Andrej Šťastný (born 24 January 1991) is a Slovak professional

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player who currently playing for

HK Dukla Trenčín Hokejový Klub Dukla Trenčín is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Trenčín, playing in the Slovak Extraliga. The club has won three Slovak league championships (1994, 1997, 2004) and one Czechoslovak league championship (1992). Th ...

of the

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

Playing career

Šťastný began playing

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in his hometown club HK 95 Považská Bystrica. He also played junior hockey in MsHK Žilina and

. He was selected to the

HK Orange 20 HK Orange 20 was an ice hockey team, which plays in the Slovak Extraliga since the 2007–08 season to 2018–19 season. The team was established after a disappointing performance by the Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team in the pre ...

project to preparation for the World Junior Championship in 2010. He overall played 46 games and recorded 23 points for Orange 20 within two seasons. In 2010 he moved to North America to play for the WHL club

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. He recorded 30 points in 32 games in the

2010–11 WHL season The 2010–11 WHL season is the 45th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 24, 2010 and ended on March 20, 2011. The 2010 Subway Super Series, featuring Team WHL versus Team Russia, took place from Novem ...

. Before the 2011–12 season he came back to Slovakia, signing for

International play

Šťastný participated at the

2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2010 WJHC''), was the 34th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010. Saskat ...

and

2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2011 WJHC''), was the 35th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted by the United States. The games were played ...

. He also played at the

2009 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009. Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Cen ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stastny, Andrej 1991 births Living people HK 95 Panthers Považská Bystrica players HK Dukla Trenčín players Sportspeople from Považská Bystrica Ice hockey people from the Trenčín Region Slovak ice hockey centres Vancouver Giants players HC Slovan Bratislava players HC '05 Banská Bystrica players HKM Zvolen players HK Nitra players Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada