Dušan Pašek

Dušan Pašek (1960 – 1998) was a Czechoslovak and Slovak professional ice hockey forward who played 48 games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1977 to 1993, was mainly spent with Slovan Bratislava in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and represented Czechoslovakia at three Canada Cups. He also won a gold medal at the 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Pašek was president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation when he died.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1976–77 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR U20 — — — — — — — — — — 1977–78 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1978–79 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 36 9 12 21 18 — — — — — 1979–80 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 40 18 1 19 22 — — — — — 1980–81 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 34 22 10 32 12 — — — — — 1981–82 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava SVK-2 — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 43 23 23 46 62 — — — — — 1983–84 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 40 28 19 47 62 — — — — — 1984–85 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 40 23 14 37 60 — — — — — 1985–86 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 45 13 11 24 44 — — — — — 1986–87 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 38 21 29 50 81 — — — — — 1987–88 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 40 19 18 37 81 — — — — — 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 48 4 10 14 30 2 1 0 1 0 1989–90 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 20 10 14 24 6 — — — — — 1990–91 Slovan ChZJD Bratislava CSSR 11 11 5 16 20 — — — — — 1990–91 HC Asiago ITA 34 35 41 76 22 3 5 1 6 0 1990–91 HC Ambrì–Piotta NDA 1 2 1 3 0 5 1 1 2 9 1991–92 HC Fassa ALP 18 19 22 41 45 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Fassa ITA 17 15 25 40 12 8 7 8 15 10 1992–93 KalPa FIN 10 2 4 6 16 — — — — — CSSR totals 372 187 143 330 462 — — — — — NHL totals 48 4 10 14 30 2 1 0 1 0

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1978 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 6 4 10 4 1979 Czechoslovakia WJC 6 2 0 2 2 1980 Czechoslovakia WJC 5 6 1 7 4 1981 Czechoslovakia CC 6 0 2 2 2 1982 Czechoslovakia WC 10 1 2 3 4 1983 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 2 5 6 1984 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 0 4 4 2 1984 Czechoslovakia CC 5 0 0 0 4 1985 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 3 6 6 1986 Czechoslovakia WC 10 4 3 7 16 1987 Czechoslovakia WC 10 6 2 8 2 1987 Czechoslovakia CC 6 4 1 5 12 1988 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 6 5 11 8 Junior totals 16 14 5 19 10 Senior totals 82 27 24 51 62

Death Pašek killed himself on 15 March 1998. He was 37 years old at the time of his suicide.

Twenty-three years later, his son, also named Dušan Pašek, killed himself at the age of 36.