This black and white knit jersey by CCM was worn by Paul Stewart during his days as an NHL referee. This Massachusetts native began his career at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970’s. After leaving school, Stewart played for a few seasons with the Binghamton Dusters and spent a brief time with the New Haven Nighthawks, before joining the WHA. Paul played for the Edmonton Oilers and the Cincinnati Stingers over the course of 3 WHA seasons. He would then go on to play for the Quebec Nordiques in their inaugural NHL season. In 40 games with the WHA”s Cincinnati Stingers in 1977-78, Stewart amassed an incredible 241 PIMS!
After his playing days were over, Stewart turned to officiating. He worked his first game as a referee in 1986 and went on to become the first American born referee to officiate 1000 games! Paul is also well known for his courage having defeated Cancer back in 1998.
This size 48 referee’s sweater shows fine use consisting of stick marks and a good many bloodstains. Penned in black sharpie on the left sleeve is a beautiful autograph in Paul’s own hand with the further notation “#22”. For those who collect the officials you won’t be disappointed with this terrific example, worn by the first US born referee to officiate 1000-games.
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