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Vic Stasiuk
Vicstasiuk
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Teams Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1929-05-23)May 23, 1929,
Lethbridge, AB, CAN
Died May 7, 2023(2023-05-07) (aged 93),
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Pro Career 1950 – 1966


Victor John Stasiuk (May 23, 1929 – May 7, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and coach. He played in the National Hockey League from 1959 to 1963, and then served as a coach from 1969 to 1973.

Biography[]

Stasiuk played junior hockey in his native Lethbridge, Alberta before signing with the Chicago Black Hawks. He played sparingly in Chicago, and was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1951. He spent time in the minors with the Indianapolis Capitals and the Edmonton Flyers. He was part of three Stanley Cup teams in 1952, 1954, and 1955. In 1954, however, 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.[1]

In 1955, Stasiuk was traded to the Boston Bruins and found 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. In 1960, Stasiuk scored a career high 68 points, and he was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game. 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.[2]

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 losses in the Calder Cup finals. Immediately after coaching the EHL Jersey Devils from 1966-68,[3] Stasiuk earned a job with the Philadelphia Flyers. His team finished out of the playoffs by a single point in 1969-70, and 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.[4] 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, both in Taber and Medicine Hat [5]

Stasiuk died at a Lethbridge nursing home on May 7, 2023, at the age of 93.[6][7]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

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 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 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 CHL 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 Finish W L Win % Result
Philadelphia Flyers 1969–70 76 17 35 24 58 5th in West Missed playoffs
Philadelphia Flyers 1970–71 78 28 33 17 73 3rd in West 0 4 .000 Lost in Quarterfinals
California Golden Seals 1971–72 75 21 38 16 58 6th in West Missed playoffs
Vancouver Canucks 1972–73 78 22 47 9 53 7th in East Missed playoffs
NHL Totals 307 88 153 66 242 0 4 . 000 1 playoff appearance


Gallery[]

Video[]

A little over a minute worth of highlights of Semi-finals game 4 which the Red Wings won 3-0 to sweep the Maple Leafs. Goals by Vic Stasiuk and an empty netter by Tony Leswick are shown.

External Links[]

Preceded by
Keith Allen
Head Coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers
1969–1971
Succeeded by
Fred Shero
Preceded by
Fred Glover
Head Coaches of the California Golden Seals
1971–1972
Succeeded by
Garry Young
Preceded by
Hal Laycoe
Head Coaches of the Vancouver Canucks
1972–1973
Succeeded by
Bill McCreary
This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Vic Stasiuk. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


  1. Vic Stasiuk at hockeyDB.com
  2. Vic Stasiuk at Legends of Hockey
  3. The EHL
  4. "Philadelphia Fires Stasiuk", The Leader Post, May 28, 1971
  5. Jukich, Roy. ""Vic Stasiuk, Canucks not talking - yet"", The Vancouver Sun, April 27, 1972. Retrieved on May 8, 2023. 
  6. Victor Stasiuk obituary, Salmon and Sons Funeral Home
  7. Russo, Eric (May 8, 2023). Former Bruins Winger Vic Stasiuk Passes Away. NHL.com. Retrieved on May 8, 2023.
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