Bruce Stuart
Early power forward who won four Stanley Cups.
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Bruce Stuart was a Canadian amateur and professional ice hockey forward who played from 1899 to 1911 for teams including the Quebec Bulldogs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Wanderers, Portage Lakes Hockey Club, Pittsburgh Victorias, and Pittsburgh Professionals. He is considered an early version of a power forward, combining size and physical play with scoring ability, and won the Stanley Cup with both the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Wanderers.
Background
Bruce Stuart began his senior hockey career in 1899 playing for the Ottawa Hockey Club (Senators) in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League alongside his older brother Hod. In 1900 the brothers moved to Quebec City for business, and they resumed playing in 1901 with the Quebec Bulldogs. Stuart later played professionally in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Victorias in 1902–03 and with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in the International Professional Hockey League from 1904 to 1907, winning two league titles as a teammate of Cyclone Taylor.
Stuart joined the Montreal Wanderers for the 1907–08 season and won the Stanley Cup in 1908. He then captained the Ottawa Senators to the Stanley Cup in 1909. In 1910, when the National Hockey Association imposed a salary cap that cut players' salaries in half, Stuart attempted to form a rival league, but the effort failed when the Montreal Arena was refused to the players. He returned to captain the Senators to the 1911 Stanley Cup.
Stuart employed a physical playing style that led to numerous injuries, including a broken left collarbone in 1910 after a scuffle with Hay Millar and a collision with Frank Patrick. He also suffered dislocated knees, broken ribs, a smashed nose, a splintered foot bone, knocked-out teeth, and a fractured right hand. Local Ottawa newspapers praised his leadership, with the Ottawa Journal calling him 'unanimously conceded to be the greatest hockey general that ever wore skates' and noting his clutch scoring ability.
Career statistics and honours
Statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1901 | Quebec Bulldogs | CAHL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1902 | Ottawa Hockey Club | CAHL | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1902–03 | Pittsburgh Victorias | WPHL | 10 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1903–04 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | Exh. | 14 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 13 |
| 1904–05 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 22 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1905–06 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 20 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1906–07 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 23 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Montreal Wanderers | ECAHA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Montreal Wanderers | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | |||||||
| Ottawa Senators | ECHA | 11 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1909–10 | Ottawa Senators | CHA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1910 | Ottawa Senators | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ottawa Senators | Stanley Cup | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| 1910–11 | Ottawa Senators | NHA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| CAHL totalt | 20 | 26 | 0 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| IPHL totalt | 65 | 68 | 9 | 77 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| ECAHA + ECHA totals | 14 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NHA totals | 10 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Stanley Cup totals | 7 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 24 | |||||||
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Bruce Stuart (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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