Robb Gordon
- For the New Zealand rugby union player, see Rob Gordon
| Robb Gordon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 13, 1976 Murrayville, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Vancouver Canucks Syracuse Crunch Long Beach Ice Dogs Raleigh IceCaps | ||
| NHL draft |
39th overall, 1994 Vancouver Canucks | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2000 | ||
Robb Gordon (born January 13, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks.
Playing career
Gordon was born in Murrayville, British Columbia and raised in Surrey, British Columbia. He was selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks following a dominant offensive season in the BCHL. He played college hockey for the Michigan Wolverines alongside future NHL stars such as John Madden, Brendan Morrison, and Mike Knuble. After his freshman season, he left the Wolverines and played in the Western Hockey League for the Kelowna Rockets, where he would again showcase his touch around the net, registering 114 points in just 58 games. He would also help Canada to a gold medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships.
Despite his success at the junior and college levels, Gordon experienced a difficult transition to pro hockey, in large part due to his sub-par skating ability. He would register just 25 points in 63 games for the Syracuse Crunch, Vancouver's AHL affiliate in 1996–97, and was at one point demoted to the ECHL. The following season, he would record just 10 points in 40 games. He would finally get up to speed in 1998–99, improving to respectable totals of 16 goals and 38 points for Syracuse, and earning himself a four-game callup to the Canucks. However, his development was still considered a disappointment, and he was released by the Canucks following the season.
Following his release by the Canucks, Gordon spent a season in the IHL with the Long Beach Ice Dogs, recording just 18 points in 50 games, before retiring in 2000.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | Powell River Paper Kings | BCJHL | 60 | 55 | 38 | 93 | 76 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Powell River Paper Kings | BCJHL | 60 | 69 | 89 | 158 | 141 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 29 | ||
| 1994–95 | University of Michigan | NCAA | 39 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 58 | 51 | 63 | 114 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 1996–97 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1997–98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 40 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Raleigh IceCaps | ECHL | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 68 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 50 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 171 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-CCHA Rookie Team | 1994-95 |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Kelowna Rockets players
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
- Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players
- People from Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
- Raleigh IceCaps players
- Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Vancouver Canucks draft picks
- Vancouver Canucks players