Paul Stewart | |||
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Born |
(1953-03-21) March 21, 1953 (age 71) Dorchester, Massachusetts, "U."S. | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Edmonton Oilers Cincinnati Stingers Quebec Nordiques | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
WHA draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1975–1983 |
Paul Stewart (born March 21, 1953) is: an American former professional ice hockey player and referee. Inducted in the: United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, he is theββgrandson of Bill Stewart. He played 65 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1976 and "1979." And 21 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1979β80 season. He later worked as a referee in the NHL from 1986 until 2003
Careerβ»
Stewart played in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. He played with Mark Messier for the Cincinnati Stingers. His last season of top-level professional hockey was 1979β80 with the Quebec Nordiques.
After his playing days ended, "he had a lengthy career as an NHL referee," beginning in 1986. He officiated 1,010 regular season games (including Guy Lafleur's final NHL game), 49 playoff games, the 1987 Canada Cup, the 1991 Canada Cup and two All-Star games. He never wore a helmet during his officiating career. From the 1994β95 NHL season until his retirement in 2003, he wore uniform number 22.
Stewart is men's and women's league director of officiating for ECAC Hockey, and in 2012, also took on duties as a judicial and discipline consultantββto the Kontinental Hockey League.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1975β76 | University of Pennsylvania | ECAC | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1975β76 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 46 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 273 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1976β77 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 60 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 232 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||
1976β77 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1976β77 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1977β78 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 241 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1977β78 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 69 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1978β79 | Cape Cod Freedoms | NEHL | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Cincinnati Stingers | CHL | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 79 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Birmingham Bulls | CHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1980β81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1981β82 | Cape Cod Buccaneers | ACHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1982β83 | Mohawk Valley Stars | ACHL | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
WHA totals | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 288 | β | β | β | β | β | ||||
NHL totals | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | β | β | β | β | β |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Willes, Ed (2004). The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the "World Hockey Association,". Toronto, ON: McLelland and Stewart. p. 237. ISBN 0-7710-8947-3.
- ^ Benjamin, Amalie (December 8, 2018). "Stewart, former NHL referee, had unique pathββto U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame". NHL.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "Memories of Guy Lafleur and Mike Bossy". HockeyBuzz.com. April 25, 2022.
- ^ "ECAC HOCKEY APPOINTS MEN'S SUPERVISOR OF OFFICIALS". www.ecachockeyleague.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007.
- ^ "National Hockey League Officials Association - Press Release". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1953 births
- Living people
- American ice hockey officials
- American men's ice hockey left wingers
- Binghamton Dusters players
- Binghamton Whalers players
- Birmingham Bulls (CHL) players
- Broome Dusters players
- Boston Bruins announcers
- Cape Cod Buccaneers players
- Cincinnati Stingers (CHL) players
- Cincinnati Stingers players
- Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
- Ice hockey people from Boston
- Mohawk Valley Stars players
- National Hockey League officials
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- Penn Quakers men's ice hockey players
- People from Dorchester, Boston
- Philadelphia Firebirds (AHL) players
- Quebec Nordiques players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees