Stanislav "Stan" Mikita (born May 20, 1940) was a Slovak-Canadian professional ice hockey player, generally regarded as the best center of the 1960s. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Mikita was born in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), as Stanislav Gvoth, but moved to Ontario, Canada, as a young boy to avoid the political troubles in the area due to Communist control. He was adopted by his aunt and uncle who gave him their surname, Mikita. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

Playing Career

After three starring junior seasons with the St. Catharines Teepees of the Ontario Hockey Association, Mikita was promoted for good to the parent Chicago Black Hawks in 1959. In his second full season, the Hawks won their third and most recent Stanley Cup, and the young center led the league in goals in the playoffs with six. St. ... A typical OHL hockey game. ... The Chicago Blackhawks are a National Hockey League team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The classic NHL shield logo The 1959-60 NHL season was the 43rd season of the National Hockey League. ... The 1960-61 NHL season was the 44th season of the National Hockey League. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...

The following season was his breakout year as a star, and centering the famed "Scooter Line" (with right wing Ken Wharram and left wingers Ab McDonald and Doug Mohns), became the most-feared center of the Sixties, and with superstar teammate Bobby Hull, the Black Hawks had the most powerful offense of the decade, generally leading the league in goals scored. Combining skilled defense and a reputation as one of the game's best faceoff men with his innovative curved stick, Mikita himself led the league in scoring four times in the decade, breaking the single-season scoring mark in 1967 with 97 points (a mark subsequently broken by former teammate Phil Esposito and currently held by Wayne Gretzky). Kenneth Malcolm Wharram (born July 2, 1933 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League, all with the Chicago Blackhawks. ... Ab Brian McDonald (born February 18, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward. ... Douglas Allen Diesel Mohns (born December 13, 1933 in Capreol, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1953-54 until 1974-75. ... Robert Marvin Hull (born January 3, 1939) was a Canadian ice hockey player. ... The 1966-67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. ... Philip Anthony Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. ... Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ...

In his early years, he was among the most-penalized players in the league, but he then decided to play a cleaner game and went on to win the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanlike conduct twice. A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour. ... The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League hockey player voted to have shown the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play. ...

Retirement

His latter years marred by chronic back injuries, Mikita finally retired during the 1980 season. Upon his retirement he had the second-highest career scoring point total of any NHL player, after Gordie Howe, and had played in the seventh most games of any player at the time. The 1979-80 NHL season was the 63rd season of the National Hockey League. ... Gordon Gordie Howe, OC (Born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada) was a Canadian professional Hockey player who played for the Omaha Knights, Detroit Red Wings, Houston Aeros and Hartford Whalers. ...

Mikita was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. The Hockey Hall of Fame is located at the corner of Front & Yonge in downtown Toronto The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, celebrates the history of ice hockey with exhibits featuring memorabilia and... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Career statistics

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Awards and accomplishments

• Currently 24th all-time in games played, 25th in goals, 14th in assists, and 12th in points.
• Won the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in 1967 and 1968.
• Won the Art Ross Trophy as leading scorer in 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968.
• Won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1967 and 1968.
• Named to the NHL's First All-Star Team in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
• Named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 1965 and 1970.
• Played in NHL All-Star Game in 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
• Won the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1976.
• The only player in NHL history to win the Hart, Art Ross, and Lady Byng trophies in the same season, doing so in consecutive seasons, in 1966-67 and 1967-68.
• Only Alex Delvecchio and Steve Yzerman had a longer career playing for only a single team.
• Was named to Team Canada for the 1972 Summit Series, but only played two games due to injuries.
• Inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
• In 1998, he was ranked number 17 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, making him the highest-ranked player born outside of Canada, although he was trained in Canada.

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Notes

• His name was used in Wayne's World as the name of a doughnut shop, as a parody reference to the Canadian chain Tim Hortons.
• Reportedly the first player to ever use a curved blade on his stick and was one of the first practitioners of the slapshot.
• In 1973, Stan teamed up with Chicago business man Irv Tiahnybik to form the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association (AHIHA), to bring together deaf and hard-of hearing hockey players from all over the country.
• Also known as "Stosh"
• Is the main character in the book "My Man Stan" by Tim Wendel.
• His daughter is married to the caddie of golfer David Toms. [1]

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See also

• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL statistical leaders
• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons
• List of NHL players with 1000 points
• List of NHL players with 500 goals