Chuck Luksa

Chuck Luksa
Born	February 19, 1954 (1954-02-19) (age 57) Toronto, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Played for	WHA Cincinnati Stingers NHL Hartford Whalers
NHL Draft	172nd overall, 1974 Montreal Canadiens
WHA Draft	177th overall, 1974 Phoenix Roadrunners
Playing career	1974–1982

Charles Luksa (born February 19, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.

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 spent 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 claimed by the Hartford Whalers in the Disperal Draft. 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 spent 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 Newmarket, Ontario.

External links

• Chuck Luksa's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Chuck Luksa's biography at Legends of Hockey

Persondata
Name	Luksa, Chuck
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	February 19, 1954
Place of birth	Toronto, ON, CAN
Date of death
Place of death