Hod Stuart

William Hodgson " Hod " Stuart ( born February 20, 1879 in Ottawa, Ontario, † June 23, 1907 in Belleville, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player (cover -point), which, from 1898 to 1907 for the Ottawa HC, Quebec Bulldogs Pittsburgh Bankers, Portage Lakes HC, Calumet Miners, Pittsburgh Professionals and Montreal Wanderers played. His brother Bruce was also a professional hockey player.

Career

Hod Stuart began his career as a hockey player with the Ottawa HC, for which he was active from 1898 to 1900 in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League. Then the defender moved to the league rivals Quebec Bulldogs, where he also remained for two years. In the 1902/03 season he ran for the Pittsburgh Bankers to from the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, where he was able to draw attention to themselves for the first time. In 17 games, he scored eight goals as a defensive player and gave ten templates, for which he was awarded the election to the All-Star team in the league. With the Portage Lakes, he played in the 1903/ 04 season, numerous friendly matches.

From 1904 to 1907 Stuart stood at the Calumet Miners and the Pittsburgh Professionals in the International Professional Hockey League, the world's first fully professional ice hockey league under contract. There, too, he was one of the best players, so that he was elected to the league -wide All-Star team in 1905 and 1906. Last played the links contactors for the Montreal Wanderers, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1907. On June 23, 1907 Stuart died as a result of a swimming accident. In his honor, was held on January 2, 1908, a commemorative game that was attended by 3,800 spectators. The proceeds from this went to his family.

In recognition of his services to the sport of ice hockey Hod Stuart was admitted posthumously in 1945 as one of the first twelve players to the newly formed Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1966, he was also included in the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )