Stan Mikita

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1983
Stan Mikita
Date of birth May 20, 1940
place of birth Sokolče , Slovak state
date of death 7th August 2018
Place of death Chicago , Illinois , USA
Nickname Stosh
size 175 cm
Weight 77 kg
position center
number # 21
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1956-1959 St. Catharines Teepees
1959-1980 Chicago Black Hawks

Stanislav "Stan" Mikita (born May 20, 1940 as Stanislav Guoth in Sokolče , Slovak State ; † August 7, 2018 in Chicago , Illinois , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player . The center played a total of over 1,500 games for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League between 1959 and 1980 . With the team he won the Stanley Cup in the 1961 playoffs and still holds a number of franchise records , including most games, assists and scorer points. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation, receiving the Art Ross Trophy four times in the 1960s as the NHL's best scorer, while he was honored twice with the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the league. In addition, his high sporting standard and his fairness on the ice were honored twice with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy . 1983 Mikita was in the Hockey Hall of Fame added, while his jersey number with the Blackhawks 21 blocked is.

Career

Mikita wearing the Chicago Blackhawks jersey in 2009

Mikita was born Stanislav Guoth in the Slovak state and fled with his parents to Canada in the province of Ontario at the age of eight . There he took his uncle's last name. Mikita spent his junior years in the Ontario Hockey Association with the St. Catharines Teepees , for which he ran up between 1956 and 1959 in a total of 171 games. in his final season with the Teepees, the striker won both the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy and the Red Tilson Trophy as individual awards. However, he could not win a title with the team in the three years, although it was always one of the strongest teams in the league.

At the end of the 1958/59 season , Mikita made her debut in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks . He spent his entire career there between 1959 and 1980 - until 1972 together with Bobby Hull . He was known not only for his excellent scoring qualities , which brought him the Art Ross Trophy four times for the best scorer in the league, but also for many penalty minutes. At a young age he exceeded the 100-minute penalty several times. From 1966 he changed his style of play - allegedly inspired by his child's daughter - and received the league's fair play award in 1967 and 1968 with a total of only 26 penalty minutes in both seasons. Born in Slovakia, he celebrated his greatest success by winning the Stanley Cup at the end of the playoffs in 1961 .

Stan Mikita was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame at the same time as Bobby Hull in 1983 , where he also sat on the selection committee, which advises annually on new admissions. In 1976 he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for his services to ice hockey in the United States . In 2002 he was also inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame , two years later he was awarded the Order of the White Double Cross 2nd Class - one of the highest awards in Slovakia .

In May 2011, Mikita was diagnosed with oral cancer, which was then treated with external radiation therapy. Four years later, in January 2015, Mikita was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia . He died on August 7, 2018 in his adopted home Chicago at the age of 78.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1956/57 St. Catharines Teepees OHA Jr. 52 16 31 47 129 14th 8th 9 17th 44
1957/58 St. Catharines Teepees OHA Jr. 52 31 47 78 146 8th 4th 5 9 46
1958/59 St. Catharines Teepees OHA Jr. 45 38 59 97 197 - - - - -
1958/59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1959/60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 67 8th 18th 26th 119 3 0 1 1 2
1960/61 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 66 19th 34 53 100 12 6th 5 11 21st
1961/62 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 25th 52 77 97 12 6th 15th 21st 19th
1962/63 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 31 45 76 69 6th 3 2 5 2
1963/64 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 39 50 89 146 7th 3 6th 9 8th
1964/65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 28 59 87 154 14th 3 7th 10 53
1965/66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 68 30th 48 78 58 6th 1 2 3 2
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 35 62 97 12 6th 2 2 4th 2
1967/68 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 72 40 47 87 14th 11 5 7th 12 6th
1968/69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 74 30th 67 97 52 - - - - -
1969/70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 39 47 86 50 8th 4th 6th 10 2
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 74 24 48 72 85 18th 5 13 18th 16
1971/72 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 74 26th 39 65 46 8th 3 1 4th 4th
1972/73 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 57 27 56 83 32 15th 7th 13 20th 8th
1973/74 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 30th 50 80 46 11 5 6th 11 8th
1974/75 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 79 36 50 86 48 8th 3 4th 7th 12
1975/76 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 16 41 57 37 4th 0 0 0 4th
1976/77 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 57 19th 30th 49 20th 2 0 1 1 0
1977/78 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 18th 41 59 35 4th 3 0 3 0
1978/79 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 19th 36 55 34 - - - - -
1979/80 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 17th 2 5 7th 12 - - - - -
OHA total 149 85 137 222 472 22nd 12 14th 26th 90
NHL overall 1394 541 926 1467 1270 155 59 91 150 169

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 2 0 1 1 0
Men overall 2 0 1 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blackhawks' Mikita diagnosed with dementia: report. In: nhl.com , January 30, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Mikita, Stan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mikita, Stanislav (full name); Guoth, Stanislav (maiden name); Mikita, Stosh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Sokolče , Slovak state
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 2018
Place of death Chicago , Illinois , USA