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 (1982-09-30) 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 20052018

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
1998–99St. Louis Jr. BluesCSHL
1999–2000St. Louis StingNAHL4512233577
2000–01St. Louis StingNAHL602223
2000–01Omaha LancersUSHL4417143110111661212
2001–02University of Notre DameCCHA336111738
2002–03University of Notre DameCCHA391492344
2003–04Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL44920298360116
2004–05Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL512430546062138
2005–06Iowa StarsAHL5114173142
2005–06Edmonton OilersNHL30000
2005–06Boston BruinsNHL1713410
2005–06Providence BruinsAHL605512
2006–07Boston BruinsNHL2102219
2006–07Providence BruinsAHL11391212
2006–07Peoria RivermenAHL3911172835
2007–08Peoria RivermenAHL4313112469
2007–08St. Louis BluesNHL121129
2008–09St. Louis BluesNHL3434720
2008–09Peoria RivermenAHL30127192162242
2009–10Peoria RivermenAHL4910172751
2009–10St. Louis BluesNHL41010
2009–10Manitoba MooseAHL162461862248
2010–11CSKA MoscowKHL49581352
2011–12Thomas Sabo Ice TigersDEL4014213592
2012–13Thomas Sabo Ice TigersDEL421617338331452
2013–14Thomas Sabo Ice TigersDEL28913224441018
2014–15Mora IKAllsv2314512
2015–16Schwenninger Wild WingsDEL3810102010
2016–17HC Vítkovice RideraELH3777142650000
2017–18EHC LustenauAlpsHL3925285322
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

References

  1. "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 2019-02-11.
  3. Pinelli, Brian (May 9, 2011). "Rewarding Return to Slovakia for Stastny". Team USA Hockey.
  4. Mayes, Warren. "Chaminade retires numbers of Butler, Bishop, Wideman, Stastny brothers; inducts two into Hall of Fame".
  5. "Yan Stastny player profile". St. Louis Blues. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  6. Profile, na3hl.com; accessed April 25, 2014.
  7. "Blues trade for Yan Stastny". STLtoday. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  8. "Yan Stastny remains" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  9. Andy Strickland (2016-09-06). "Don't be confused to see two Stastny's". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
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