Matt Stajan
Date of birth | December 19, 1983 |
place of birth | Mississauga , Ontario , Canada |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | center |
number | # 18 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2002 , 2nd round, 57th position Toronto Maple Leafs |
Career stations | |
2000-2003 | Belleville Bulls |
2003-2010 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
2010-2018 | Calgary Flames |
2018-2019 | EHC Red Bull Munich |
Matthew "Matt" Stajan (born December 19, 1983 in Mississauga , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The center spent a total of 15 years with the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League and played over 1000 games during that time.
Career
Matt Stajan began his career with the Belleville Bulls from the Ontario Hockey League , for which he was active for a total of three years from 2000 to 2003. During this time he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the second round as a total of 57th player by the Toronto Maple Leafs . After he made his debut in the National Hockey League for Toronto towards the end of the 2002/03 season, he was already a regular in the NHL in the following season. During the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , Stajan was exclusively for the then Toronto farm team , the St. John's Maple Leafs from the American Hockey League , on the ice.
In January 2010, Stajan was sold to the Calgary Flames in a multi-player swap deal . In March 2018, he played his 1000th regular season game in the NHL in the Flames' jersey. After the 2017/18 season, his expiring contract in Calgary was not renewed.
For the 2018/19 season, the Canadian moved to EHC Red Bull Munich in the German Ice Hockey League . There he was third best scorer in Munich with 33 points. Stajan then announced his official retirement in December 2019. In total, he had completed 1003 games in the NHL and recorded 413 points scorer.
Achievements and Awards
- 2003 OHL Third All-Star Team
- 2004 NHL YoungStars Game
International
- 2003 silver medal at the U20 World Cup
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2000/01 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 57 | 9 | 18th | 27 | +1 | 27 | 7th | 1 | 6th | 7th | ± 0 | 5 | ||
2001/02 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 68 | 33 | 52 | 85 | +36 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 8th | 11 | +6 | 14th | ||
2002/03 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 57 | 34 | 60 | 94 | +41 | 75 | 7th | 5 | 8th | 13 | +1 | 16 | ||
2002/03 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 69 | 14th | 13 | 27 | +7 | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | ||
2004/05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 23 | 43 | 66 | ± 0 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4th | -2 | 6th | ||
2005/06 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 80 | 15th | 12 | 27 | +7 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 10 | 29 | 39 | +3 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 16 | 17th | 33 | –11 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 76 | 15th | 40 | 55 | -4 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 55 | 16 | 25th | 41 | -3 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 27 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 76 | 6th | 25th | 31 | +1 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 61 | 8th | 10 | 18th | -3 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 43 | 5 | 18th | 23 | +7 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 63 | 14th | 19th | 33 | -13 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 59 | 7th | 10 | 17th | +7 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4th | ± 0 | 21st | ||
2015/16 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 80 | 6th | 11 | 17th | -4 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 81 | 6th | 17th | 23 | +3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
2017/18 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 68 | 4th | 8th | 12 | +4 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | EHC Red Bull Munich | DEL | 52 | 13 | 20th | 33 | +13 | 24 | 15th | 1 | 5 | 6th | -3 | 22nd | ||
OHL total | 182 | 76 | 130 | 206 | +78 | 152 | 25th | 9 | 22nd | 31 | +7 | 35 | ||||
AHL total | 81 | 23 | 44 | 67 | +1 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4th | -2 | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 1003 | 146 | 267 | 413 | -3 | 526 | 17th | 1 | 3 | 4th | -1 | 23 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2003 | Canada | U20 World Cup | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | ||
Juniors overall | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
( 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 )
Web links
- Matt Stajan in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Matt Stajan at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Krammer: Matt Stajan (34) comes to the EHC: A star with a sad story. In: merkur.de. August 30, 2018, accessed August 31, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stajan, Matt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stajan, Matthew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mississauga , Ontario , Canada |