St. Louis Blues, joining his brother Paul, on September 10, 2016.[9][10]

After Stastny failed to make the Blues he signed with HC Vítkovice Ridera of the Czech Extraliga (ELH) in October 2016.[11] For the 2017–18 season, Stastny signed with EHC Lustenau of the Alps Hockey League and set a career high in goals with 25. He has not signed with a team since.[12]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 St. Louis Jr. Blues CSHL
1999–2000 St. Louis Sting NAHL 45 12 23 35 77 — — — — —
2000–01 St. Louis Sting NAHL 6 0 2 2 23 — — — — —
2000–01 Omaha Lancers USHL 44 17 14 31 101 11 6 6 12 12
2001–02 University of Notre Dame CCHA 33 6 11 17 38 — — — — —
2002–03 University of Notre Dame CCHA 39 14 9 23 44 — — — — —
2003–04 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 44 9 20 29 83 6 0 1 1 6
2004–05 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 51 24 30 54 60 6 2 1 3 8
2005–06 Iowa Stars AHL 51 14 17 31 42 — — — — —
2005–06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 17 1 3 4 10 — — — — —
2005–06 Providence Bruins AHL — — — — — 6 0 5 5 12
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 21 0 2 2 19 — — — — —
2006–07 Providence Bruins AHL 11 3 9 12 12 — — — — —
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 39 11 17 28 35 — — — — —
2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 43 13 11 24 69 — — — — —
2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 12 1 1 2 9 — — — — —
2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 34 3 4 7 20 — — — — —
2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 30 12 7 19 21 6 2 2 4 2
2009–10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 49 10 17 27 51 — — — — —
2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Manitoba Moose AHL 16 2 4 6 18 6 2 2 4 8
2010–11 CSKA Moscow KHL 49 5 8 13 52 — — — — —
2011–12 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 40 14 21 35 92 — — — — —
2012–13 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 42 16 17 33 83 3 1 4 5 2
2013–14 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 28 9 13 22 44 4 1 0 1 8
2014–15 Mora IK Allsv 23 1 4 5 12 — — — — —
2015–16 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 38 10 10 20 10 — — — — —
2016–17 HC Vítkovice Ridera ELH 37 7 7 14 26 5 0 0 0 0
2017–18 EHC Lustenau AlpsHL 39 25 28 53 22 — — — — —
DEL totals 243 82 111 193 372 19 4 6 10 24
AHL totals 239 65 82 147 248 18 4 9 13 22
NHL totals 91 6 10 16 58 — — — — —

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 United States WC 6th 7 2 0 2 6
2006 United States WC 7th 7 1 0 1 2
2011 United States WC 8th 7 1 1 2 4
Senior totals 21 4 1 5 12

See also[]

  • Notable families in the NHL

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Stastny's Boyhood Dream is Now Reality". NHL.com.
  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Pinelli, Brian (May 9, 2011). "Rewarding Return to Slovakia for Stastny". usahockey.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Mayes, Warren (August 9, 2018). "Chaminade retires numbers of Butler, Bishop, Wideman, Stastny brothers; inducts two into Hall of Fame". West Newsmagazine. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Yan Stastny player profile". St. Louis Blues. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  6. ^ Profile, na3hl.com; accessed April 25, 2014.
  7. ^ "Blues trade for Yan Stastny". STLtoday. January 16, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  8. ^ "Yan Stastny bleibt in Schwenningen". eishockey.info (in German). August 31, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Pinkert, Chris (September 11, 2016). "Blues invite 6 PTOs to training camp". NHL.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  10. ^ O'Neill, Dan (September 10, 2016). "Blues camp will be family affair for Stastnys". STLtoday.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Syn slovenskej hokejovej legendy vymenil NHL za Česko". hnonline.sk (in Slovak). October 8, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Transferbombe: Yan Stastny stürmt für den EHC Alge Elastic Lustenau". ehc-lustenau.at. August 8, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

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