# Chuck Luksa

Charles Luksa (born July 15, 1954) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played 78 games in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers and 8 games in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers between 1978 and 1980.
As a youth, Luksa played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Wexford, Toronto. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Luksa was drafted 172nd overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1974 NHL amateur draft and 177th overall by the Phoenix Roadrunners in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft but never played for either team as Luska went on to spend four seasons in the American Hockey League for the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, winning the Calder Cup in successive years in 1977 and 1978. In 1978 the Roadrunners folded and Luksa signed with the Cincinnati Stingers as a free agent, playing 78 regular season games for the team, scoring 8 goals and twelve assists for 20 points. The WHA folded at the end of the season and Luksa was signed by the Hartford Whalers. Luksa would only play eight games for the Whalers, scoring one assist, as he spent much of the season in the AHL with the Springfield Indians and would later spend another full season in the league with the Binghamton Whalers.
Luksa moved to Finland's SM-liiga in 1981 and signed with Jokerit before returning to the AHL the same season and signed with the Rochester Americans before retiring from the sport.
Luksa subsequently began selling real estate in Brampton, Ontario.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1971–72 | Ottawa M&W Rangers | CJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971–72 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73 | Kenora Muskies | MJHL | 47 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 22 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974–75 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1975–76 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 73 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1976–77 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 80 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1977–78 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 66 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 1978–79 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 72 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 63 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 1981–82 | Jokerit | FIN | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| WHA totals | WHA totals | WHA totals | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |