Rastislav Staňa

Rastislav Staňa (born 10 January 1980) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Internationally Stana played for the Slovak national team at 6 Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the gold medal in 2002, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.

As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Bratislava.

After being drafted, he began playing in the Western Hockey League for the Moose Jaw Warriors and was later traded to the Calgary Hitmen.

[citation needed] Staňa moved to Sweden to play in Elitserien for Södertälje SK during the NHL lockout.