| Anton Stastny | |
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| Born | August 5, 1959 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Played for | Quebec Nordiques |
| National team | Template:Country data TCH |
| NHL Draft | 198th overall, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers 83rd overall, 1979 Quebec Nordiques |
| Playing career | 1976–1994 |
Anton Stastny (born on August 5, 1959) is a former Slovak professional ice hockey left winger who played nine seasons with the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League from 1980 until 1989.
He is the brother of Peter Stastny & Marian Stastny and the uncle of Yan Stastny & Paul Stastny.
Playing Career[]
Anton was originally drafted 198th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft, but he re-entered and was drafted 83rd overall by the Nordiques in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.
He played 650 career NHL games, scoring 252 goals and 384 assists for 636 points and scored at least 25 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
He played his first nine seasons alongside his brother Peter, four of which were also played alongside Marian.
They were the third trio of brothers to play on the same professional hockey team (the first being the Bentley brothers of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1940s and the second being the Plager brothers of the St. Louis Blues in the 1970s). He ranks ninth overall in NHL points by a Slovak player.
Career Statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1977–78 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Czech | 44 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Czech | 44 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Czech | 40 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 68 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 1982–83 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 79 | 32 | 60 | 92 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 69 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1984–85 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 79 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1985–86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 74 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 77 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 69 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 55 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NDA | 36 | 25 | 22 | 47 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | ||
| 1990–91 | EHC Olten | NDA | 36 | 26 | 14 | 40 | — | 10 | 10 | 16 | 26 | — | ||
| 1991–92 | EHC Olten | NDA | 33 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Czech totals | 128 | 81 | 66 | 147 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 650 | 252 | 384 | 636 | 150 | 66 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 31 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1978 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1979 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1979 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1980 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 18 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 14 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | |||
Personal Life[]
Anton's son, Thomas played hockey in Switzerland and last played for Martigny in 2015.