Paul Stothart

Paul Stothart (MBA, BSc/Eng’80) died of cancer on April 17 in Ottawa at the age of 54. A Gaels Hockey star, he was a two-time winner of the Senator Joseph A. Sullivan Trophy as Canada’s top university hockey player (1981/82), the only Gael ever to have won this prestigious award. He was also a three-time All-Canadian and three-time Ontario All-Star, left Queen’s as the Gaels’ all-time leading scorer (105 goals in 88 games), a record that still stands, won the Jenkins Trophy in his graduating year, and also played for Team Canada in 1983. Speaking of alumni games over the past 30 years, long-time hockey coach Fred O’Donnell told Sun Media, “I got older, and Paul, a stand-out skater from the start, just got faster.” His civil engineering and business career spanned three decades of public and private service, most recently as Vice President of the Mining Association of Canada. He is survived by his wife Karen Colby-Stothart (Artsci’83), children Sarah, Alex and Julia, parents Patricia and David, and siblings Arthur (Sylvie), Judy (Gary), Ritchie (Mae), and Janet (Robert).