Nelson (Old Poison)Stewart

      In the days that Nels Stewart, Babe Siebert and Hooley Smith played together as the famed S-line of the Montreal Maroons, they were looked upon as the most feared trio in hockey.

Centre of this great line was Stewart, christened Nelson Robert when he was born Dec. 29, 1900, in Montreal. He was also the top marksman of the three, and his deadly accurate shot earned him the nickname Old Poison from goalies around the National Hockey League. He scored 134 goals and added 56 assists over the five years the line played as a unit.

A burly, 200-pounder, Stewart skated with short strides that made him appear deceptively slow, but he was truly Old Poison, collecting a total of 324 goals and 191 assists in 653 league games. He was the first to score more than 300 goals in the NHL, a record that stood for many seasons.

Stewart learned his hockey in Toronto, where his family had moved when he was a boy. He grew up in the Balmy Beach district with his future linemate, Hooley Smith, and joined the Montreal Maroons for the 1925-26 season. He scored 34 goals in his rookie season, winning the league scoring title and MVP honours. He topped that mark only once, when he scored 39 goals in 1929-30. He was traded to Boston in 1932 and played three seasons with the Bruins before moving along to the New York Americans. He remained with them until retiring in 1939-40, except for 1936-37 when he split his time between the Americans and Bruins. Stewart twice won the Hart Trophy, in 1925-26 and 1929-30, and played for a Stanley Cup winner in 1925-26.

He died Aug. 21, 1957, at his summer home near Toronto.

REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS SEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A TP PM GP G A TP PM 1925-26 Mont. Maroons NHL 36 34 8 42 119 8 6 3 9 24 1926-27 Mont. Maroons NHL 43 17 4 21 133 2 0 0 0 4 1927-28 Mont. Maroons NHL 41 27 7 34 104 9 2 2 4 13 1928-29 Mont. Maroons NHL 44 21 8 29 74 1929-30 Mont. Maroons NHL 44 39 16 55 81 4 1 1 2 2 1930-31 Mont. Maroons NHL 43 25 14 39 75 2 1 0 1 6 1931-32 Mont. Maroons NHL 38 22 11 33 61 4 0 1 1 2 1932-33 Boston Bruins NHL 47 18 18 36 62 5 2 0 2 4 1933-34 Boston Bruins NHL 48 21 17 38 68 1934-35 Boston Bruins NHL 47 21 18 39 45 4 0 1 1 0 1935-36 NY Americans NHL 48 14 15 29 16 5 1 2 3 4 1936-37 Boston & New York NHL 43 23 12 35 37 1937-38 NY Americans NHL 48 19 17 36 29 6 2 3 5 2 1938-39 NY Americans NHL 46 16 19 35 33 2 0 0 0 0 1939-40 NY Americans NHL 35 7 7 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 Totals NHL 651 324 191 515 943 54 15 13 28 61

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