As a youth, Kaszycki played in the 1968 and 1969
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Toronto Christie
minor ice hockey team. He played major junior hockey with the
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, of the
Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (today's
OHL), winning the
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the league's scoring champion in his final junior season of
1975–76. Kaszycki was drafted by the
New York Islanders 32nd overall in the
1976 NHL Amateur Draft and by the
New England Whalers 38th overall in the
1976 WHA Amateur Draft. He signed with the Islanders, playing with them, the
Washington Capitals and the
Toronto Maple Leafs. Kaszycki played 226 games over five seasons in the NHL, scoring 122 points. During the
1981–82 AHL season, while playing for the
New Brunswick Hawks, Kaszycki won three individual
American Hockey League awards. Kaszycki was awarded the
Les Cunningham Award as
Most Valuable Player, the
John B. Sollenberger Trophy as top scorer, and the
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for
sportsmanship and perseverance. ==Career statistics==