Vic Stasiuk

Vic Stasiuk
Born (1929-05-23) May 23, 1929
Lethbridge, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1950–1966

Victor John Stasiuk (born May 23, 1929) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and a former NHL head coach.

Stasiuk played junior hockey in his native Lethbridge, Alberta before signing with the Chicago Black Hawks. He played sparingly in Chicago, and he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1951. For much of the early portion of his career, Stasiuk was viewed as a physical, defensive-oriented forward. On the offensive-rich Red Wings, Stasiuk was often the odd man out, and he spent significant time toiling in the minors with the Indianapolis Capitals and the Edmonton Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup in 1952 and 1953. However, in 1954, although Stasiuk played 42 regular season games for Detroit, because he spent the playoffs in the minors, his name was left off the Stanley Cup after the Wings captured the league crown.

In 1955, Stasiuk was traded to the Boston Bruins and found instant chemistry with Johnny Bucyk and Bronco Horvath, a grouping dubbed "The Uke line" because of the Ukrainian ancestry of the three players. In 1957-58, this line became the first in NHL history to have all three participants reach the 20 goal mark. Now a formidable two-way presence, Stasiuk scored a career high 68 points in 1960. In 1961, he was traded back to Detroit, playing with this club until 1963, before finishing his career in the minors. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins, He recorded 183 goals and 254 assists in 745 NHL games.

After retiring, Stasiuk moved to coaching. He took over the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League for two seasons and later led the same league's Quebec Aces to back-to-back difficult losses in the Calder Cup finals. Immediately after coaching the EHL Jersey Devils from 1966-68, Stasiuk earned a job with the Philadelphia Flyers. His team finished out of the playoffs by a single point in 1969-70 then were eliminated in the first round of the postseason the next year. Stasiuk was fired after the 1970-71 season; the Flyers offered him a scouting position, but he took a head coaching job three games into the NHL season with the California Golden Seals. Stasiuk was fired after the season due to a stylistic conflict with management, and he then spent one year behind the bench of the Vancouver Canucks before settling into a career in junior hockey coaching.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1946–47 Lethbridge Native Sons AJHL 9 0 6 6 11 1 1 1 2 0
1947–48 Wetaskiwin Canadians EJrHL — — — — — — — — — —
1948–49 Kansas City Pla-Mors USHL 66 7 13 20 52 2 0 0 0 0
1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 17 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
1949–50 Kansas City Pla-Mors USHL 39 10 13 23 27 — — — — —
1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 20 5 3 8 6 — — — — —
1950–51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 3 10 13 12 — — — — —
1951–52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 5 9 14 19 7 0 2 2 0
1951–52 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 8 7 1 8 6 — — — — —
1952–53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1952–53 Edmonton Flyers WHL 48 37 43 80 71 — — — — —
1953–54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 5 2 7 4 — — — — —
1953–54 Edmonton Flyers WHL 21 6 12 18 37 13 2 6 8 23
1954–55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 59 8 11 19 67 11 5 3 8 6
1954–55 Edmonton Flyers WHL 11 7 6 13 32 — — — — —
1955–56 Boston Bruins NHL 59 19 18 37 118 — — — — —
1956–57 Boston Bruins NHL 64 24 16 40 69 10 2 1 3 2
1957–58 Boston Bruins NHL 70 21 35 56 55 12 0 5 5 13
1958–59 Boston Bruins NHL 70 27 33 60 63 7 4 2 6 11
1959–60 Boston Bruins NHL 60 29 39 68 121 — — — — —
1960–61 Boston Bruins NHL 46 5 25 30 35 — — — — —
1960–61 Detroit Red Wings NHL 23 10 13 23 16 11 2 5 7 4
1961–62 Detroit Red Wings NHL 59 15 28 43 45 — — — — —
1962–63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36 6 11 17 37 11 3 0 3 4
1962–63 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 22 9 20 29 24 — — — — —
1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 10 10 20 32 5 0 0 0 4
1964–65 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 63 14 21 35 58 3 0 0 0 0
1965–66 Memphis Wings CPHL 25 9 3 12 14 — — — — —
NHL totals 745 183 254 437 669 69 16 18 34 40

Coaching record

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Philadelphia Flyers1969–70 76173524585th in WestMissed playoffs
Philadelphia Flyers1970–71 78283317733rd in WestLost in Quarter Finals
California Golden Seals1971–72 75213816(58)6th in WestMissed playoffs
Vancouver Canucks1972–73 7822479537th in WestMissed playoffs
NHL Total 3078815366

See also

Preceded by
Keith Allen		 Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
1969–71 		Succeeded by
Fred Shero
Preceded by
Fred Glover		 Head coach of the California Golden Seals
1971–72 		Succeeded by
Garry Young
Preceded by
Hal Laycoe		 Head coach of the Vancouver Canucks
1972–73 		Succeeded by
Bill McCreary
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