| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Birth Date: | September 19, 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1998 |
| Career End: | 2001 |
| Draft: | 19th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1997 |
| Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
| Played For: | Hartford Wolf Pack |
Stefan Cherneski (born September 19, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger.
Cherneski was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During his junior career, he played for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League.[1]
Cherneski was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He suffered a fractured right patella on November 13, 1998, and was forced to retire due to the injury on January 2, 2001.[2] He appeared in forty games with the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, before retiring. He tallied just two goals and nine assists in his brief professional career.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 58 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 62 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 1996–97 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 56 | 39 | 29 | 68 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 65 | 43 | 38 | 81 | 127 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 1998–99 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 28 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHL totals | 179 | 90 | 88 | 178 | 272 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 32 | ||||
| AHL totals | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | ||||