Liam Stewart, second from right, skates during practice for the Alaska Aces hockey team in Anchorage. Stewart, the son of rock superstar Rod Stewart and supermodel Rachel Hunter, says he just wants to be treated as one of the guys.

Liam Stewart, second from right, skates during practice for the Alaska Aces hockey team in Anchorage. Stewart, the son of rock superstar Rod Stewart and supermodel Rachel Hunter, says he just wants to be treated as one of the guys.

Rod Stewart’s son forges a name for himself in hockey

  • By MARK THIESSEN
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2015 11:31am
  • Sports

ANCHORAGE — Rock superstar Rod Stewart is well-known for his love of soccer, especially the Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland.

Hockey, it turns out, is another matter.

“All he knows is if my team scores. That’s about it,” said his son, Liam Stewart. “I was like, ‘Dad, that’s all you need to know — if we win or if we score.’”

Liam Stewart, 21, is the newest addition to the roster of the Alaska Aces, an ECHL development league team affiliated with the Minnesota Wild of the NHL. The 6-foot-1, 181-pound forward was traded to the Anchorage team from Missouri in early October after playing the past four years for the Spokane Chiefs.

Liam Stewart was born in London to Rod Stewart and his then-wife, supermodel Rachel Hunter. After the couple split, Liam grew up in the Los Angeles area with his mom.

He said his famous dad never pushed him to get into soccer, but he still played the sport until he was 13 or 14, when the hockey bug bit him.

“I just wanted to play hockey, and that’s what got me here today,” Liam Stewart said during an interview following practice last week at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

Aces head coach Rob Murray said from a coaching standpoint, Liam Stewart’s pedigree is a nonissue.

“He’s just another hockey player on my team, and he’s got to do what he needs to do to make us successful,” Murray said.

That’s good news for Liam Stewart, who said he wants to make a name for himself without relying on his parents’ fame or wealth.

When he played in Spokane, Washington, he wasn’t treated differently.

“I was known as ‘Stewie’ around the rink, like I was just another guy,” Liam Stewart said. “It was awesome.”

Murray said everyone on the team is trying to forge their own identity, including Dean Chelios, whose father, Chris, was a famous NHL player.

“These kids are trying to make it on their own. They’re not worried about who they are or where they came from,” Murray said. “They all want to be hockey players, and they want to do it on their own merits.”

Liam Stewart and his Aces teammates are still getting to know each other, and that means the other players haven’t been razzing him about his famous parents.

“Not yet, at least,” he said, laughing.

And if it does happen?

“That just comes with it, I guess,” Liam Stewart said. “Nothing wrong with it. I just laugh about it and, you know, have a good time with it.”

Liam Stewart, forefront, reaches for a puck during practice for the Alaska Aces hockey team in Anchorage. Stewart, the son of rock superstar Rod Stewart and supermodel Rachel Hunter, says he just wants to be treated as one of the guys.

Liam Stewart, forefront, reaches for a puck during practice for the Alaska Aces hockey team in Anchorage. Stewart, the son of rock superstar Rod Stewart and supermodel Rachel Hunter, says he just wants to be treated as one of the guys.

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