Hod Stuart

William Hodgson "Hod" Stuart (February 20, 1879 – June 23, 1907) was a Canadian professional ice hockey point (now called a defenceman) who played nine seasons for many teams in different leagues. He also played for a short time with the Ottawa Rough Riders football team. With his brother Bruce, Stuart played in the first professional ice hockey league, the International Professional Hockey League. In 1907 Stuart, thought of as the finest defender of the era, helped the Montreal Wanderers win the Stanley Cup, the trophy for best hockey team. A few months after winning the Cup, he died in a diving accident. The Wanderers hosted a all-star game to raise money for his family, the first time ever that an all-star game was played. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was created in 1945, Stuart was one of the first twelve players put in the Hall; his brother Bruce would also be elected into the Hall of Fame in 1961.

Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
     Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP  G  A  Pts  PIM GP  G  A  Pts  PIM 1898–99 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 3  1  0  1  — —  —  —  —  — 1899–00 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 7  5  0  5  — —  —  —  —  — 1900–01 Quebec Bulldogs CAHL 7  2  0  2  — —  —  —  —  — 1901–02 Quebec Bulldogs CAHL 8  5  0  5  — —  —  —  —  — 1902–03 Pittsburgh Bankers WPHL 13  7  8  15  29 4  1  2  3  2 1903–04 Portage Lakes Hockey Club Exib. 14  13  0  13  23  9  4  0  4  12 1904–05 Calumet Miners IPHL 22  18  0  18  19 —  —  —  —  — 1905–06 Pittsburgh Professionals IPHL 20  11  0  11  50 —  —  —  —  — 1905–06 Calumet Miners IPHL 1  0  0  0  0 —  —  —  —  — 1906–07 Pittsburgh Professionals IPHL 4  1  3  4  19 —  —  —  —  — 1906–07 Montreal Wanderers ECAHA 8  3  0  3  21 4  0  0  0  8 CAHL totals 25  13  0  13  — —  —  —  —  — WPHL totals 13  7  8  15  29 4  1  2  3  2 IPHL totals 47  30  3  33  88 —  —  —  —  — ECAHA totals 8  3  0  3  21 4  0  0  0  8

Awards
WPHL
 Award Year(s) First All-Star Team 1903

IPHL
 Award Year(s) First All-Star Team 1905, 1906

Other websites

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Category:1879 births
Category:1907 deaths
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Ice hockey people from Ottawa
Category:Montreal Wanderers players
Category:Stanley Cup champions