Karl Stewart

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Florida Panthers
former_teams = Atlanta Thrashers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Chicago Blackhawks
Tampa Bay Lightning
league = NHL
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 185
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1983|6|30|mf=y
birth_place = Aurora, ON, CAN
draft = Undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 2003

Karl Stewart (born June 30, 1983 in Aurora, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey player who plays for the Florida Panthers.

Undrafted in the NHL Entry Draft, Stewart signed with the Atlanta Thrashers. He mostly played with the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League, but managed to play thirteen games for Atlanta. In 2006, he signed with the Anaheim Ducks but before even playing a game, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins. After just three games he was claimed off waivers again, this time by the Chicago Blackhawks where he managed to gain more ice time and also scored his first NHL goal. Later in the season, he moved for a fourth time when he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Russian Nikita Alexeev. He spent 2007-08 in the AHL with the Norfolk Admirals, but managed to play nine games for the Lightning. He was signed by the Florida Panthers on October 2, 2008. [http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/sports2/?p=158]

Playing career

* September 28, 2001 - signed by the Atlanta Thrashers as a free agent.
* August 17, 2006 - traded to the Anaheim Ducks with a 2nd round pick in 2007 and a conditional pick for Vitaly Vishnevski.
* September 27, 2006 - claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
* October 26, 2006 - claimed off waivers by the Chicago Blackhawks.
* February 27, 2007 — Traded with a 6th round pick in 2008 for Nikita Alexeev

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Persondata
NAME = Stewart, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH = June 30, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH = Aurora, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH =
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