Rastislav Staňa

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Rastislav Staňa
Date of birth January 10, 1980
place of birth Košice , Czechoslovakia
size 186 cm
Weight 79 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 31
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 7th round, 193rd position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1998 HC Košice
1998-2000 Moose Jaw Warriors
2000 Calgary Hitmen
2000-2002 Richmond Renegades
2002-2004 Portland Pirates
2004-2006 Södertälje SK
2006-2007 Malmo Redhawks
2007-2008 Linköpings HC
2008-2011 Severstal Cherepovets
2011-2014 HK CSKA Moscow
2014 HC Košice
since 2014 HC Sparta Prague

Rastislav Staňa (born January 10, 1980 in Košice , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HC Sparta Prague in the Czech extra league since May 2014 .

Career

Rastislav Staňa began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown at TJ VSŽ Košice , in whose junior division he was active until 1998. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1998 in the seventh round as a total of 193rd player by the Washington Capitals . First, however, the goalkeeper played for two years in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League for the Moose Jaw Warriors and Calgary Hitmen . From 2000 to 2002, the Slovak was with Washington's farm teams , the Richmond Renegades from the East Coast Hockey League and the Portland Pirates from the American Hockey League , between the posts, where he ran mainly in the ECHL. In the 2003/04 season , the national player made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, for which he was on the ice in six games. The remaining time from 2002 to 2004, however, he spent with the Portland Pirates from the AHL.

In the summer of 2004 Staňa went to other European countries for the first time, where he received a contract with Södertälje SK from the Swedish Elitserien . After two seasons he signed with their league rivals Malmö Redhawks , where he moved to Linköpings HC during the 2006/07 season. With Linköping, the 2002 world champion failed two times in a row in the finals for the Swedish championship in 2007 and 2008. Then Severstal Tscherepowez took him from the newly founded Continental Hockey League under contract, for which he completed a total of 112 KHL games until 2011. After the 2010/11 season, Staňa moved within the KHL to HK CSKA Moscow and was one of the best goalkeepers in the league for the next two and a half years. In January 2014 he left the army sports club and returned to his home club, for which he played 25 games by the end of the season and won the Slovak championship with the club .

International

For Slovakia , Staňa took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2000 , as well as the World Championships in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 and 2010 . He was also part of the Slovak squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and 2010 in Vancouver, as well as at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2004 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic (not played)
  • 2007 Swedish runner-up with the Linköpings HC
  • 2008 Swedish runner-up with the Linköpings HC
  • 2012 KHL goalkeeper of the month November

International

statistics

Seasons Games Victories Defeats SOP Shutouts
NHL Regular Season 1 6th 1 2 0 0
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
KHL main round 3 111 39 43 18th 5
KHL playoffs 1 1 - - - -

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Staňa, Rastislav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stana, Rastislav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Košice , Czechoslovakia