Anton Šťastný

Anton Šťastný
Born August 5, 1959
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Quebec Nordiques
National team  Slovakia 
 Czechoslovakia
NHL Draft 198th overall, 1978
Philadelphia Flyers
83rd overall, 1979
Quebec Nordiques
Playing career 1976–1994

Anton Šťastný (born 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 was the first player born and trained in Slovakia to be drafted by an NHL team. He is the brother of Vladimír Šťastný, Marián Šťastný, and Peter Šťastný, and the uncle of Yan Stastny and Paul Stastny (both Peter's sons), all of whom are (or have been) involved in ice hockey at a professional level. Anton's son, Thomas Šťastný, played in Switzerland, last for Martigny in 2006.

Šťastný 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   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW GP G A Pts PIM
1980–81 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 39 46 85 12 +4 12 0 4 5 4 3 7 2
1981–82 Quebec Nordiques NHL 68 26 46 72 16 -29 10 0 4 16 5 10 15 10
1982–83 Quebec Nordiques NHL 79 32 60 92 25 +25 10 0 7 4 2 2 4 0
1983–84 Quebec Nordiques NHL 69 25 37 62 14 +12 7 0 0 9 2 5 7 7
1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 79 38 42 80 30 +18 9 0 3 16 3 3 6 6
1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 74 31 43 74 19 +8 8 0 4 3 1 1 2 0
1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 77 27 35 62 8 +3 6 0 5 13 3 8 11 6
1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 69 27 45 72 14 -9 15 0 4 — — — — —
1988–89 Quebec Nordiques NHL 55 7 30 37 12 -19 3 0 0 — — — — —
9 years Totals NHL 650 252 384 636 150 +13 80 0 31 66 20 32 52 31

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