Paul Stewart (ice hockey)
Paul Stewart (born March 21, 1953 in Dorchester, Massachusetts) is an American former professional ice hockey player and referee.
Stewart played in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. He played with Mark Messier for the Cincinnati Stingers.[1] His last season of professional hockey was 1979–80 with the Quebec Nordiques.
After his playing days ended, he had a lengthy career as an NHL referee. He officiated 1,010 regular season games, 49 playoff games, the 1987 Canada Cup, the 1991 Canada Cup and two All-Star games. He never wore a helmet during his officiating career. From the 1994–95 NHL season until his retirement in 2003, he wore uniform number 22.
Stewart is Men's and Women's League Director of Officiating for ECAC Hockey,[2] and in 2012 also took on duties as a judicial and discipline consultant to the Kontinental Hockey League.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1975–76 | Pennsylvania Quakers | ECAC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1975–76 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 46 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 273 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1976–77 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 60 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 232 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||
| 1976–77 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1976–77 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1977–78 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1977–78 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 241 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1978–79 | Cape Cod Freedoms | NEHL | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1978–79 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1978–79 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979–80 | Cincinnati Stingers | CHL | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1979–80 | Birmingham Bulls | CHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1979–80 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980–81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1981–82 | Cape Cod Buccaneers | ACHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1982–83 | Mohawk Valley Stars | ACHL | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| NAHL totals | 106 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 505 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||||
| NEHL totals | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| CHL totals | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 135 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| AHL totals | 60 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 266 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| ACHL totals | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| WHA totals | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 288 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| NHL totals | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
References
- ↑ The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association, p.237, McLelland and Stewart, Toronto, ON, ISBN 0-7710-8947-3
- ↑ Archived June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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