Pete Stemkowski

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Stemkowski in the Maple Leafs jersey, Madison Square Garden, 1965

Stemkowski in the Maple Leafs jersey,
Madison Square Garden , 1965
Date of birth August 25, 1943
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1960–1962 Winnipeg Monarchs
1962-1964 Toronto Marlboros
1964-1968 Toronto Maple Leafs
Rochester Americans
1968-1970 Detroit Red Wings
1970-1977 New York Rangers
1977-1988 Los Angeles Kings
1978-1979 Springfield Indians

Peter David "Pete" Stemkowski (born August 25, 1943 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player . The center played over 1,000 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings , New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League between 1964 and 1978 . He won the Stanley Cup with the Maple Leafs in 1967 .

Career

Toronto and Detroit

Pete Stemkowski, who is of Polish descent, began his junior career in his hometown with the Winnipeg Monarchs in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . During the 1962/63 season he moved to the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), the highest junior division of Ontario . With the Marlboros, the attacker won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as master of the OHA in 1964 and, a little later, the prestigious Memorial Cup . At the same time, he made his debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) in January 1964 and also completed three assignments for their farm team , the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League (AHL). Then Stemkowski finally switched to the organization of the Maple Leafs and established himself over the next few years in the NHL, so that he won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 1967 playoffs .

During the following season, after he had represented the team in front of a home crowd at the 1968 NHL All-Star Game , the Maple Leafs gave him to the Detroit Red Wings in March 1968, along with Frank Mahovlich , Garry Unger and the rights to Carl Brewer from. In return, Norm Ullman , Paul Henderson , Floyd Smith and Doug Barrie moved to Toronto. With the Red Wings Stemkowski increased his offensive statistics to about 50 scorer points per season before he was transferred to the New York Rangers in October 1970 in exchange for Larry Brown .

New York and Los Angeles

For the New York Rangers, Stemkowski was active for almost seven years and completed over 500 games for the team. He reached his second Stanley Cup final with the Broadway Blueshirts in 1972 , but lost 4-2 to the Boston Bruins . A little later, the center achieved the best performance of its career in the 1973/74 season with 70 points from 78 games. In 1976 and 1977 he missed the playoffs with the Rangers before his contract was not renewed and he joined the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent for the 1977/78 season. There the Canadian played his last NHL year and then ended his career with the Springfield Indians in the AHL. In total, the center forward had completed 1050 games in the NHL and collected 609 points scorer.

After his active career, Stemkowski was a commentator on radio and TV broadcasts of games by the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks . In September 2017, he also took over the position of Director of Player Development & Scouting at the Long Beach Sharks , a junior team from Long Beach , New York .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1960/61 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 31 22nd 16 38 29 - - - - - -
1961/62 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 40 31 34 65 100 8th 3 7th 10 22nd
1962/63 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 5 6th 3 9 8th - - - - - -
1962/63 Toronto Marlboros OHA 23 16 27 43 44 11 7th 17th 24 26th
1963/64 Toronto Marlboros OHA 51 42 61 103 89 9 5 9 14th 8th
1964 Toronto Marlboros Memorial Cup 12 14th 15th 29 6th
1963/64 Rochester Americans AHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - - -
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 -3 0 - - - - - -
1964/65 Rochester Americans AHL 35 17th 22nd 39 52 - - - - - -
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 36 5 15th 20th +1 33 6th 0 3 3 +2 5
1965/66 Rochester Americans AHL 7th 5 5 10 8th - - - - - -
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 4th 12 16 +3 55 4th 0 0 0 -1 26th
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 13 22nd 35 +16 75 12 5 7th 12 +4 20th
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 7th 15th 22nd -5 82 - - - - - -
1967/68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 3 6th 9 -4 4th - - - - - -
1968/69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 21st 31 52 +3 81 - - - - - -
1969/70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 25th 24 49 +14 114 4th 1 1 2 -3 6th
1970/71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 2 2 4th -1 8th - - - - - -
1970/71 New York Rangers NHL 68 16 29 45 +17 61 13 3 2 5 -4 6th
1971/72 New York Rangers NHL 59 11 17th 28 ± 0 53 16 4th 8th 12 -1 18th
1972/73 New York Rangers NHL 78 22nd 37 59 +28 71 10 4th 2 6th -2 6th
1973/74 New York Rangers NHL 78 25th 45 70 +5 74 13 6th 6th 12 +3 35
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 77 24 35 59 -3 63 3 1 0 1 ± 0 10
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 75 13 28 41 –7 49 - - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 61 2 13 15th -14 8th - - - - - -
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 13 18th 31 +1 33 2 1 0 1 ± 0 2
1978/79 Springfield Indians AHL 24 3 12 15th 8th - - - - - -
MJHL total 76 59 53 112 137 8th 3 7th 10 22nd
OHA total 74 58 88 146 133 20th 12 26th 38 34
AHL total 69 26th 40 66 68 - - - - - -
NHL overall 967 206 349 555 +51 864 83 25th 29 54 -2 134

( 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 )

Conviction in 1982

In May 1982, Stemkowski was sentenced to three years probation for pleading guilty to hiring a man to break the wrist and ankle of a San Diego businessman . The latter owes him $ 70,000, according to his own statement. The agent was an undercover agent for the Nassau County Police Department .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dan Rusanowsky: Pete Stemkowski. polishsportshof.com, accessed on March 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Pete Stemkowski to join Long Beach Sharks as the Club's Director of Player Development & Scouting. hockeytech.com, September 13, 2017, accessed March 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Gerald Eskenazi: Stemkowski is sentenced to probation. nytimes.com, June 23, 1982, accessed March 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Stemkowski, Pete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stemkowski, Peter David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada