Stan Mikita
Canada
Ice Hockey
B: May 20, 1940
Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Stan Mikita was born in what is now Slovakia as Stanislav Gvoth, but moved to Canada and was adopted by his aunt and uncle who have him their surname, Mikita. Mikita debuted for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1959. In his second full season, the Black Hawks won their third and most recent Stanley Cup, and the young center led the league in playoff goals with six. Mikita won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer in 1964, '65, '67 and '68, breaking the single-season scoring record in 1966-'67 with 97 points (a mark subsequently broken by Phil Esposito and then by Wayne Gretzky). In his early years, he was among the most-penalized players in the league, but he then decided to play an cleaner game and went on to win the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanlike conduct twice. Mikita retired in 1980. Upon his retirement, he had the second highest career scoring total of any N.H.L. player, after Gordie Howe, with 541 goals and 1,467 points. Mikita won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league M.V.P. in 1967 and '68. He was a first team N.H.L. All-Star six times (1962-'64, '66-'68) and played in nine All-Star Games. Mikita was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
| EVENT |
PLACE |
POINTS |
MONEY |
EVENT WINS |
| 1974 Preliminary 2 |
10 |
4 1/2 |
$1,000 |
None |
| 1981 Preliminary 3 |
10 |
5 |
$1,000 |
None |
| TOTALS |
9 1/2 |
$2,000 |
0 |
PERSONAL BESTS
| Tennis | 4th |
1974 Preliminary 2 |
| Points Scored |
5 |
1981 Preliminary 3 |