Jon Fontas
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| position = Center
| played_for = Minnesota North Stars
Jokerit
SaiPa
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|16}}
| birth_place = Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1978
| career_end = 1985
}}
Jon Paul Fontas (born April 16, 1955) is an American retired professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, one each in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1978 to 1985, was spent in the minor leagues and later in Finland.
Prior to his NHL career, Fontas played college ice hockey for the University of New Hampshire Wildcats between 1974 and 1978. He was inducted into the university's Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.{{Cite web | url=http://www.foundation.unh.edu/former-induction-classes#1997 |title = Giving to Unh}}
Fontas is now a coach and hockey instructor in New Hampshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanhockeyinstitute.pointstreaksites.com/view/americanhockeyinstitute/about-the-institute-1/staff-175/jon-fontas-1 |title=Jon Fontas | New England Wolves - Pointstreak Sites |accessdate=2015-11-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012125045/http://americanhockeyinstitute.pointstreaksites.com/view/americanhockeyinstitute/about-the-institute-1/staff-175/jon-fontas-1 |archivedate=2015-10-12 }}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
1973–74
| HS-CT | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1974–75 | ECAC | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
1975–76
| University of New Hampshire | ECAC | 31 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 41
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1976–77 | University of New Hampshire | ECAC | 36 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
1977–78
| University of New Hampshire | ECAC | 30 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978–79 | IHL | 79 | 36 | 45 | 81 | 32
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
1979–80
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1979–80 | CHL | 68 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 16
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1980–81
| Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1980–81 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
1980–81
| EHL | 63 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 44
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981–82 | Jokerit | FIN | 36 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 51
| — | — | — | — | — |
1982–83
| JoKP | FIN-2 | 36 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 57
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 29 |
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| 1983–84 | JoKP | FIN-2 | 36 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 24
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
1984–85
| SaiPa | FIN | 36 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | FIN totals ! 72 !! 32 !! 38 !! 70 !! 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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Category:American men's ice hockey centers
Category:New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey players
Category:Baltimore Clippers (1979–81) players
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Category:Sportspeople from Arlington, Massachusetts
Category:Saginaw Gears players
Category:Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
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