Career
A native of Toronto, Stewart was drafted in the 4th round (68th overall) in the 1977 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres and started his National Hockey League career in 1977-1978. He also went on to play for the Saint Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Minnesota North Stars. He left the National Hockey League at the end of the 1985-1986 season choosing to play hockey in Italy until his retirement in 1995.
Stewart began his professional coaching career with the Muskegon Fury of the Colonial Hockey League in 1995.
After one season with Muskegon, Stewart took the head coaching position with the Oshawa Generals of the OHL in 1996. Stewart was named head coach of the New York Islanders on January 21, 1999 after Mike Milbury himself stepped down to concentrate solely on his General Motors duties.
After one season with the Islanders Stewart was relieved of his coaching duties and was replaced by Butch Goring on April 30, 1999. In 1999 Stewart returned to the OHL to become the head coach of the Barrie Colts.
The roster that year included the 4 Brampton Boys, one of whom, Ryan Barnes, faced charges of assault with a weapon after a stick-swinging incident during a game in October.
Later in the season, three of the team"s other players were charged with sexual assault. Finally, Stewart himself made headlines and was banned from entering the United States for twice smuggling a Ukrainian-born player over the Canada-United States. border in the baggage compartment of the team business Following the controversial season in Barrie, Stewart continued his coaching career in Germany and made headlines during the DEL playoff finals in 2001 when he feigned fainting behind the Mannheim Eagles bench to buy his star player January Alston time to get his skates sharpened.
On December 3, 2009, he agreed to take over as the Head Coach of Kölner Haie.
He joined the Guelph Storm during the 2010-2011 season as a consultant prior to being named assistant coach in 2011-2012. He took over as interim head coach of the team in January 2015.
The term "interim" was then removed prior to the end of the season. He resigns from the Storms after only 2 wins in the 2015-2016 OHL season until December and he went back to Germany in January 2016 for coaching the Dresdner Eislöwen from the DEL2.
1997-1998 - Louis A. R. October 30, 1980 - Traded by the Buffalo Sabres to the Saint Louis Blues for Bob Hess and a 4th round pick in the 1981 National Hockey League Entry Draft (Anders Wikberg) September 10, 1983 - Signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs September 15, 1985 - Signed as a free agent by the Minnesota North Stars Regular season and playoffs National Hockey League coaching statistics.