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Hockey Fortune: $350,000

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Ray Staszak’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $350,000 (US $1,022,962 in today's dollars), ranking #4928 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: December 1, 1962
Country of birth: USA
Position: F
Salary History - Ray Staszak
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1985-86 $350,000 $1,022,962
As a free agent rookie out of college, signed a four-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings for $1.4M. Got a career-ending injury during the 1st season and ended up having the last 3 years of the contract bought out for an undisclosed amount. (According to the book The Road to Hockeytown, it was a four-year contract for $1M. According to the book Finding Murph, it was a four-year contract for $1.3M. According to the New York Times and the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, in was a five-year contract for $1.3M. According to La Presse and the book Breakaway, it was a five-year contract for $1.4M. According to a book from his agent at the time, Burke's Life - A Life in Hockey, he got $750,000 to sign. It is unclear if that was just the signing bonus.)
Source(s): The Washington Post / Sports Illustrated / Book: Minor in Name Only
Career Total: US $350,000
(In today's dollars: US $1,022,962)

NHL Rank: 4928
(In today's dollars: 4241)