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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dusan Pasek
Selected in
fourth round
No. 81 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
September 7, 1960. Died March 15, 1998
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Birthplace:
Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Hometown: Bratislava, Slovakia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Bratislava | Czech. |
5 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
0 | | 1978-79 |
Bratislava | Czech. |
36 | 9 |
12 | 21 |
18 | | 1979-80 |
Bratislava | Czech. |
40 | 18 |
1 | 19 |
22 | | 1980-81 |
Bratislava | Czech. |
34 | 22 |
10 | 32 |
12 | | 1981-82 |
Bratislava | Czech. |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Czechoslovakia Championship: 1979 (Bratislava)
Canada Cup: 1981 (third place)
World Championships: 1982 (silver medal)
World Jr. Championships: 1979 (silver medal),
1980 (fourth place)
European Junior Championships: 1978 (fourth place)
Miscellaneous: Was eligible for the draft at age 21 because NHL had
ruled that all Europeans, regardless of age, would have to enter the league
through the entry draft rather than as unrestricted free agents. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1988 (St. Louis at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 22 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1988-89 |
Minnesota | 48 |
4 | 10 |
14 | 30 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1989 | Minnesota | 2 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game. ... Missed Nov. 29, 1988,
game so he could attend the birth of his daughter. ... Missed
part of 1988-89 season with wrist injury, suffered in January 1989. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Bratislava, Islau (Czechoslovakia); Kalamazoo (IHL); Lugano (Switzerland); Asiago (Italy);
Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland); Fassa (Italy); Kuopio (Finland)
Olympics: 1984
(Czech.) (silver medal),
1988 (Czech.) (sixth place), 1998 (Slovakia) (10th place) (as general manager)
Canada Cup: 1984 (fifth place), 1987 (fourth
place)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (Slovakia) (seventh) (general
manager)
World Championships: 1983 (silver medal), 1985 (gold
medal),
1986 (fifth place), 1987 (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Switzerland Championship:
1990 (Lugano)
Czechoslovakia All-Star First Team: 1987-88 (Bratislava)
Czechoslovakia Olympic Captain: 1988
Czechoslovakia Assists Leader: 1986-87 (Bratislava) (27 assists)
Czechoslovakia Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1986-87 (Bratislava) (81)
Management Career: Named Bratislava
(Slovakia) president in mid-1990s and remained in that position until his
death in March 1998. ... Named Slovak Ice Hockey Federation president in
1996 and remained in that position until his death in March 1998.
Miscellaneous: Scored winning goal
for Czechoslovakia in 2-1 win over Soviets at 1985 World Championships,
enabling Czechs to end USSR's five-year hold on gold medal. ... Was Czechoslovakia's
leading scorer with 11 points at 1988 Olympics. ... Became available to
Minnesota after North Stars general manager Lou Nanne traveled to Czechoslovakia on May 26, 1988, and paid Czechs their asking
price for Pasek and Igor Liba, who were linemates on Czechoslovakia's national
team. Pasek and Liba signed their first NHL contracts on May 27, 1988. ...
Spoke no English when he arrived in North America after
final release by Czech hockey authorities on Aug. 18, 1988. He immediately
enrolled in pre-training camp language class. ... Left North America during
1989-90 season so he could return to Europe and play in Switzerland. By that
time, he was out of Minnesota's plans and playing in minor leagues. ... Was idolized by many young Slovakian players during his prime,
including future NHL star Richard Zednik.
The Death of Dusan Pasek:
In a truly tragic ending to his life, Pasek committed suicide at age 37 in
the wake of Slovakia's disappointing performance at the 1998 Winter Olympics
in Nagano, Japan. Pasek had been president of the Slovak Ice Hockey
Federation and played a key role in assembling the Slovakian team that went
to Nagano. Expected to easily advance out of the preliminary round, Slovakia
failed to meet expectations and was bounced from the tournament in stunning
fashion. One month later, on March 15, 1998, Pasek shot himself in the head
while inside his office at Slovan Bratislava, the Slovakian club team of
which he was also president. Pasek left six individual suicide notes for his
wife, each of this three children , the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and
Slovan Bratislava officials. In each of the letters, he apologized for
killing himself and asked that others try to understand his decision.
Despite the obvious frustration over the Slovakian team's Olympic
performance, rumors circulated that Pasek had a gambling addiction that led
him to embezzle from Slovan Bratislava. Many thought his suicide was related
to alleged gambling debts and not the Olympic failure. In the end, those who
knew Pasek best said the suicide was not directly related to the Olympics,
but rather that Pasek had been suffering from depression for many years.
Pasek, however, had taken personal responsibility for Slovakia's losses
because he had made the decision not to bring in additional NHL players
until the end of the preliminary round. Expecting to easily qualify for the
final round, Pasek allowed only two NHL stars, Peter Bondra and Robert
Svehla, to join the team for its final preliminary-round game against
Kazakhstan. In so doing, he prevented Jozef Stumpel, Richard Zednik, Ziggy
Palffy, Pavol Demitra and Miroslav Satan from helping their team at Nagano,
even though they had made a special effort to fly in from that game. They
were also kept out of the meaningless ninth-place game, which Slovakia
lost to Germany. Slovakian fans and media blamed Pasek for the loss to
Kazakhstan, saying he had been foolish to deny so many NHL players from
joining the team. During the loss to Kazakhstan, a nervous Pasek was seen
pacing the outside of the arena as he smoked a cigarette. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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