Gaye Stewart
Gaye Stewart ( born June 28, 1923 in Fort William, Ontario, † November 18, 2010 in Burlington, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ), umpire and coach, from 1942 to 1954 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens played in the National Hockey League.
Career
At 17 he left home to play for the Toronto Marlboros in the OHA.
As a senior, he played in the season 1941/42, for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League and was brought for a playoff game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. Since the Leafs won the Stanley Cup this year, his name was engraved on the trophy. His rookie season he played after 1942/43. Despite well-known competitors, including Maurice Richard, he was awarded as the best rookie with the Calder Memorial Trophy.
This was followed by his time in the Canadian Army. During the last years of the Second World War, he was stationed on the St. Lawrence River. When he returned for the season 1945/46, he was placed in a series with Gus Bodnar and Bud Poile. Since all three players from Fort William came, one called the Storm series, the "Flying Forts ". Together they won in the 1946/47 season again the Stanley Cup.
In the following season, he still started with the Leafs, but soon he was discharged together with Bodnar and Poile to the Chicago Blackhawks, as they wanted to get out of there, Max Bentley. In his three seasons with the Blackhawks, he brought further good performances. For the season 1950/51 he became part of a large exchange business, which brought, among others, Harry Lumley and Jack Stewart to Chicago to the Detroit Red Wings. Only a year he stayed in Detroit before he joined the New York Rangers. Then after a pleasant season in New York, he could not build on the achievements of earlier years. The Montreal Canadiens took him in their squad, but after only five games Senior Hockey League ( QSHL ) it was used in the As de Québec in Quebec. In the season 1953/54, the Canadiens brought him back for three playoff games.
After a year as player-manager of the Buffalo Bisons in the AHL he ended his active career and was until 1958 worked as a referee in the NHL.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1942 and 1947