# Wally Stanowski

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{{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](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)
| position = [Defence](/source/Defenceman)
| played_for = [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)<br>[New York Rangers](/source/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](/source/Winnipeg), Manitoba, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|28|1919|4|28}}
| death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1939
| career_end = 1951
| halloffame = 
| website = 
}}
'''Walter Peter Stanowski''' (April 28, 1919 – June 28, 2015) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [defenceman](/source/defenceman). He was born in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba).<ref name=Sunobit/>

Stanowski started his [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) career with the [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs) in [1939](/source/1939%E2%80%9340_NHL_season). In 1941, he was a member of the [NHL All-Star team](/source/NHL_All-Star_team). He won four [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup)s with the Maple Leafs.<ref name=ts120219/> Stanowski was traded to the [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers) after the 1947-48 season.<ref name=ts120219/> He retired after the [1951](/source/1950%E2%80%9351_NHL_season) 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](/source/Allan_Stanley) (1960), [Ian Turnbull](/source/Ian_Turnbull_(ice_hockey)) (1976), and [Morgan Rielly](/source/Morgan_Rielly) (2023) are the other Leafs who have done it since.

Stanowski was the last surviving member of [Maple Leafs 1942](/source/1941%E2%80%9342_Toronto_Maple_Leafs_season) and [1945](/source/1944%E2%80%9345_Toronto_Maple_Leafs_season) Stanley Cup team.<ref name=ts120219/>

As of 2015, Stanowski lived in a [retirement home](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Skip_Stanowski) played for [Cornell](/source/Cornell_Big_Red_men's_ice_hockey), winning a national title in [1967](/source/1967_NCAA_University_Division_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament).

==Awards and achievements==
*Turnbull Cup [MJHL](/source/MJHL) Championship (1938)
*[Memorial Cup](/source/Memorial_Cup) Championship (1938)
*[NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) first All-Star team (1941)
*[Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup) Championships (1942, 1945, 1947, & 1948)
*Played in [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) All-Star Game (1947)
*Inducted into the [Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum](/source/Manitoba_Sports_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum) in 2004
*"Honoured Member" of the [Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/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" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [Regular&nbsp;season](/source/regular_season)
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP
! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey))
! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey))
! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey))
! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey))
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1935–36
| East Kildonan Bisons
| [MAHA](/source/Hockey_Manitoba)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1936–37
| [St. Boniface Seals](/source/St._Boniface_Seals)
| [MJHL](/source/Manitoba_Junior_Hockey_League)
| 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](/source/1938_Memorial_Cup)
| St. Boniface Seals
| [M-Cup](/source/Memorial_Cup)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 11
| 6
| 4
| 10
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1938–39](/source/1938%E2%80%9339_AHL_season)
| [Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(ice_hockey))
| [IAHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
| 54
| 1
| 16
| 17
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|-
| [1939–40](/source/1939%E2%80%9340_NHL_season)
| [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)
| [NHL](/source/NHL)
| 27
| 2
| 7
| 9
| 11
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1939–40](/source/1939%E2%80%9340_AHL_season)
| [Providence Reds](/source/Providence_Reds)
| IAHL
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [1940–41](/source/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 47
| 7
| 14
| 21
| 35
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1941–42](/source/1941%E2%80%9342_NHL_season)
| 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](/source/1943_Allan_Cup)
| Winnipeg RCAF
| [Al-Cup](/source/Allan_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](/source/1944%E2%80%9345_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 34
| 2
| 9
| 11
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1945–46](/source/1945%E2%80%9346_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 45
| 3
| 10
| 13
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 51
| 3
| 16
| 19
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1947–48](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 54
| 2
| 11
| 13
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
|-
| [1948–49](/source/1948%E2%80%9349_NHL_season)
| [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)
| NHL
| 60
| 1
| 8
| 9
| 16
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1949–50](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_NHL_season)
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 37
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [1950–51](/source/1950%E2%80%9351_NHL_season)
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 49
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 28
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1950–51](/source/1950%E2%80%9351_AHL_season)
| [Cincinnati Mohawks](/source/Cincinnati_Mohawks)
| AHL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [1951–52](/source/1951%E2%80%9352_AHL_season)
| 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](/source/Toronto_Star) | date = February 19, 2012 }}</ref>

}}

==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 }}

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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

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