The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that forward Gabriel Landeskog has been named team captain. Landeskog was appointed captain by Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco after Milan Hejduk informed the coaching staff that he has relinquished his role.
Hejduk, who served as captain during the 2011-12 campaign, will remain as an assistant captain this upcoming season along with Paul Stastny.
Former Pioneer All-American and current Colorado Avalanche star forward Paul Stastny joined the players on the ice for the final day of the University of Denver Hockey Alumni Pro Camp Friday at Magness Arena. Stastny, who is entering his seventh season with the Avs, participated in warm-up and flow drills.
Colorado’s No.1 center has seen his offensive numbers drop in each of the past two seasons, but at 26-years-old his best hockey may still be coming.
Despite his Slovak roots from his father Peter and despite his having been born in Quebec City, Paul has chosen to the represent the U.S. when playing internationally.
Back in the old glory days here at Mile High Hockey, Avalanche forward Paul Stastny was commonly referred to as S.o.S. – Son of Stastny. While you don’t see that nickname bandied about quite as much these days, the acronym now works in a completely different way: Still our Stastny.
Paul Stastny certainly has many ties to the city of Denver and the franchise for whom he plays. His father is Peter Stastny, a Hall of Famer for the Quebec Nordiques and the mentor to a young Joe Sakic.
Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny and the US Men’s Hockey Team are just getting warmed up at the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship. Stastny logged a goal and two assists on Tuesday in Finland as the US Men dropped Switzerland 5-2 to close out preliminary play.
No one was prouder to wear the Slovak jersey in international competition than Peter Stastny. His son, Paul, seems to have similar feelings for playing for Team USA.
The Colorado Avalanche forward talks about his time in the USHL with the Omaha Lancers, how the League helped to advance his hockey career, and discusses the continuing growth of the USHL.
Roll out a map of Paul Stastny’s life, and the geography gets a little confusing. Paul Stastny – born in Quebec City of Slovak decent, raised in St. Louis, current center (centre) for the Colorado Avalanche, formerly of the River City Lancers, dual citizen of the United States and Canada. Identity crisis? One would assume – and one would be wrong.
