Nels Stewart

Nels Stewart
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1952
Date of birth	December 29, 1902
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
date of death	August 21, 1957
Nickname	Old Poison
size	185 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1917-1919	Toronto Beaches
1919-1920	Parkdale Canoe Club
1920-1924	Cleveland Indians
1924-1925	Cleveland Blues
1925-1932	Montreal Maroons
1932-1935	Boston Bruins
1935-1936	New York Americans
1936	Boston Bruins
1936-1940	New York Americans

Nelson "Nels" Stewart (born December 29, 1902 in Montreal , Québec ; † August 21, 1957 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons , Boston Bruins and New York Americans in the National Hockey League from 1925 to 1940 .

Career

They called the beefy Stewart "Old Poison" when he formed the "S-Line" at the Montreal Maroons with Babe Siebert and Hooley Smith . In his first NHL season he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Maroons . It should remain his only one. His accurate shot was feared in the league, but he didn't hesitate to use the bat at his opponent.

He looked slow due to his stocky build, which didn't stop him from scoring 324 goals. In 1937 no one had scored more goals in the NHL and it was not until 1952 that he was overtaken by "The Rocket" Maurice Richard . When he resigned in 1940, he had the most penalty minutes at that time, at 953 minutes.

In 1952 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	650	324	191	515	953
Playoffs	12	54	15th	13	28	61

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1926

Personal awards

• Hart Memorial Trophy : 1926 and 1930
• NHL top scorer: 1926 (later the Art Ross Trophy was awarded for this)
• Top scorer: 1926 and 1937 (later the Maurice Richard Trophy was awarded for this)

Records

• 4 seconds for 2 goals (January 3, 1931; Montreal Maroons - Bruins 5-3) together with Deron Quint .

Web links

• Nels Stewart in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Nels Stewart at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montreal Gazette