Gaye Stewart

**James Gaye Stewart** (June 28, 1923 – November 18, 2010) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played nine seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League.

Born in Fort William, Ontario, Stewart was promoted from the minors in 1942 to play in one game of the Stanley Cup Finals, where he helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win the championship. The next season, Stewart won the 1943 Calder Trophy, beating out Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard of the Montreal Canadiens. He became the first player to win the Stanley Cup before the Calder. Danny Grant, Tony Esposito and Ken Dryden have accomplished it as well since then.

After spending two years in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, Stewart returned to the NHL in 1945 and had his best season, leading the league with 37 goals - the last time a Leaf led the League in scoring. Stewart won his second Stanley Cup, again with the Maple Leafs, in 1947. Toronto traded Stewart to Chicago early in the 1947-48 season in a deal that brought Max Bentley to the Leafs, and he had three 20-goal seasons for the Black Hawks before finishing his career with stints in Detroit, New York and Montreal. In all, Gaye Stewart played for five of the NHL's Original Six teams, all except the Boston Bruins. He played 502 career NHL games, scoring 185 goals and 159 assists for 344 points. Stewart died on November 18, 2010, in a hospital in Burlington, Ontario, at the age of 87.

## Career statistics

|ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Regular season|ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1941-42|Hershey Bears|AHL|5|4|2|6|0||||||
|1941-42|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|--|--|--|--|--|1|0|0|0|0|
|1942-43|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|48|24|23|47|30|4|0|2|2|4|
|1945-46|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|50|37|15|52|8|--|--|--|--|--|
|1946-47|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|60|19|14|33|15|11|2|5|7|8|
|1947-48|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|7|1|0|1|9|--|--|--|--|--|
|1947-48|Chicago Blackhawks|NHL|54|26|29|55|74|--|--|--|--|--|
|1948-49|Chicago Blackhawks|NHL|54|20|18|38|57|--|--|--|--|--|
|1949-50|Chicago Blackhawks|NHL|70|24|19|43|43|--|--|--|--|--|
|1950-51|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|67|18|13|31|18|6|0|2|2|4|
|1951-52|New York Rangers|NHL|69|15|25|40|22|--|--|--|--|--|
|1952-53|New York Rangers|NHL|18|1|2|3|8|--|--|--|--|--|
|1952-53|Montreal Canadiens|NHL|5|0|1|1|0|--|--|--|--|--|
|1952-53|Quebec Aces|QSHL|29|13|20|33|28||||||
|1953-54|Buffalo Bisons|AHL|70|42|53|95|38|3|0|2|2|4|
|1953-54|Montreal Canadiens|NHL|--|--|--|--|--|3|0|0|0|0|
|1954-55|Buffalo Bisons|AHL|60|17|19|36|36|--|--|--|--|--|

## Other websites

- Gaye Stewart Interview
- Gaye Stewart's Day with the Stanley Cup
- Gaye Stewart dies

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **name**: Gaye Stewart
- **position**: Right Wing (ice hockey), Right Wing
- **shoots**: Right
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 11
- **weight lb**: 170
- **birth place**: Fort William, Ontario, Fort William, Ontario, ON, Canada, CAN
- **death place**: Burlington, Ontario, Burlington, Ontario, ON, Canada, CAN
- **career start**: 1941
- **career end**: 1955
- **played for**: Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadians