Matt Stajan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) |
| NHL Team | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | December 19, 1983, Mississauga, ON, CA |
| NHL Draft | 57th overall, 2002 Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Pro Career | 2002 – present |
Matthew Stajan (born December 19, 1983 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League currently playing the position of centre with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Contents |
[edit] Hockey career
[edit] Minor leagues
Stajan attended Iona Catholic Secondary School and St. Paul Secondary School, in Mississauga, Ontario as well as Quinte Secondary School in Belleville Ontario. As a young hockey player, Matt Stajan played for such minor organizations as The Toronto Red Wings and Mississauga Senators.
He was drafted 79th overall by Belleville in the 2000 OHL priority selection. After a successful season, in which he scored 33 goals and added 52 assists for 85 points with the Bulls, he was selected by the Maple Leafs in the 2nd Round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft with the 57th overall selection.
His efforts were rewarded with a brief one game stint in Toronto at the end of the junior campaign, in which he scored his first NHL goal on his first shot against the Ottawa Senators' goalie Martin Prusek.
[edit] NHL
At the age of 20, Stajan was able to make the Maple Leafs roster. In his first full NHL regular-season, Stajan was selected (after Atlanta Thrasher Young Gun Garnet Exelby had to step out of the game due to injury) to the NHL All-Star Young Stars team as a forward during NHL All-Star weekend and had two points (1G, 1A) in the game.
While the 2004-05 NHL season was cancelled due to the lock-out, Matt played for the St. John's Maple Leafs, the AHL-level affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
During the 2005-2006 season, Stajan tied Marian Hossa for first place with eight shorthanded points (4G, 4A).[1]
On September 13, 2006, he was signed by the Leafs to a two-year deal worth $1.75 million.[2]
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PP | SH | GW | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000-01 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 57 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 27 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 2001-02 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 68 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 2002-03 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 57 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | ||
| 2002-03 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 69 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 22 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 43 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2005-06 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 80 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 50 | +5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 14 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Totals | NHL | 169 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 86 | +16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
[edit] NHL awards
- Named to 2003-04 NHL YoungStars team[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ NHL.com 2005-06 Shorthanded Stats. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
- ^ Leafs and Stajan agree to two year deal. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
- ^ TSN player profile. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
