Tony Hrkac

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CanadaCanada  Tony Hrkac Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 7, 1966
place of birth Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 77 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 2nd round, 32nd position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1983-1984 Orillia Travelways
1984-1985 University of North Dakota
1985-1986 Hockey Canada
1986-1987 University of North Dakota
1987-1989 St. Louis Blues
1989-1991 Nordiques de Québec
1991-1992 San Jose Sharks
1992 Chicago Blackhawks
1992-1993 Indianapolis Ice
1993-1994 Peoria Rivermen
St. Louis Blues
1994-1997 Milwaukee Admirals
1997-1998 Dallas Stars
Michigan K-Wings
1998 Edmonton Oilers
1998-1999 Dallas Stars
1999 New York Islanders
1999-2001 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2001-2003 Atlanta Thrashers
2003-2005 Milwaukee Admirals
2009-2010 Houston Eros

Anthony John "Tony" Hrkac (born July 7, 1966 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and scout , who played 799 games for the St. Louis Blues , Nordiques de Quebec , San Jose Sharks , Chicago Blackhawks , Dallas Stars , Edmonton Oilers , New York Islanders , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Hrkac, who won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for the United States' best college player in 1987, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Dallas Stars by winning the Stanley Cup in 1999 .

Career

Hrkac began his career from 1982 to 1984 in the lower class Canadian junior leagues. In the summer of 1984, he moved to the University of North Dakota to play games in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association while studying for the university team . He left college after a year and spent the following season with the Canadian national team . For the 1986/87 season, the Canadian returned to the University of North Dakota and led the team with 116 points in 48 games to win the national championship. Hrkac himself has been showered with awards including the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for best college player of the year.

In the same season he signed the St. Louis Blues , who had already selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 1984 in the second round in 32nd place, for the playoffs. From the 1987/88 season , the center was then part of the regular staff of the NHL squad of the Blues, before it was part of a transfer deal for the first time during the 1989/90 season and was transferred to the Nordiques de Québec . After one and a half years in the French-Canadian metropolis, he was transferred to the newly founded San Jose Sharks in exchange for Greg Paslawski , who in turn sent him to the Chicago Blackhawks after a short time . Since the Canadian there, as in San Jose, did not get a permanent place in the NHL squad, he returned as a free agent in the summer of 1993 to the St. Louis Blues. This put him in the 1993/94 season in only 36 games, and it was until the 1997/98 season before Hrkac, this time in the jersey of the Dallas Stars , played an NHL game again. As a result, he changed teams several times due to transfer deals, placements on the waiver list and contracts signed as a free agent. Between 1997 and 2004, the year he ended his career, he was a member of the Dallas Stars, the Edmonton Oilers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Nashville Predators , New York Islanders , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Atlanta Thrashers organizations . In his career, Hrkac completed 758 NHL games and posted 371 points.

In the summer of 2007, Hrkac took over the position of coach at Concordia University Wisconsin , which decided in September 2006 to include ice hockey in its sports offer. At the end of the 2008/09 season Tony Hrkac returned as an active player when he was signed by the Houston Eros from the AHL. With the Eros he reached the playoff semifinals. After this success he paused again. In March 2010, he signed a contract with the Houston Eros again and stayed there until the end of the season, before finally ending his career at the age of just under 44. For the 2015/16 season , Hrkac got a job as a scout with the Tampa Bay Lightning .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Orillia Travelways OPJHL 42 52 54 106 20th - - - - -
1984/85 University of North Dakota NCAA 36 18th 36 54 16
1985/86 Hockey Canada International 62 19th 30th 49 36
1986/87 University of North Dakota NCAA 48 46 70 116 48
1986/87 St. Louis Blues NHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 0
1987/88 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 11 37 48 22nd 10 6th 1 7th 4th
1988/89 St. Louis Blues NHL 70 17th 28 45 8th 4th 1 1 2 0
1989/90 St. Louis Blues NHL 28 5 12 17th 8th - - - - -
1989/90 Nordiques de Québec NHL 22nd 4th 8th 12 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Halifax Citadels AHL 20th 12 21st 33 4th 6th 5 9 14th 4th
1990/91 Halifax Citadels AHL 3 4th 1 5 2 - - - - -
1990/91 Nordiques de Québec NHL 70 16 32 48 16 - - - - -
1991/92 San Jose Sharks NHL 22nd 2 10 12 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 18th 1 2 3 6th 3 0 0 0 2
1992/93 Indianapolis Ice IHL 80 45 87 132 70 5 0 2 2 2
1993/94 Peoria Rivermen IHL 45 30th 51 81 25th 1 1 2 3 0
1993/94 St. Louis Blues NHL 36 6th 5 11 8th 4th 0 0 0 0
1994/95 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 71 24 67 91 26th 15th 4th 9 13 16
1995/96 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 43 14th 28 42 18th 5 1 3 4th 4th
1996/97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 81 27 61 88 20th 3 1 1 2 2
1997/98 Michigan K-Wings IHL 20th 7th 15th 22nd 6th - - - - -
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 13 5 3 8th 0 - - - - -
1997/98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 36 8th 11 19th 10 12 0 3 3 2
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 69 13 14th 27 26th 5 0 2 2 4th
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 7th 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 60 4th 7th 11 8th - - - - -
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 80 13 25th 38 29 - - - - -
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 80 18th 26th 44 12 - - - - -
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 80 9 17th 26th 14th - - - - -
2003/04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 68 20th 39 59 20th 22nd 8th 12 20th 8th
2004/05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 77 12 28 40 14th 6th 0 1 1 8th
2005/06 without a contract not played after resignation
2006/07 without a contract not played after resignation
2007/08 without a contract not played after resignation
2008/09 Houston Eros AHL 12 2 2 4th 4th 19th 4th 10 14th 8th
2009/10 Houston Eros AHL 17th 0 3 3 4th - - - - -
NCAA overall
AHL total 197 50 94 144 48 53 17th 32 49 28
IHL total 340 147 309 456 165 29 7th 17th 24 24
NHL overall 758 132 239 371 173 41 7th 7th 14th 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Hrkac, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hrkac, Anthony John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and scout
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Thunder Bay , Ontario, Canada