Anthony Stewart (ice hockey), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
About Anthony Stewart (ice hockey)
- Anthony Stewart (born January 5, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
- He was born in Quebec, and his family moved to Toronto while he was a child.
- Stewart played minor hockey in Toronto, winning three all-Ontario championships.
- After his minor hockey career, he was selected by the Kingston Frontenacs in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) draft.
- After two seasons with Kingston, he was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the first round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, at 25th overall.
- He spent four years in the Panthers' system, dividing his time between the NHL and the American Hockey League (AHL), after which he joined the Atlanta Thrashers for two years.
- When the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to become the new Winnipeg Jets, they did not offer him a new contract, and he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent.
- After one season in Carolina he was traded to the Kings, but spent most of the season in the minor leagues.
- He signed a professional tryout contract with the San Jose Sharks to begin the 2013-14 NHL season, but was not offered a contract.
- He subsequently signed with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the KHL.
- His younger brother Chris also played in the NHL, and is currently a training camp invitee with the Philadelphia Flyers. Stewart has represented Canada internationally in two World Junior Championships, in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, and twice in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge.
- He was the leading goal scorer for Team Canada when they won the World U18 Championships.
- In the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, in which Canada won a silver medal, Stewart tied for the tournament points lead.
- In the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, he helped Team Canada win a gold medal.
- Representing the OHL at the Canada-Russia Challenge, Stewart helped his team go unbeaten in both tournaments (4–0), helping Canada to win the Challenge two years running.
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