Colin Stuart

Colin Stuart (born July 8, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey winger. He played with the Atlanta Thrashers and Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League. He is the older brother of Mark Stuart and Mike Stuart, and is the son of Mayo Clinic physician Michael Stuart.

Playing career Stuart was drafted in the NHL by the Atlanta Thrashers with the 135th pick in the 2001 NHL entry draft from Colorado College. He joined the Thrashers organization in 2004 and was assigned to the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves as well as playing five games for the ECHL's Gwinnett Gladiators. After two more seasons with the Wolves, Stuart made his NHL debut during the 2007–08 NHL season, playing 18 games and scoring 3 goals. He returned to the Wolves shortly afterwards and won the Calder Cup.

On July 1, 2009, Stuart was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Garnet Exelby for Pavel Kubina and the rights to Tim Stapleton. He was then shipped to the Calgary Flames on July 27, 2009, in the trade that brought Wayne Primeau to Toronto.

On July 7, 2011, Stuart re-signed with the Buffalo Sabres on a one-year contract.

On September 18, 2012, Stuart left North America as a free agent to sign with the Iserlohn Roosters in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for one-year. During the 2012–13 season, Stuart established himself amongst the Roosters leadership group, and contributed with 21 points in 45 games.

On July 25, 2013, Stuart opted to return to the NHL and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks. He was assigned to AHL inaugural affiliate, the Utica Comets, for the 2013–14 season, scoring 25 points in 54 games.

Stuart opted to continue his European career in the off-season, in signing a one-year deal with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan on August 14, 2014. Mid-season, Stuart opted to leave Sweden and return to North America, signing in the AHL with the Providence Bruins.

On August 30, 2015, Stuart announced the end of his professional career after 11 seasons.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Rochester Lourdes High School HSMN 23 22 32 54 — — — — — — 1999–2000 Lincoln Stars USHL 53 18 19 37 38 9 1 3 4 2 2000–01 Colorado College WCHA 41 2 7 9 26 — — — — — 2001–02 Colorado College WCHA 43 13 9 22 34 — — — — — 2002–03 Colorado College WCHA 42 13 11 24 56 — — — — — 2003–04 Colorado College WCHA 30 10 12 22 38 — — — — — 2004–05 Chicago Wolves AHL 39 3 2 5 12 — — — — — 2004–05 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 5 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Chicago Wolves AHL 78 13 14 27 65 — — — — — 2006–07 Chicago Wolves AHL 67 18 11 29 75 15 2 5 7 10 2007–08 Chicago Wolves AHL 58 8 8 16 45 24 3 3 6 18 2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 18 3 2 5 6 — — — — — 2008–09 Chicago Wolves AHL 42 9 6 15 38 — — — — — 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 5 3 8 18 — — — — — 2009–10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 67 17 19 36 36 3 0 0 0 6 2010–11 Portland Pirates AHL 72 16 28 44 53 12 3 4 7 8 2010–11 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2011–12 Rochester Americans AHL 51 13 19 32 32 3 0 0 0 4 2011–12 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2012–13 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 45 9 12 21 35 — — — — — 2013–14 Utica Comets AHL 54 17 8 25 38 — — — — — 2014–15 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 31 5 4 9 10 — — — — — 2014–15 Providence Bruins AHL 44 17 9 26 22 5 1 2 3 4 AHL totals 572 131 124 255 416 62 9 14 23 50 NHL totals 56 8 5 13 26 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2009 United States WC 4th 4 0 0 0 4 Senior totals 4 0 0 0 4

Awards and honors Award Year AHL Calder Cup (Chicago Wolves) 2008