Morris Stefaniw

Morris Stefaniw
Born (1948-01-10) January 10, 1948
North Battleford, SK, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Atlanta Flames
Playing career 19641976

Morris Alexander Stefaniw (born January 10, 1948 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey centreman. During the 1972–73 season, he appeared in 13 games for the NHL's Atlanta Flames. His lone NHL goal was the first goal in Flames' history and the first goal in the history of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a 3–2 victory over the New York Islanders on the 7th of October, 1972.[1]

After his stint with the Flames, they sent him down to the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the American Hockey League, the top farm club of the Montreal Canadiens, where he teamed up with Yvon Lambert (left wing) and Tony Featherstone (right wing), to become one of the most productive scoring lines in American Hockey League history. The three players combined for 131 goals and 177 assists, for 308 points, in the 1972–73 regular season, and 27 goals and 39 assists, for 66 points, in just 13 playoff games. The three players finished 1 (Lambert 104 points), 2 (Featherstone 103 points, 3 (Stefaniw 101 points) in the AHL scoring race that season. For a number of years, his 71 assists from that year was the team record.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1964–65Estevan BruinsSJHL545244960
1965–66Estevan BruinsSJHLStatistics Unavailable
1966–67Estevan BruinsCMJHL5536589444
1967–68Oklahoma City BlazersCPHL3711152611----------
1967–68Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL17808240002
1968–69Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL6812152750----------
1969–70Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL727222933----------
1970–71Omaha KnightsCHL70194160981179166
1971–72Providence RedsAHL7011203116533612
1972–73Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL64307110180138172512
1972–73Atlanta FlamesNHL131122----------
1973–74Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL273121542----------
1973–74Albuquerque Six-GunsCHL417222924----------
1974–75Baltimore ClippersAHL4611182950----------
1974–75Johnstown JetsNAHL171566----------
1975–76Baltimore ClippersAHL767394648----------
NHL Totals131122

References

  1. Weekes, Don (2004). The Unofficial Guide To Even More Of Hockey's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650621.
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