Bob Stewart (ice hockey player)

Bob Stewart
Date of birth	November 10, 1950
place of birth	Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , Canada
date of death	3rd February 2017
Place of death	Creve Coeur , Missouri , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1970 , 1st lap, 13th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
1967-1970	Oshawa Generals
1970-1971	Oklahoma City Blazers
1971-1972	Boston Bruins Boston Braves
1972-1976	California Golden Seals
1976-1988	Cleveland Barons
1978-1979	St. Louis Blues
1979-1980	Pittsburgh Penguins

Robert Harold "Bob" Stewart (born November 10, 1950 in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island ; † February 3, 2017 in Creve Coeur , Missouri , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, during his active career between 1967 and 1980, among others 580 Has played games for the Boston Bruins , California Golden Seals , Cleveland Barons , St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Since the end of his career, Stewart has held a dubious NHL record with an absolute plus / minus balance of −257 .

Career

Stewart spent his junior years between 1967 and 1970 with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey Association . There, the defender developed over the years into a versatile defender who played with hardness on the defensive, but also set accents on the offensive. After he had scored well over 30 points scorer in his second and third year in the OHA , he was selected in the first round in the first round of the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League in 1970 in the NHL Amateur Draft .

After the selection in the draft, Stewart immediately switched to the professional field, where he first came to Boston's farm team , the Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central Hockey League . There the Canadian also spent parts of the 1971/72 season, in which he was also used for the Boston Braves in the American Hockey League and made his debut in eight games for the Bruins in the NHL. In February 1972, however, Boston separated from his junior player and transferred him to the California Golden Seals in a five-player swap deal . With him, Reggie Leach and Rick Smith moved to California, while Carol Vadnais and Don O'Donoghue made their way to Boston.

With the Golden Seals, the Canadian established himself in the NHL and was an integral part of the roster until the franchise moved to Cleveland , Ohio . In his final season with the Oakland team, he served as team captain with Jim Neilson . This office was shared by the two players during their two seasons with the Cleveland Barons , as the franchise was called until its final dissolution after the 1977/78 season . As a result of the franchise dissolution, the now 28-year-old defensive player in the 1978 NHL Dispersal Draft was protected from election by other franchises by the Minnesota North Stars , who took the place of the barons in the league, and thus became the property of Minnesota. On the same day, however, they transferred the Canadian in exchange for a second-round vote in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft to the St. Louis Blues , who also received Harvey Bennett junior in review of the transfer .

Stewart played the 1978/79 season with the St. Louis Blues and began the following season there before he was again part of a player swap in November 1979. While moving to the Pittsburgh Penguins , St. Louis received Blair Chapman . In the service of the Penguins, Stewart ended his active career at the end of the 1979/80 game year at the age of 29. Since then he has held an NHL record with an absolute plus / minus balance of −257 over his entire career . Stewart died in February 2017 at the age of 66 in Creve Coeur , Missouri, USA .

Achievements and Awards

• 1970 OHA First All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1967/68	Oshawa Generals	OHA		50	2	11	13	172		-	-	-	-	-
1968/69	Oshawa Generals	OHA		52	7th	32	39	226		-	-	-	-	-
1969/70	Oshawa Generals	OHA		44	11	24	35	159		6th	1	3	4th	12
1970/71	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		61	6th	16	22nd	270		5	0	1	1	23
1971/72	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		10	1	3	4th	34		-	-	-	-	-
1971/72	Boston Braves	AHL		39	1	7th	8th	102		-	-	-	-	-
1971/72	Boston Bruins	NHL		8th	0	0	0	15th		-	-	-	-	-
1971/72	California Golden Seals	NHL		16	1	2	3	44		-	-	-	-	-
1972/73	California Golden Seals	NHL		63	4th	17th	21st	181		-	-	-	-	-
1973/74	California Golden Seals	NHL		47	2	5	7th	69		-	-	-	-	-
1974/75	California Golden Seals	NHL		67	5	12	17th	93		-	-	-	-	-
1975/76	California Golden Seals	NHL		76	4th	17th	21st	112		-	-	-	-	-
1976/77	Cleveland Barons	NHL		73	1	12	13	108		-	-	-	-	-
1977/78	Cleveland Barons	NHL		72	2	15th	17th	84		-	-	-	-	-
1978/79	St. Louis Blues	NHL		78	5	13	18th	47		-	-	-	-	-
1979/80	St. Louis Blues	NHL		10	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1979/80	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		65	3	7th	10	52		5	1	1	2	2
OHA total
CHL total				71	7th	19th	26th	304		5	0	1	1	23
NHL overall				575	27	101	128	809		5	1	1	2	2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Bob Stewart at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bob Stewart at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Bob Stewart in the database of Find a Grave (English)