Tony Hrkac

Anthony J. "Tony" Hrkac (born July 7, 1966, in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a retire Canadian professional ice hockey centre.
==Playing career==
===Collegiate===
Hrkac was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Hrkac played collegiately at the University of North Dakota, and was the recipient of the Hobey Baker Award for top men's collegiate hockey player during the 1986–87 season. He led the team (along with future Chicago Blackhawks teammate and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Ed Belfour) —widely known during this period as the "Hrkac Circus" (the name rhymes) College Hockey News: The Best Ever? — to a national championship and his 116 points that season still stands as the NCAA single-season scoring mark.
===Professional===
He made his National Hockey League debut with the Blues during the 1987 NHL playoffs, appearing in three games. After two-plus seasons with the Blues, he was traded (along with Greg Millen) to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for Jeff Brown.
In his NHL career, Hrkac would play for the Blues, Nordiques, San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Atlanta Thrashers. Hrkac's rights were also briefly owned by the Pittsburgh Penguins when they acquired him and Bobby Dollas from the Edmonton Oilers for forward Josef Beranek. On June 26, ten days after initially acquiring Hrkac, the Penguins lost Hrkac to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft.Hockey-Reference.com: Tony Hrkac Profile PageProSportsTransactions.com: Tony Hrkac Transaction History Less than two weeks later, Hrkac was moved; this time to the Dallas Stars. He was traded on July 9, 1998, for future considerations.
In 758 career NHL games, Hrkac scored 132 goals and added 239 assists. He also appeared in 41 playoff games, scoring seven goals and adding seven assists. Four of those seven goals came in one game against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 10, 1988, setting a St. Louis Blues record for most goals scored in a playoff game by one player. Hrkac was a member of the 1998–99 Dallas Stars team which won the Stanley Cup.
Hrkac returned to the minor leagues in 2003 after he was unable to sign with an NHL club. He was a key player on the Calder Cup champion Milwaukee Admirals in 2003–04. While there were rumors that the St. Louis Blues were seeking to sign him for one last stint with his original team, Hrkac retired after the 2004–05 season.
On March 14, 2008, Hrkac's number 26 jersey was retired by the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, through his two tenures with the club between 1994 and 2005.
Hrkac came out of retirement for the 2008–09 season, at the age of 42, by signing with the AHL's Houston Aeros on March 11, 2009.
==Coaching career==
On September 19, 2006, Concordia University Wisconsin officials announced that the university added Division III men's and women's hockey to its sports line-up for the 2007–2008 school year. Hrkac was named the first men's hockey coach in Concordia historyHrkac named head coach at Concordia serving as coach until February 2012, with a coaching record of 10-109-10 while at Concordia.Hrkac out as Concordia hockey coach
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		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
1983–84 	Orillia Travelways 	OPJHL 		42 	52 	54 	106 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1984–85 	University of North Dakota	WCHA 		36 	18 	36 	54 	16 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	Canada 	Intl 		62 	19 	30 	49 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87 	University of North Dakota	WCHA 		48 	46 	70 	116 	48 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1987–88 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		67 	11 	37 	48 	22 		10 	6 	1 	7 	4
1988–89 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		70 	17 	28 	45 	8 		4 	1 	1 	2 	0
1989–90 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		28 	5 	12 	17 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Quebec Nordiques 	NHL 		22 	4 	8 	12 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Halifax Citadels 	AHL 		20 	12 	21 	33 	4 		6 	5 	9 	14 	4
1990–91 	Halifax Citadels 	AHL 		3 	4 	1 	5 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91 	Quebec Nordiques 	NHL 		70 	16 	32 	48 	16 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	San Jose Sharks 	NHL 		22 	2 	10 	12 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		18 	1 	2 	3 	6 		3 	0 	0 	0 	2
1992–93 	Indianapolis Ice 	IHL 		80 	45 	87 	132 	70 		5 	0 	2 	2 	2
1993–94 	Peoria Rivermen 	IHL 		45 	30 	51 	81 	25 		1 	1 	2 	3 	0
1993–94 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		36 	6 	5 	11 	8 		4 	0 	0 	0 	0
1994–95 	Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 		71 	24 	67 	91 	26 		15 	4 	9 	13 	16
1995–96 	Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 		43 	14 	28 	42 	18 		5 	1 	3 	4 	4
1996–97 	Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 		81 	27 	61 	88 	20 		3 	1 	1 	2 	2
1997–98 	Michigan K-Wings 	IHL 		20 	7 	15 	22 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		13 	5 	3 	8 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 		36 	8 	11 	19 	10 		12 	0 	3 	3 	2
1998–99 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		69 	13 	14 	27 	26 		5 	0 	2 	2 	4
1999–00 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		7 	0 	2 	2 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		60 	4 	7 	11 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		80 	13 	25 	38 	29 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		80 	18 	26 	44 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		80 	9 	17 	26 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Milwaukee Admirals 	AHL 		68 	20 	39 	59 	20 		22 	8 	12 	20 	8
2004–05 	Milwaukee Admirals 	AHL 		77 	12 	28 	40 	14 		6 	0 	1 	1 	8
2008–09 	Houston Aeros 	AHL 		12 	2 	2 	4 	4 		19 	4 	10 	14 	8
2009–10 	Houston Aeros 	AHL 		17 	0 	3 	3 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		758 	132 	239 	371 	173 		41 	7 	7 	14 	12
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honors==
Award 	Year 	
College 	College	College
All-WCHA First Team 	1986–87	
AHCA West First-Team All-American	1986–87	
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 	1987 	
Hobey Baker Award 	1986–87	
IHL 	IHL 	IHL
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy 	1992–93	
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy 	1992–93	
==References==
==External links==
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