Moose Ink Defencemen Stewart and Barteaux
By: Manitoba Moose Staff | Published: July 18th 2023
The Manitoba Moose Hockey Club announced today the team signed defencemen Dean Stewart and Dawson Barteaux to one-year contracts through the 2023-24 season.
Dean Stewart
Defence
Born June 12, 1998 — Portage la Prairie, Man.
Height 6.02 — Weight 186 — Shoots R
Stewart, 25, recorded a career-high 18 points (1G, 17A) in 61 games with Manitoba over the 2022-23 season. The defenceman also suited up in four playoff contests. Stewart finished the campaign third in scoring among the club’s rookies and ranked second among first-year Moose skaters with five power play assists.
The Portage la Prairie, Man. product has skated in 81 AHL contests, all with Manitoba, and tallied 27 points (2G, 25A) over that span. He was also named Manitoba’s Rookie of the Year Award winner for the 2022-23 season. Stewart was a seventh-round pick (188th overall) of the Arizona Coyotes at the 2016 NHL Draft.
Dawson Barteaux
Defence
Born Jan. 12, 2000 — Foxwarren, Man.
Height 6.01 — Weight 190 — Shoots R
Barteaux, 23, suited up in two AHL contests for the Texas Stars and skated in five playoff games where he registered two points (1G, 1A). The defender also tallied 24 points (2G, 22A) in 62 games with the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads and recorded eight points (1G, 7A) in 14 postseason appearances over the course of the 2022-23 season.
The Foxwarren, Man. product has notched five points (2G, 3A) in 57 AHL contests, all with Texas, and tallied 32 points (2G, 30A) over the span of 73 ECHL contests. Barteaux played his junior hockey with the WHL’s Regina Pats, Red Deer Rebels and Winnipeg ICE and put together 112 points (20G, 92A) in 236 games. The defender was a sixth-round pick (168th overall) of the Dallas Stars in the 2018 NHL Draft.
Manitoba Moose ticket memberships for the 2023-24 season are available now. For more information on the benefits of being a member or to purchase your membership, visit MooseHockey.com/Packages.
