Bob Kudelski
Robert " Bob" Kudelski ( born March 3, 1964 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who during his active career, 1983-1996, among other things for the Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League played at the position of the center.
Career
After Kudelski had played in various youth teams, he joined in 1983 at the age of 19 years at the prestigious Yale University. There he played in parallel for the ice hockey team of the University, in the ECAC Hockey, one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division, played during his studies. Overall Kudelski ran for four years for the team and was selected during this period in NHL Supplemental Draft 1986 ninth of the Los Angeles Kings. In his last year he was top scorer of the team and was called to the First All - Star Team of the ECAC.
In the summer of 1987, the attackers finally joined the professional field and came in his first two years in both the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League as well as their farm team, the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League to inserts. From the season 1989/90 Kudelski was then a regular player of the Kings. In December 1992, both separated from each other than the center, together with Shawn McCosh is for Marc Fortier and Jim Thomson of the Ottawa Senators. In the Canadian capital of Kudelski remained but only a good year, as it is already in January 1994 - in spite of a significant improvement in his point yield - for Evgeny Davydov, Scott Levins, a sixth- round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 and a fourth- round choice right in the NHL Entry Draft was submitted to the Florida Panthers in 1995. Team Cross graduated from the center forward its by far the best NHL season with 70 points scorer in 86 games. With the 86 games that came through the change about, he put the NHL record for matches played in a season by Jimmy Carson. The performances in the season 1993/94 also earned him a nomination for the 45th NHL All-Star Game.
Kudelski was able to take its services to some extent in the lockout shortened by the NHL season 1994/95. After that, he barely played in the planning of a trainer role and came to only 13 NHL appearances in the 1995/ 96 and then finished his career.
Awards and achievements
NHL Records
- Most games in the regular season (86, 1993/94 season, and together with Jimmy Carson )
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 )