Bob Geale

Robert " Robby " Geale ( born April 17, 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player with a German passport, who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and later for the Heilbronner EC in Germany.

Playing career

The 1.83 m wide center was in the squad of the Portland Winter Hawks in the Canadian top junior league WHL when he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1980 by the Pittsburgh Penguins as the 156 in the eighth round. After two more seasons in Portland the right shooter joined the Organization of the Penguins, where he was first employed in the farm team Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League. In the 1984/85 season Geale finally made ​​his NHL debut for the franchise from Pittsburgh. It remained in use in a single of the best professional league in the world and the striker spent his remaining time in North America back in the Skipjacks in the AHL.

In 1986, the Canadians in the 2nd German Bundesliga Heilbronner EC, where he became formed, along with Steve Pépin one of the most prolific strike partnerships in the league. During this time, the attacker also received the German citizenship. After the descent of the HEC in the league and a one-year forced break due to economic problems Geale was still a long season for the team and then finished in the summer of 1991 his active career.

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )