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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Blair Stewart
Selected in fifth round
No.
75 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born March 15, 1953
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Winnipeg (WCHL)
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Winnipeg | WCHL | 44 |
8 | 10 |
18 | 112 | | 1972-73 |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
68 | 24 |
36 | 60 |
151 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Winnipeg Captain: 1972-73 |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 30,
1973 (Detroit at Toronto)
Numbers: 22, 25 (Detroit); 23, 14
(Washington); 17 (Quebec)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1973-1980 |
Detroit, Washington, Quebec |
229 | 34 | 44 |
78 | 326 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1974-75: Played on first Washington Capitals team.
1979-80: Played on first Quebec Nordiques team.
Miscellaneous: Missed start of
1974-75 season recovering from broken leg, an injury he suffered in an August
1974 auto accident. ... Missed end of 1974-75 season with broken left ankle,
an injury he suffered in Washington's game vs. Philadelphia on March 18, 1975
--the same night in which he scored his first NHL goal against Philadelphia's
Bernie Parent. ... Missed part of 1976-77 season with broken right leg. ... Left unprotected by
Washington and claimed by Quebec in NHL Expansion Draft on June 13, 1979. ...
Missed part of 1979-80 season with knee injury suffered in March 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Virginia (AHL); Springfield
(AHL); Hershey (AHL); Syracuse (AHL); Houston, Fort Worth (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played on Houston (CHL)
team that folded on Jan. 8, 1981. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with torn
rotator cuff, an injury suffered in December 1980 that also ended his career.
... Went into business of developing products for hockey fans after
retirement, and in the early 1990s he created a system called "Fan Phone" that
enabled fans to receive birthday and other special-event messages from their
favorite sports stars. The product's "Gift Package" now includes greeting
cards and e-mail as well as phone calls. Consolidated "Fan Phone" product into
a company called ProWish in 1994, becoming its president and CEO. ProWish also
does extensive charity work, raising money at benefits featuring sports stars. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Detroit traded Stewart to Washington
in exchange for Mike Bloom on March 9, 1975. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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