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'''Charles Bruce Stuart''' (November 30, 1881 – October 28, 1961) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[amateur]] and professional [[ice hockey]] [[forward (ice hockey)|forward]] who played for the [[Quebec Bulldogs]], [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Montreal Wanderers]], [[Portage Lakes Hockey Club]], [[Pittsburgh Victorias]] and [[Pittsburgh Professionals]] from 1899 to 1911. Stuart is considered to be an early version of a [[power forward (ice hockey)|power forward]], a forward who combines size and physical play with scoring ability, in hockey history. |
'''Charles Bruce Stuart''' (November 30, 1881 – October 28, 1961) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[amateur]] and professional [[ice hockey]] [[forward (ice hockey)|forward]] who played for the [[Quebec Bulldogs]], [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Montreal Wanderers]], [[Portage Lakes Hockey Club]], [[Pittsburgh Victorias]] and [[Pittsburgh Professionals]] from 1899 to 1911. Stuart is considered to be an early version of a [[power forward (ice hockey)|power forward]], a forward who combines size and physical play with scoring ability, in hockey history. |
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Stuart won the [[Stanley Cup]] with both the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Wanderers. |
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==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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[[File:Bruce Stuart.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Stuart on a hockey card with the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]].]] |
[[File:Bruce Stuart.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Stuart on a hockey card with the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]].]] |
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Bruce and his older brother [[Hod Stuart|Hod]] played for [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa |
Bruce and his older brother [[Hod Stuart|Hod]] played for [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Hockey Club]] (Senators) in the [[Canadian Amateur Hockey League]] in [[1899 CAHL season|1899]], in their home city of [[Ottawa]]. In 1900, they moved to [[Quebec City]] for business. They started playing hockey again in 1901, joining the [[Quebec Bulldogs]]. He then played professionally with the [[Pittsburgh Victorias]] in the [[Western Pennsylvania Hockey League]] in 1902–03 and in [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]], with the [[Portage Lakes Hockey Club]], in the old [[International Professional Hockey League]] between 1904–1907. Stuart joined the [[Montreal Wanderers]] in time to win the Stanley Cup in 1908, and then captained the Ottawa Senators in 1909 to the Stanley Cup. |
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Bruce Stuart's brother Hod, who was considered one of the better hockey players in Canada at the time, died in a diving accident in the [[Bay of Quinte]] near [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]] on June 23, 1907 at an age of 28. At the time of the accident the two brothers had not seen each other for over a year, as they had been playing in different cities.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73681551/hod-stuart-met-instant-death/ "Hod Stuart met instant death"] ''Ottawa Citizen''. June 24, 1907 (pg. 2). Retrieved 2021-03-17.</ref> |
Bruce Stuart's brother Hod, a defenseman who was considered one of the better hockey players in Canada at the time, died in a diving accident in the [[Bay of Quinte]] near [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]], [[Ontario]] on June 23, 1907 at an age of 28. At the time of the accident the two brothers had not seen each other for over a year, as they had been playing in different cities.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73681551/hod-stuart-met-instant-death/ "Hod Stuart met instant death"] ''Ottawa Citizen''. June 24, 1907 (pg. 2). Retrieved 2021-03-17.</ref> |
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In 1910, when the [[National Hockey Association]] (NHA) imposed a salary cap, cutting player's salaries in half, Stuart attempted to form a rival league.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=November 24, 1910 |page=10 |title=Bomb in Ottawa Camp}}</ref> The rival league failed to organize, as the Montreal Arena was refused to the players.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=December 14, 1910|page=10 |title=Outlaws Hurrying to Cover}}</ref> Stuart returned to captain the Senators to the 1911 Stanley Cup. |
In 1910, when the [[National Hockey Association]] (NHA) imposed a salary cap, cutting player's salaries in half, Stuart attempted to form a rival league.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=November 24, 1910 |page=10 |title=Bomb in Ottawa Camp}}</ref> The rival league failed to organize, as the Montreal Arena was refused to the players.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=December 14, 1910|page=10 |title=Outlaws Hurrying to Cover}}</ref> Stuart returned to captain the Senators to the 1911 Stanley Cup. |
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After his player career Stuart took to [[golf]] and [[curling]] for recreation. As a golf player he was a member of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. As a curling player he was active with the Ottawa Curling Club, and he donated a trophy to the club for competition.<ref name="Citizen"/> |
After his player career Stuart took to [[golf]] and [[curling]] for recreation. As a golf player he was a member of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. As a curling player he was active with the Ottawa Curling Club, and he donated a trophy to the club for competition.<ref name="Citizen"/> |
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Despite his age, he attended his induction into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Ottawa Players Bruce Stuart And Percy LeSueur in Hall of Fame |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66620685/bruce-stuart/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=Ottawa Journal |date=June 14, 1961|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He died not long after.<ref name="Citizen"/> |
Despite his age, he attended his induction into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in [[Toronto]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Ottawa Players Bruce Stuart And Percy LeSueur in Hall of Fame |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66620685/bruce-stuart/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=Ottawa Journal |date=June 14, 1961|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He died not long after.<ref name="Citizen"/> |
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==Statistics== |
==Statistics== |
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Revision as of 21:24, 17 March 2021
| Bruce Stuart | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1961 | |||
 Bruce Stuart with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in the 1905–06 season. | |||
| Born |
November 30, 1881 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
October 28, 1961 (aged 79) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Quebec Bulldogs Ottawa Senators Montreal Wanderers Portage Lakes Hockey Club Pittsburgh Professionals Pittsburgh Victorias | ||
| Playing career | 1898–1911 | ||
Charles Bruce Stuart (November 30, 1881 – October 28, 1961) was a Canadian amateur and professional ice hockey forward who played for the Quebec Bulldogs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Wanderers, Portage Lakes Hockey Club, Pittsburgh Victorias and Pittsburgh Professionals from 1899 to 1911. Stuart is considered to be an early version of a power forward, a forward who combines size and physical play with scoring ability, in hockey history.
Stuart won the Stanley Cup with both the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Wanderers.
Playing career
Bruce and his older brother Hod played for Ottawa Hockey Club (Senators) in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League in 1899, in their home city of Ottawa. In 1900, they moved to Quebec City for business. They started playing hockey again in 1901, joining the Quebec Bulldogs. He then played professionally with the Pittsburgh Victorias in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League in 1902–03 and in Houghton, with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club, in the old International Professional Hockey League between 1904–1907. Stuart joined the Montreal Wanderers in time to win the Stanley Cup in 1908, and then captained the Ottawa Senators in 1909 to the Stanley Cup.
Bruce Stuart's brother Hod, a defenseman who was considered one of the better hockey players in Canada at the time, died in a diving accident in the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario on June 23, 1907 at an age of 28. At the time of the accident the two brothers had not seen each other for over a year, as they had been playing in different cities.[1]
In 1910, when the National Hockey Association (NHA) imposed a salary cap, cutting player's salaries in half, Stuart attempted to form a rival league.[2] The rival league failed to organize, as the Montreal Arena was refused to the players.[3] Stuart returned to captain the Senators to the 1911 Stanley Cup.
Playing style
Bruce Stuart, a centre forward position wise, was a tall player for his era measuring 6 feet and 2 inches, and weighing around 180 pounds. When Stuart replaced Ernie Russell at the centre forward position on the Montreal Wanderers in March 1908 the Ottawa Citizen recognized that while he "is not as tricky a scorer as Russell" he was thought "to be a better man carrying the disc through a defense", and the newspaper also recognized that he still had good shot.[4] He also played occasionally at other forward positions, including rover and left wing.[5]
Stuart employed a physical playing style along to his size, which earned him a fair share of injuries throughout his hockey career. During the 1910 NHA season Stuart suffered a broken left collarbone in game against the Renfrew Creamery Kings on February 12, after a scuffle with Hay Millar and a subsequent collision with Frank Patrick.[6] The injury held him out for the remainder of the 1910 season and significantly weakened the Senators in their quest on defending the Stanley Cup against the Montreal Wanderers. Stuart had also, on different occasions, both of his knees dislocated, three ribs broken, his nose smashed twice, a bone in his right foot splintered, several teeth knocked out and his right hand fractured.[7]
Post career
Stuart retired from playing after the 1910–11 season and managed a shoe store he owned in Ottawa until 1952 along with some coaching. The shoe store, located at 275 Bank Street in Ottawa, outside of shoes and boots also sold skates.[8]
After his player career Stuart took to golf and curling for recreation. As a golf player he was a member of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. As a curling player he was active with the Ottawa Curling Club, and he donated a trophy to the club for competition.[5]
Despite his age, he attended his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 1961.[9] He died not long after.[5]
Statistics
Exh. = Exhibition games
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1899 | Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1900 | Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1901 | Quebec Bulldogs | CAHL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1902 | Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1902–03 | Pittsburgh Victorias | WPHL | 10 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1903–04 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | Exh. | 14 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 13 | ||
| 1904–05 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 22 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1905–06 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 20 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1906–07 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 23 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1907–08* | Montreal Wanderers | ECAHA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Montreal Wanderers | Stanley Cup | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1909* | Ottawa Senators | ECHA | 11 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1909–10 | Ottawa Senators | CHA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1910* | Ottawa Senators | NHA | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Ottawa Senators | Stanley Cup | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1910–11* | Ottawa Senators | NHA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| CAHL totalt | 20 | 26 | 0 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| IPHL totalt | 65 | 68 | 9 | 77 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| ECAHA + ECHA totals | 14 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| NHA totals | 10 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Stanley Cup totals | 7 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 24 | |||||||||
* Stanley Cup Champion.
Achievements
- IPHL champion – 1905–06 & 1906–07 (Portage Lakes Hockey Club)
- Stanley Cup – 1908 (Montreal Wanderers); 1909, 1910 & 1911 (Ottawa Senators)
References
Bibliography
Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: The ultimate A-Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
Notes
- ^ "Hod Stuart met instant death" Ottawa Citizen. June 24, 1907 (pg. 2). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "Bomb in Ottawa Camp". The Globe. November 24, 1910. p. 10.
- ^ "Outlaws Hurrying to Cover". The Globe. December 14, 1910. p. 10.
- ^ "Who Wanderers Are" Ottawa Citizen. March 21, 1908 (pg. 17). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ a b c "Bruce Stuart, Former Hockey Great, Dies" Ottawa Citizen. Oct. 30, 1961 (pg. 12). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "Bruce Stuart badly injured" Ottawa Citizen. Feb. 14, 1910 (pg. 9). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "Confidence main thing in sport – Stuarts' secret of success" Ottawa Citizen. Apr. 1, 1910 (pg. 8). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Stuart's Opening – Splendid Boot and Shoe Business at 275 Bank St. Ottawa Citizen. Dec. 10, 1909 (pg. 9). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "Former Ottawa Players Bruce Stuart And Percy LeSueur in Hall of Fame". Ottawa Journal. June 14, 1961. Retrieved January 1, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey
- Bruce Stuart at Find a Grave
- 1881 births
- 1961 deaths
- Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Montreal Wanderers players
- Ottawa Senators (NHA) players
- Ottawa Senators (original) players
- Pittsburgh Professionals players
- Pittsburgh Victorias players
- Portage Lakes Hockey Club players
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Stanley Cup champions
- Canadian ice hockey centres