Nick Stajduhar
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| played_for = London Knights
Cape Breton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
Pensacola Ice Pilots
Fort Wayne Komets
Louisiana IceGators
Quebec Rafales
Hamilton Bulldogs
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Flint Generals
Memphis RiverKings
Houston Aeros
Idaho Steelheads
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 207
| ntl_team = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 16th overall
| draft_year = 1993
| draft_team = Edmonton Oilers
| career_start = 1990
| career_end = 2001
}}
Nick Stajduhar (born December 6, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, a pick the Oilers received from the Los Angeles Kings in the Wayne Gretzky trade.
Stajduhar only played two games for Edmonton, largely bouncing around the minor leagues, including three years in the East Coast Hockey League with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, as well as even lower level play with the Memphis Riverkings of the Central Hockey League and the Flint Generals of the United Hockey League.
Career
Stajduhar was a physical, offense-minded defenceman during his junior years (with the OHL's London Knights), however, his play went into a sharp decline following an off-season incident outside a nightclub in Edmonton during Stajduhar's spell with the Cape Breton Oilers. Stajduhar was sucker-punched in the back of the head, an injury that left him concussed and delayed his start the following season.
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 ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1990–91
| OHL | 66 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 39
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1991–92 | London Knights | OHL | 66 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 62
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 1992–93
| London Knights | OHL | 49 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 58
| 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | London Knights | OHL | 52 | 34 | 52 | 86 | 58
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1994–95
| AHL | 54 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 55
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | Canada | Intl | 46 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 60
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| ECHL | 30 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 32
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | IHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| AHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36
| 19 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 10 |
| 1997–98
| IHL | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | AHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 33 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 66
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | ECHL | 30 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 26
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1999–2000
| UHL | 67 | 22 | 49 | 71 | 106
| 15 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 24 |
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| 2000–01 | CHL | 36 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 104
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| WCHL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14
| 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | IHL | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 86 ! 15 ! 28 ! 43 ! 84 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 2 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 4 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | ECHL totals ! 112 ! 25 ! 59 ! 84 ! 160 ! 36 ! 7 ! 28 ! 35 ! 54 |
=International=
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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{{succession box | before = Jason Arnott | title = Edmonton Oilers first round draft pick | years = 1993 (second of two) | after = Jason Bonsignore}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Cape Breton Oilers players
Category:Edmonton Oilers draft picks
Category:Edmonton Oilers players
Category:Ice hockey people from Kitchener, Ontario
Category:London Knights players
Category:NHL first-round draft picks
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