Paul Frederick Stanton (born June 22, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player.
Graduated from Catholic Memorial High-school, West Roxbury MA. Class of 1985
Career Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1985 as a high school senior, Paul chose to play for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and was named an NCAA West All-American in 1988.
He played his first NHL game in the 1991 season for the Penguins, and was a member of the Stanley Cup winning team in 1991 and 1992. He was later traded to the Boston Bruins and then to the New York Islanders, playing parts of those seasons with each team's respective minor league teams.
In 1995 and 1996 he played 13 matches for Team USA at the Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the bronze medal.
In 1996 he left the NHL for Europe, playing in the DEL for the Adler Mannheim. With Mannheim he won the German championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Prior to the 2000–01 season, he became a member of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers until 2002, when he started for the Frankfurt Lions. He won another German championship as team captain of the heavy underdog Lions in 2004, after Frankfurt had eliminated three higher ranked clubs (Cologne Sharks, Hamburg Freezers and Berlin Polar Bears) in the DEL playoffs.
His most recent team has been IF Redhawks Malmö of the Swedish Elitserien.
Paul Stanton currently resides in Naples, Florida and now serves as an assistant coach for the Florida Gulf Coast University Hockey Team.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 University of Wisconsin NCAA 36 4 6 10 16 — — — — — 1986–87 University of Wisconsin NCAA 41 5 17 22 70 — — — — — 1987–88 University of Wisconsin NCAA 45 9 38 47 98 — — — — — 1988–89 University of Wisconsin NCAA 45 7 29 36 126 — — — — — 1989–90 Muskegon Fury IHL 77 5 27 32 61 15 2 4 6 21 1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 5 18 23 40 22 1 2 3 24 1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 54 2 8 10 62 21 1 7 8 42 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 4 12 16 97 1 0 1 1 0 1993–94 Boston Bruins NHL 71 3 7 10 54 — — — — — 1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 11 2 6 8 15 — — — — — 1994–95 Providence Bruins AHL 8 4 4 8 4 — — — — — 1994–95 New York Islanders NHL 18 0 4 4 9 — — — — — 1995–96 Adler Mannheim DEL 47 13 24 37 88 8 2 5 7 8 1996–97 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 5 26 31 64 9 2 4 6 26 1997–98 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 11 27 38 72 10 4 6 10 22 1998–99 Adler Mannheim DEL 38 6 16 22 50 12 2 7 9 22 1999–00 Adler Mannheim DEL 56 2 19 21 77 4 0 1 1 37 2000–01 Nuremberg Ice Tigers DEL 49 11 19 30 104 4 1 1 2 26 2001–02 Nuremberg Ice Tigers DEL 57 7 29 37 94 4 1 1 2 8 2002–03 Frankfurt Lions DEL 49 10 22 32 167 — — — — — 2003–04 Frankfurt Lions DEL 52 8 30 38 104 15 1 9 10 36 2004–05 Malmö Redhawks SHL 6 0 1 1 27 — — — — — NHL totals 295 14 49 63 262 44 2 10 12 66 DEL totals 446 73 212 286 820 72 13 37 50 201
Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA Second Team 1987–88 AHCA West First-Team All-American 1987–88 WCHA All-Tournament Team 1988 All-WCHA First Team 1988–89
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