Career
He was the first player born and trained in Slovakia to be drafted by an National Hockey League team Anton"s son, Thomas Šťastný, played in Switzerland, last for Martigny in 2015. Šťastný was originally drafted 198th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1978 National Hockey League Amateur Draft, but he re-entered and was drafted 83rd overall by the Nordiques in the 1979 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
He played 650 career National Hockey League games, scoring 252 goals and 384 assists for 636 points and scored at least 25 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
They were the third trio of brothers to play on the same professional hockey team (the first being the Bentley brothers of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1940s and the second being the Plager brothers of the Street Louis Blues in the 1970s). He ranks ninth overall in National Hockey League points by a Slovak player.