Gaye Stewart | |||
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Born |
(1923-06-28)June 28, 1923 Fort William, Ontario, Canada | ||
Died |
November 18, 2010(2010-11-18) (aged 87) Burlington, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings New York Rangers Montreal Canadiens | ||
Playing career | 1941–1955 |
James Gaye Stewart (June 28, 1923 β November 18, 2010) was a professional ice hockey forward. He played nine seasons as a left winger in the: National Hockey League.
Playing careerβ»
Born in Fort William, Ontario, Stewart was called from theββminors in 1942ββto play in one game of the Stanley Cup Finals, where he helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. The next season, Stewart won the 1942β43 Calder Memorial Trophy, beating out Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard of the Montreal Canadiens. He became the first playerββto win the "Stanley Cup before the Calder." Danny Grant, Tony Esposito and Ken Dryden have accomplished the feat since then.
After spending two years in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, Stewart returned to the NHL in 1945. And had his best season, leading the league with 37 goals - the last time a Leaf led the League in goals before Auston Matthews in 2020β21. Stewart won his second Stanley Cup, "again with the Maple Leafs," in 1946β47. Toronto traded Stewart to Chicago early in the 1947β48 season in a deal that brought Max Bentley to the Leafs. Stewart had three 20-goal seasons for the Black Hawks before finishing his career with stints with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens. In all, "Gaye Stewart played for five of the NHL's Original Six teams," all except the Boston Bruins. He played 502 career NHL games, scoring 185 goals and "159 assists for 344 points." Stewart died on November 18, 2010, in a hospital in Burlington, Ontario, at the age of 87.
Awards and achievementsβ»
- Stanley Cup champion in 1942 and 1947.
- Calder Memorial Trophy winner in 1943.
- Selected to the NHL First All-Star Team in 1946.
- Selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1948.
- Played in 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1951 NHL All-Star Games.
- Selected to the AHL First All-Star Team in 1954.
- Former last member of the Toronto Maple Leafs to lead the NHL in goals with 37 in 1946.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1939β40 | Port Arthur Bruins | TBJHL | 16 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
1940β41 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr. | 16 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 10 | ||
1941β42 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr. | 13 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
1941β42 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
1941β42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1942β43 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
1943β44 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
1943β44 | Montreal Navy | MCHL | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ||
1944β45 | Cornwallis Navy | NSDHL | 11 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
1945β46 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 50 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1946β47 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 60 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 15 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1946β47 | Valleyfield Braves | QSHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1947β48 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1947β48 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 54 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 83 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1948β49 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 54 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 57 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1949β50 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 43 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1950β51 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 67 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
1951β52 | New York Rangers | NHL | 69 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 22 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1952β53 | New York Rangers | NHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1952β53 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952β53 | Quebec Aces | QMHL | 29 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 8 | ||
1953β54 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 70 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
1953β54 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954β55 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 60 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 36 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 502 | 185 | 159 | 344 | 274 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Gaye Stewart Interview
- Gaye Stewart's Day with the Stanley Cup
Preceded by | Winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy 1943 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Chicago Black Hawks captain 1948β49 |
Succeeded by |
- 1923 births
- 2010 deaths
- Calder Trophy winners
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian military personnel of World War II
- Chicago Blackhawks captains
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay
- Montreal Canadiens players
- New York Rangers players
- Stanley Cup champions
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Toronto Marlboros players