Stan Mikita

Date of birth

1940

Point of origin

Slovakia

Mikita came to Canada at eight and was soon turning heads as a young hockey talent.

Sport

Stan Mikita in red uniform skating holding a hockey stick.

Stan Mikita earned almost 1,500 points in the NHL and played in nine All-Star games, including the 1973 game pictured here.

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Stan Mikita (right) trains with Czechoslovakia's national hockey team in Gottwaldov (Zlín), 1967. He is seen here with Jozef Golonka (left).

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a line of hockey players along the edge of the rink with Stan Mikita talking to the coach in the foreground.

Stan Mikita (right foreground) co-captained Team Canada 1972 under coach Harry Sinden (left).

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Stan Mikita poses smiling with another man in white team jerseys holding a puck, both with their upper front teeth missing.

Bobby Hull (left) and Stan Mikita (right) celebrate career milestone goals after beating the New York Rangers on 11 December 1963. Mikita scored three goals in the game to bring his career total to 100.

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Stan Mikita tackles another hockey player.

Stan Mikita (centre) splits the Toronto Maple Leafs defense, 1972. Mikita scored one goal in the game but his Chicago Blackhawks lost 5-3.

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Stan Mikita, 1940-2018, Slovakia.

Mikita came to Canada at eight and was soon turning heads as a young hockey talent. He joined the NHL full-time in 1959, and by 1961-62 he had a Stanley Cup and was an All-Star. He retired from the league in 1980 with 541 goals and almost 1,500 points.