Steve Stone

Stephen George Stone (born September 26, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played two in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks in 1974. The rest of his career was mainly spent in the minor International Hockey League, where he played from 1972 until retiring in 1977.

Playing career Born in Toronto, Ontario, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.

Stone played his junior hockey for the Niagara Falls Flyers alongside future NHL stars such as Don Lever, Eric Vail, and Jim Schoenfeld. He was selected 131st overall in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, who had just taken his junior linemate Lever 3rd overall and hoped the two could continue their exploits in pro.

Stone would put up big numbers in the minors in his first two seasons in Vancouver's system and earned a call-up midway through the 1973–74 season, appearing in two games on January 11 and January 12, 1974, without recording a point. He would eventually fall out of the Canucks' plans, toiling for three more seasons in the International Hockey League before retiring in 1977.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1970–71 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 57 18 35 53 36 — — — — — 1971–72 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 62 30 62 92 25 6 1 5 6 7 1972–73 Des Moines Capitols IHL 74 35 49 84 10 3 2 0 2 0 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1973–74 Seattle Totems WHL 77 23 32 55 28 — — — — — 1974–75 Des Moines Capitols IHL 72 12 14 26 67 — — — — — 1975–76 Port Huron Flags IHL 78 19 42 61 47 15 4 3 7 9 1976–77 Port Huron Flags IHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —IHL totals 226 66 106 172 124 18 6 3 9 9NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —