Ray Staszak

Ray Staszak
Date of birth	December 1, 1962
place of birth	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1981-1982	Bucks County Pioneers
1982-1983	Austin Mavericks
1983-1985	University of Illinois at Chicago
1985	Detroit Red Wings
1985-1986	Adirondack Red Wings

Ray Staszak (born December 1, 1962 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is a former American ice hockey player who played four games for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger during his active career between 1981 and 1986 has denied.

Career

Staszak played during his junior years until 1983 in the United States Hockey League before he moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago and played for their ice hockey team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his second year there he collected 72 points in 38 games and was named CCHA Player of the Year.

After two outstanding years at the university, the undrafted free agent was available to the National Hockey League franchises in the summer of 1985 , of which 21 of the 22 teams competed for his services. The troubled Detroit Red Wings finally secured the services of the striker and had him sign a $ 1.3 million four-year contract, which at the time was an NHL record for both free agents and rookies . In the same approach, the Red Wings had secured the services of college players Tim Friday and Dale Krentz in advance , in the hope of starting a successful new beginning with the three unfinished rough diamonds.

The Red Wings plan did not work out, however. Staszak played only four NHL games for Detroit at the beginning of the 1985/86 season before management sent him to the farm team Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League . There the attacker came to 26 more missions before a groin injury put him out of action. Although Staszak returned to the team in the play-offs and won the Calder Cup with the team . However, the persistent problems with the groin forced him to end his career afterwards.

Achievements and Awards

• 1983 USHL All-Star Game
• 1985 CCHA First All-Star Team
• 1985 CCHA Player of the Year
• 1985 NCAA West Second All-American Team
• 1986 Calder Cup win with the Adirondack Red Wings

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1982/83	Austin Mavericks	USHL		30th	18th	13	31			-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	University of Illinois at Chicago	CCHA		31	15th	17th	32	42
1984/85	University of Illinois at Chicago	CCHA		38	37	35	72	98
1985/86	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		4th	0	1	1	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		26th	13	8th	21st	41		16	2	3	5	70
USHL total				30th	18th	13	31			-	-	-	-	-
CCHA total				69	52	52	104	140
AHL total				26th	13	8th	21st	41		16	2	3	5	70
NHL overall				4th	0	1	1	7th		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Ray Staszak at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ray Staszak at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Ray Staszak at hockeydb.com (English)