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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Al Stewart
Selected in
11th round
No. 205 overall by New Jersey Devils
Born
January 31, 1964
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Prince Albert (WHL)
Birthplace:
Fort St. John, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown: Grande Center, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Prince Albert | SJHL |
46 | 9 |
25 | 34 |
53 | | 1982-83 |
Prince Albert | WHL |
70 | 25 |
34 | 59 |
272 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Centennial Cup: 1982 (Prince Albert)
1982-83: Played on first Prince Albert Raiders WHL team.
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1982 NHL draft despite being eligible. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 14, 1986 (New Jersey at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 14, 18, 26, 10 (New Jersey); 31
(Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired for final time in 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1986-1991 |
New Jersey, Boston | 64 |
6 | 4 |
10 | 243 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Fought Rick Tocchet midway through the first period of his
first NHL game. ... Missed start of 1987-88 season with hernia, an injury
developed during New Jersey's training camp in September 1987. The hernia
required surgery in October 1987. ... Missed entire 1989-90 NHL season with
broken left leg, an injury suffered when he got his skate caught in a rut in
the ice while trying to avoid a collision with Kirk Muller during New
Jersey's training-camp practice on Sept. 21, 1989. Muller had been skating
back into line of teammates after a one-on-one drill. Stewart's leg was
broken in four places as a result of the spiral fracture of his left tibia.
His leg was in a cast until Jan. 9, 1990, and he did not resume skating until late February 1990. He did not return to game action until
joining Utica for the final game of 1989-90 AHL regular season in April
1990. ... Retired for the first time on Oct. 28, 1991, the day
after playing what proved to be his his final NHL game with Boston at
Chicago Stadium. He said he had chosen to abruptly retire due to what
The Hockey News reported at the time were "psychological problems and
unhappiness with his enforcer role." ... Came out of retirement to sign with Winnipeg as
an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 5, 1992, but never played for parent
team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Prince Albert (WHL); Maine (AHL); Utica (AHL); Moncton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1984
(Maine)
WHL Records: Most shorthanded goals in one season (14 for Prince
Albert in 1983-84)
Prince Albert Records: Most shorthanded goals
in one season (14 in 1983-84)
Miscellaneous: Joined Maine for
1984 AHL playoffs after spending 1983-84 season with Prince Albert (WHL).
... Worked at a gas station during the summer of 1992 before coming back to
hockey. He got an offer to sign with the Winnipeg organization, where his
former junior coach, Terry Simpson, was working as an assistant coach.
Personal: Full name is Alan
Stewart. ... Also known as Alan Stewart during his playing day. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
New Jersey traded Stewart to Boston in exchange for a 1993 conditional draft
pick on
October 16, 1991. The deal was later voided when Stewart opted to retire
less than two weeks after the trade. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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