{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Wally Stanowski Leafs.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Stanowski with the Toronto Maple Leafs | position = Defence | played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs<br>New York Rangers | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 180 | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1919|4|28}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|28|1919|4|28}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 1939 | career_end = 1951 | halloffame = | website = }} '''Walter Peter Stanowski''' (April 28, 1919 – June 28, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.<ref name=Sunobit/>
Stanowski started his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1939. In 1941, he was a member of the NHL All-Star team. He won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs.<ref name=ts120219/> Stanowski was traded to the New York Rangers after the 1947-48 season.<ref name=ts120219/> He retired after the 1951 season.
In 1942 Stanowski was the first Leaf defenseman to record 4 points in a playoff game, setting a franchise record that still stands today. Allan Stanley (1960), Ian Turnbull (1976), and Morgan Rielly (2023) are the other Leafs who have done it since.
Stanowski was the last surviving member of Maple Leafs 1942 and 1945 Stanley Cup team.<ref name=ts120219/>
As of 2015, Stanowski lived in a retirement home near Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/article/five-goal-game-former-leafs-players-dispute-historic-hockey-goals/|title=Five-goal game: Former Leafs players dispute historic hockey goals|publisher=CTV News|access-date=2015-02-08|date=2015-02-07}}</ref> He died on June 28, 2015.<ref name=Sunobit>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/29/maple-leafs-alum-wally-stanowski-dead-at-96|title= Maple Leafs alumni Wally Stanowski dead at 96|date=June 29, 2015|publisher=Toronto Sun|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref> At the time of his death, Stanowski was the oldest surviving Maple Leaf.
On October 14, 2016, Stanowski was named by the Maple Leafs as #66 of the one hundred greatest players in team history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-top-100-all-time-players/c-282659814|title=Maple Leafs name greatest players in their history}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wally's son Skip played for Cornell, winning a national title in 1967.
==Awards and achievements== *Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1938) *Memorial Cup Championship (1938) *NHL first All-Star team (1941) *Stanley Cup Championships (1942, 1945, 1947, & 1948) *Played in NHL All-Star Game (1947) *Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2004 *"Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1935–36 | East Kildonan Bisons | MAHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1936–37 | St. Boniface Seals | MJHL | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |- | 1937–38 | St. Boniface Seals | MJHL | 15 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1937–38 | Winnipeg CPR | WSrHL | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1937–38 | St. Boniface Seals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1938–39 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 54 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |- | 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1939–40 | Providence Reds | IAHL | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1941–42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |- | 1942–43 | Winnipeg RCAF | WNDHL | 13 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1942–43 | Winnipeg RCAF | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |- | 1943–44 | Winnipeg RCAF | WNDHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1944–45 | Winnipeg RCAF | WNDHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1944–45 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 34 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1945–46 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1946–47 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 51 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1947–48 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 54 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- | 1948–49 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1949–50 | New York Rangers | NHL | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1950–51 | New York Rangers | NHL | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1950–51 | Cincinnati Mohawks | AHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1951–52 | Cincinnati Mohawks | AHL | 33 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 428 ! 23 ! 88 ! 111 ! 160 ! 60 ! 3 ! 14 ! 17 ! 13 |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=ts120219>{{cite news | url = https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1133832--oldest-living-toronto-maple-leaf-wally-stanowski-on-the-stanley-cup-sex-and-why-he-hates-the-leafs | title = Oldest living Toronto Maple Leaf Wally Stanowski on the Stanley Cup, sex and why he hates the Leafs | first = Paul | last = Hunter | work = Toronto Star | date = February 19, 2012 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=14430}} *[http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/wStanowski.htm Wally Stanowski’s biography] at [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum] *[http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=179 Wally Stanowski’s biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104162023/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=179 |date=2015-01-04 }} at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html |date=2014-10-04 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanowski, Wally}} Category:1919 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:New York Rangers players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:St. Boniface Seals players Category:Stanley Cup champions Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II