Yan Pavol Stastny (born September 30, 1982) is a

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- American former professional

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centre. He comes from the Slovak Stastny ice hockey family, and is the son of

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r Peter Šťastný (one of the first star

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players to defect to the West). His uncles Anton and Marián Šťastný also played in the NHL, and his brother

Paul Stastny Paul Stastny (; ) (born December 27, 1985) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey center who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Vegas Golden Knights, ...

Early life

Yan Stastny was born in

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, but he moved to

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and then to St. Louis at the age of 7 when his father joined the St. Louis Blues, and where he and his siblings were raised. As a youth, he played in the 1996

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with the St. Louis Blues

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team. He played high school ice hockey for Chaminade College Preparatory School for two years, and then transferred to Parkway Central High School, because Chaminade would not let him miss classes to play junior ice hockey. During his final years of high school, he played for the Junior B St. Louis Jr. Blues and then the Junior A St. Louis Sting. Yan's number 26 was retired by Chaminade College Preparatory School in honor of Yan and his brother Paul in August 2018.

Playing career

Amateur

Stastny played for the Omaha Lancers, a Junior A team in the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 2000–01 season. He helped them win the Clark Cup playoff trophy and the Gold Cup National Championship over the Texas Tornado. After high school, he attended the

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for two years where he played for the Fighting Irish before being drafted into the NHL.

Professional

Stastny was drafted in the eighth round (259th overall) in the 2002 NHL entry draft. He played for Team USA in the 2005 IIHF World Championship, making the Stastnys the first ice hockey family known to have represented four different countries in international play (his father played for

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and

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in the Canada Cup series in

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and

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, and for

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after the

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). After playing 51 games of the 2005–06 season with the

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(AHL)'s

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, Stastny made his NHL debut on March 1, 2006, with the

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against the St. Louis Blues, the last team for which his father played. Eight days later, he was traded by the Oilers back to the

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along with

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and a 2006 second round pick (

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) for

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as part of an NHL trade deadline deal. He scored his first NHL goal for Boston in a 4-3 home loss against the Montreal Canadiens on April 13, 2006. On January 16, 2007, the

traded him to the St. Louis Blues for a 2007 fifth round draft pick. On March 3, 2010, the Blues traded him to the

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for Pierre-Cédric Labrie. He never appeared with the Canucks, instead playing with AHL affiliate, the

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, to conclude the 2009–10 season. On June 29, 2010, Stastny joined

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of the

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(KHL). After a season with

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in the

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, Stastny returned to the German

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(DEL), signing an initial try-out contract with the

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on August 2, 2015. He later secured a one-year deal on August 31. As a free agent the following off-season, Stastny returned to North America after six European seasons, agreeing to a professional try-out contract to attend the training camp with his former club, the St. Louis Blues, joining his brother Paul, on September 10, 2016. After Stastny failed to make the Blues he signed with

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of the

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(ELH) in October 2016. For the 2017–18 season, Stastny signed with

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of the

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and set a career high in goals with 25. He has not signed with a team since.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stastny, Yan 1982 births Living people American men's ice hockey centers American sportspeople of Canadian descent American people of Slovak descent Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey centres Canadian people of Slovak descent Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri) alumni Edmonton Oilers players HC CSKA Moscow players HC Vítkovice players Ice hockey people from St. Louis Ice hockey people from Quebec City Iowa Stars players EHC Lustenau players Manitoba Moose players Mora IK players Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players Nürnberg Ice Tigers players Omaha Lancers players Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Providence Bruins players Schwenninger Wild Wings players St. Louis Blues players

Early life

Playing career

Amateur

Professional

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

See also

References

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