Paul Stastny News: Pro Sports Daily

Avalanche's Stastny sees benefits of NHL players competing in Olympics

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March 1

Denver Post

"While the NHL spends the next couple of years gnawing on the pluses and mostly minuses they see in stopping play for the Olympics, maybe they should poll the players, starting with the Avalanche's Paul Stastny. Sunday afternoon's heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss to Canada for the gold medal didn't tarnish his overall Olympic experience. "I think it's unbelievable," Stastny said. "At this tournament, it turned out pretty good with Canada and U.S. in the finals, if you're looking at ratings and looking at the sport. I'm pretty sure a lot of people are watching it. It's a good way to grow the sport and show it off to the rest of the world besides Canada." Stastny scored a goal and had two ..."

Stastny's assistance helps U.S. advance

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February 25

Denver Post

"As Avalanche star Paul Stastny has discovered the hard way, it's not always easy being the No. 1 center on the top-seeded team in the Olympic tournament, where all eyes in the hockey world are watching you. After surviving an elimination game Wednesday afternoon with a 2-0 victory against Switzerland, one question dogged the Americans, despite the fact they remain undefeated in four games: Does Team USA have the firepower to claim the nation's first gold medal in hockey since 1980? U.S. coach Ron Wilson has heard the criticism. And it makes him cranky. "If you said at the beginning of the tournament that we'd be 4-0 and the No. 1 seed, everybody would say, 'You're on crack or something,' " ..."

Wolski, Stastny taken to task

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January 8

Denver Post

"The Avalanche was relaxing in the Raleigh-Durham area Thursday night. The Carolina Hurricanes weren't. In one of those NHL scheduling quirks, the Hurricanes will be playing the second of back-to-back games tonight at the RBC Center after facing the Nashville Predators on the road Thursday then returning home during the night. The Hurricanes, who won the Stanley Cup only four years ago, are a distant last in the Eastern Conference and also will be without their best player, center Eric Staal, tonight because he is on a personal leave endorsed by the team. Staal returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, this week after the death of his sister-in-law, Tamara Stevenson, 26."