Statue of Hockey Player

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| artist = Jon Krawczyk

| year = 2008
Official opening September 29, 2009

| type = Stainless steel

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| dimensions = {{cvt|22|ft}} (height)

| city = Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey

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The Hockey Player statue is a sculpture located at Championship Plaza, adjacent to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, home of the New Jersey Devils hockey team,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2009/08/22foottall_hockey_player_sculp.html|title=22-foot-tall hockey player sculpture installed outside Prudential Center|first=Katherine|last=Santiago|date=August 18, 2009|website=nj}} installed in 2009. Entitled Stanley by the artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.jonkrawczyksculpture.com/work/commissions/|title=COMMISSIONS; KRAWCZYK SCULPTURE|website=www.jonkrawczyksculpture.com}} it has been colloquially known as Iceman, Man of Steel, and the Iron Man.{{Cite web|last=Marin|first=Eric|date=August 18, 2009|url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/man-of-steel-arrives-at-championship-plaza/c-479850|title=Man of steel arrives at Championship Plaza|website=NHL.com}}

The stainless steel work of an anonymous hockey player taking a slapshot is {{convert|22|ft|m}} tall and weighs {{convert|7000|lb|kg}}. It was created by Jon Krawczyk, a native of Boonton Township, New Jersey, and a lifelong Devils fan.{{Cite web|date=Winter 2016|url=https://www.conncoll.edu/news/cc-magazine/past-issues/2016-issues/winter-2016/notebook/sculpting-a-hockey-legend.html|title=Sculpting a hockey legend|work=CC Magazine|publisher=Connecticut College}} It was fabricated in his Malibu, California, studio and shipped cross country in three sections. A Prudential Center Opening Night hat and puck and a Scott Stevens jersey are encapsulated inside.{{Cite web|url=http://www.njdevilspitchfork.com/prudentialcenter/championshipplaza.html|title=The Prudential Center: Championship Plaza|website=www.njdevilspitchfork.com}}

Of the work, Krawczyk said that it was made in a way to appear like blocks of ice molded together. “Especially with the stainless steel-look with the grind marks, it gives it the look that ice has when it breaks, and you get an almost diamond quality. I wanted to do something where you had that movement, and with lights nearby, the statue changes as you move around it. I wanted to have as much motion in it as possible, with it still being a solid sculpture.”

Krawczyk is also the creator of another statue at Prudential Center, The Salute, an homage to Martin Brodeur dedicated in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Miller|first=Randy|url=https://www.nj.com/devils/2016/02/creator_of_martin_brodeur_statue_is_a_jersey-born.html|title=Creator of Martin Brodeur statue is a Devils fanatic|date=February 5, 2016|website=nj}}{{cite news |last = Ryan |first = Chris |title = Devils to dedicate Martin Brodeur statue on Oct 22 |newspaper = The Star-Ledger |date = August 29, 2016 |url = https://www.nj.com/devils/2016/08/devils_to_dedicate_martin_brodeur_statue_on_oct_22.html |accessdate = November 5, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-art-of-immortalizing-martin-brodeur-1454980274|title=The Art of Immortalizing Martin Brodeur|first=Alex|last=Raskin|date=February 9, 2016|via=www.wsj.com}}