Steve Janaszak
Steve James Janaszak ( born January 7, 1957 in St. Paul, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who played in his playing days from 1975 to 1983 among others for the Minnesota North Stars and Colorado Rockies in the National Hockey League.
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Career
Steve Janaszak began his career as a hockey player at the Hill - Murray High School. From 1975 to 1979 he attended the University of Minnesota, for their hockey team he played in parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. With the team he won in 1976 and 1979 respectively the NCAA championship. In his last year of college, the goalkeeper was also elected to the All- Tournament team of the NCAA as well as the most valuable player of the finals tournament. After finishing his studies, he joined Team USA in the Olympic preparation and graduated in this period a total of 17 test matches. In the further course of the 1979/80 season he also played in the professional hockey four times for the Baltimore Clippers of the Eastern Hockey League as well as one time for the Tulsa Oilers and Oklahoma City Stars of the Central Hockey League and the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League.
The majority of the 1980/81 season spent at the Fort Wayne Komets Janaszak from the International Hockey League. There he was able to convince and received the Ken McKenzie Trophy as the best rookie of the American League. Shortly before season's end, he returned to the CHL, where he stood in the following one and a half years for the Fort Worth Texans between the posts. He also played in the season 1981/82 a further two NHL games, this time for the Colorado Rockies, but could not convince it. In the season 1982/83 the Americans played for the Wichita Wind of the CHL. Then he ended his career at the age of 26.
Internationally
For the U.S. Janaszak participated in Lake Placid at the Olympic Winter Games 1980. The so-called Miracle on Ice, he won with his team as a substitute goalkeeper without the use of the gold medal. He also ran for his country at the 1982 World Cup, in which he played three games.