Gary Roberts (ice hockey)
Gary Roberts ( * May 23, 1966 in North York, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is 1987-2009 for the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League played.
Career
Youth
In his youth, Roberts starred alongside Ice Hockey Lacrosse also and won with his childhood friend Joe Nieuwendyk together with the Whitby Warriors Minto Cup to. In the juniors Roberts played in the OHL for the Ottawa 67 's. After his second season there, he was taken in the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 by the Calgary Flames in the first round as the 12th. Even then drew him beside his Scorer torment Litäten above all his robust style of play. Crushing body checks and the slope of its Eishockyhandschuhe to get rid of for brawling, but also a "killer" instinct in front of goal are characterized Roberts as one of the best -scoring power forwards from. In the next two years, he first played on in Ottawa, but then switched within the OHL to the Guelph Platers. In the meantime, he also played for Calgary's farm team, the Moncton Golden Flames of the AHL.
The 1986/87 season he began still in Moncton, but later managed the jump to the NHL. Until the 1988/89 season, in which he could win the Stanley Cup with the Flames, was mainly his penalty minutes peak values . He came every year to over 200 minutes. But then burst and the node as a scorer. Had he never managed more than 38 points until then, followed in the next few years, values between 70 and 90
Mid-90s, had to pay tribute to his hard play Roberts. Constant pain in the arm and neck forced him repeatedly skipping games. More detailed investigations showed severe nerve damage in the neck area. Roberts finished the 1995/96 season prematurely and underwent a risky operation in which he could not assure the doctors if he could ever play hockey again. He continued the following season completely and started a very tough rehabilitation program.
Roberts wanted for season 1997/98 to know again and the Carolina Hurricanes gave the FreeAgent a chance. He brought it in 61 games on 49 points and stayed for three years in Carolina. A lucrative contract then lured him to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Here he got back to his childhood friend and longtime teammate Joe Nieuwendyk from Calgary. He played four years of success in Toronto, but after the strike season of 2004 / 05, the Leafs Roberts and Nieuwendyk had to leave for financial reasons. Both went to the Florida Panthers and played there a good season. While Nieuwendyk in the season 2006/ 07 ended his career, Roberts was increasingly common part of transfer speculation and the nearer the end of the transfer period, the more concrete they were, which was further enhanced by the sporty descent of the Panthers. A few days before the transfer deadline on 27 February 2007, Roberts said that only Toronto and Ottawa Senators would come as a potential new employer in question for him. 24 hours before the transfer end but agreed to the Panthers with the Pittsburgh Penguins to a transfer and Roberts agreed after a few hours to go to Pittsburgh. Roberts plays a good season for the Penguins and will soon be closed to the heart of the fans because of his robust playing style and his great leadership qualities. In the summer of 2007, Roberts agreed with the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year contract. On 29 December 2007 the game against the Buffalo Sabres Roberts broke his leg and fell to the start of the playoffs in April 2008. In the summer he became a free agent then for one year at the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On March 4, 2009 the day of the NHL Trade Deadline, Roberts was placed on the Waiverliste the Tampa Bay Lightning without consultation with the club. After no buyer was in the last hours of the deadline for Roberts, this was inconclusive on the Waiverliste of the association. Roberts moved on March 6, 2009, his conclusions from the actions of the Tampa Bay Lightning and finished with for nearly 43 years, his more than two decade-long hockey career.
Awards and achievements
NHL career statistics
( 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 )
Team Records
- 90 points as a left winger for the Calgary Flames ( 53 goals and 37 templates; NHL 1991/92 )