Yan Stastny
Yan Pavol Stastny (born September 30, 1982) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey centre. He most recently played for EHC Lustenau of the Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL). Yan comes from the Slovak Stastny 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.
| Yan Stastny | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 30, 1982 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 |
Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues HC CSKA Moscow Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Mora IK Schwenninger Wild Wings HC Vitkovice EHC Lustenau | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| NHL Draft |
259th overall, 2002 Boston Bruins | ||
| Playing career | 2005–2018 | ||
Early life
Yan Stastny was born in Quebec City, but he moved to New Jersey and then to St. Louis, Missouri at age 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 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 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 2000-2001 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 8th round (259th overall) in the 2002 NHL entry draft. He played for Team USA in the 2005 IIHF World Championships, making the Stastnys the first hockey family known to have represented four different countries in international play (his father played for Czechoslovakia, for Canada in the 1984 Canada Cup as a naturalized citizen, 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, Yan 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. 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 St. Louis 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. [3]
After a season with Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan, Stastny returned to the German 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, 2015.[8]
As a free agent the following off-season, Stastny returned to North America after 6 European seasons, agreeing to a professional try-out contract to attend training camp with his former club, the St. Louis Blues, joining current Blue and brother Paul on September 6, 2016.[9]
After Stastny failed to make the Blues he signed with HC Vitkovice of the Czech Extraliga.[4] 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.[4]
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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
References
- "Stastny's Boyhood Dream is Now Reality". NHL.com.
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- Pinelli, Brian (May 9, 2011). "Rewarding Return to Slovakia for Stastny". Team USA Hockey.
- Mayes, Warren. "Chaminade retires numbers of Butler, Bishop, Wideman, Stastny brothers; inducts two into Hall of Fame".
- "Yan Stastny player profile". St. Louis Blues. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- Profile, na3hl.com; accessed April 25, 2014.
- "Blues trade for Yan Stastny". STLtoday. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- "Yan Stastny remains" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- Andy Strickland (2016-09-06). "Don't be confused to see two Stastny's". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database