Paul Stastny

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Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team	Colorado Avalanche
Nationality	Canada & United States
Born	December 27, 1985, Quebec City, Canada
NHL Draft	#44 overall, 2005 Colorado Avalanche
Pro Career	– present

Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985 in Quebec City, but raised in St. Louis, Missouri) is a ice hockey player who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL

Stastny completed his sophomore season at the University of Denver in 2005-06, capturing the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scoring title with 44 points (15g, 29a) in 28 conference games. He was named first team All-WCHA and a third-team All-American by U.S. College Hockey Online. The Quebec City native became the first DU Pioneer to win the WCHA scoring title since Dave Shields in 1989-90. Stastny and Hobey Baker Award winner Matt Carle shared the overall team scoring lead with 53 points (19g, 34a), fourth best in the WCHA. Stastny’s 1.36 points-per-game average ranked 10th in the nation.

Stastny tallied 98 points on 36 goals and 62 assists in just two seasons at the University of Denver (81 games). He was named WCHA Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2004-05 after helping DU to its second consecutive national championship. He recorded two goals and an assist in Denver’s 4-1 victory over North Dakota in the 2005 NCAA title game and was named to the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team

Stastny, a standout at the University of Denver for two seasons, signed a multi-year contract with the Avalanche and began his professional career with the same franchise his hall-of-fame father, Peter Stastny, began with when he signed with the Quebec Nordiques as a free-agent in 1980. As an homage to his father, Paul started his career in Colorado with the number 62, and then on October 20, 2006 he switched to the number 26, which the elder Stastny wore during his tenure with the franchise. John-Michael Liles who started the season with 26 gave Stastny his fathers number, while taking number 4, the number of his idol, former Avalanche defenseman and teammate Rob Blake.

Stastny recorded his first ever NHL point on October 8th, 2006, with an assist on a goal by Wojtek Wolski.