Why We Defected

Anton Stastny tells the story of why him and his brothers decided to defect from Czechoslovakia to play for the NHL's Quebec Nordiques.

Sep 03, 2021

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Anton Stastny and Peter Stastny decided to defect from Czechoslovakia to Quebec City, Canada in 1980. Older brother Marian defected a year later to join them on the Nordiques.

By defying the Iron Curtain and defecting to North America, the Stastny brothers changed the face of professional hockey forever. As someone who grew up as a big fan of Slovak hoc…

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