Anton Šťastný

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Anton Šťastný
Date of birth 5th August 1959
place of birth Bratislava , Czechoslovakia
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position striker
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 12th lap, 198th position
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 4th lap, 83rd position
Québec Nordiques
Career stations
until 1980 Slovan CHJZD Bratislava
1980-1989 Québec Nordiques
1989-1990 Friborg-Gottéron
1990-1992 EHC Olten
1993-1994 HC Slovan Bratislava

Anton Šťastný (born August 5, 1959 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player who played for the Québec Nordiques in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1989 .

Career

He began his career in what was then Czechoslovakia with Slovan CHJZD Bratislava . After a fourth place last year, he won the silver medal with the juniors of his country at the Junior World Championships in Sweden in 1979 . In the same year he was together with his brothers in the senior squad in the world championship and was able to take second place in Moscow . In the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the twelfth round as 198th. A year later he came back into the draft and was now drawn in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 by the Québec Nordiques as 83.

The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid should be an international highlight for him , but after defeats against the USA and Sweden in the preliminary round, all hopes for a medal were gone. After the Olympic Games ended, Anton managed to move to the USA with his brother Peter . Both applied for United States citizenship and joined the Québec Nordiques.

From the 1980/81 season , the Šťastný brothers caused a sensation in the NHL. With 85 points, Anton had a great rookie season. This year he also managed to set a record that is still valid today. In an 11: 7 win at the Washington Capitals , he was able to contribute 8 points (3 goals + 5 assists). In an away game, this was only possible for his brother Peter, who scored four goals and four assists in the same game. A year later, Marian , the oldest brother, came to Quebec. Seven years in a row he reached the playoffs with the Nordiques and was always among the top scorers of the team. After he had only got 37 points in the 1988/89 season and had been used occasionally in the AHL farm team at the Halifax Citadels , he decided to move back to Europe.

He played for three years in Switzerland, first one season with Friborg-Gottéron and then two seasons for EHC Olten . At the end of his career he returned to Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak extra league. In 1994 he ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

International

Records

  • 8 points in an away game (3 goals and 5 assists) (February 22, 1981; Capitals - Nordiques 7:11) together with his brother Peter Šťastný , who scored 4 goals and 4 assists in the same game.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Slovan CHJZD Bratislava 1st League 44 19th 17th 16 22nd - - - - -
1978/79 Slovan CHJZD Bratislava 1st League 44 32 19th 51 38 - - - - -
1979/80 Slovan CHJZD Bratislava 1st League 40 30th 30th 60 33 - - - - -
1980/81 Québec Nordiques NHL 80 39 46 85 12 5 4th 3 7th 2
1981/82 Québec Nordiques NHL 68 26th 46 72 16 16 5 10 15th 10
1982/83 Québec Nordiques NHL 79 32 60 92 25th 4th 2 2 4th 0
1983/84 Québec Nordiques NHL 69 25th 37 62 14th 9 2 5 7th 7th
1984/85 Québec Nordiques NHL 79 38 42 80 30th 16 3 3 6th 6th
1985/86 Québec Nordiques NHL 74 31 43 74 19th 3 1 1 2 0
1986/87 Québec Nordiques NHL 77 27 35 62 8th 13 3 8th 11 6th
1987/88 Québec Nordiques NHL 69 27 45 72 14th - - - - -
1988/89 Québec Nordiques NHL 55 7th 30th 37 12 - - - - -
1988/89 Halifax Citadels AHL 16 9 5 14th 4th - - - - -
1989/90 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 36 25th 24 49 - 3 3 4th 7th -
1990/91 EHC Olten NLA 27 26th 14th 40 88 10 10 16 26th -
1991/92 EHC Olten NLA 33 20th 18th 38 63 - - - - -
1992/93 without a contract not played
1993/94 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 11 6th 8th 14th 2 - - - - -
1st league overall 128 81 66 147 93 - - - - -
NHL overall 650 252 384 636 150 66 20th 32 52 31
NLA total 96 71 56 127 151 13 13 20th 33 -

International

Represented Czechoslovakia in:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Czechoslovakia U18 European Championship 6th 6th 2 8th 0
1978 Czechoslovakia U20 World Cup 6th 4th 2 6th 4th
1979 Czechoslovakia U20 World Cup 6th 3 4th 7th 6th
1979 Czechoslovakia WM 8th 5 1 6th 2
1980 Czechoslovakia Olympia 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
Juniors overall 18th 13 8th 21st 10
Men overall 14th 9 5 14th 4th

( 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 Šťastný, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stastny, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratislava , Czechoslovakia