Rob Skrlac

Rob Eric Skrlac ( born June 10, 1976 in Port McNeill, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played during his playing career for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.

Career

Rob Skrlac began his career as a hockey player with Richmond, a team in a junior amateur league in British Columbia, for which he was active from 1993 to 1994. Then the winger went to the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League. There, the offensive player fell on mainly due to its robust way of playing and his many penalty minutes, which he received in the aftermath. In three years Skrlac completed a total of 165 games for the Blazers and received 758 penalty minutes, stood by only 24 points scorer to book. During this time he was selected in the ninth round at the NHL Entry Draft in 1995 at a total of 224 position of the Buffalo Sabres, for he never ran aground. After he had exceeded the age limit for participation in the WHL after the end of the season 1996/97, Skrlac became a free agent. On June 17, 1997, he signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils. The jump in the National Hockey League could he initially denied, the 1997/98 season he spent with the Albany River Rats, the former farm team of the Devils in the American Hockey League.

It immediately succeeded the attacker a variety of games to be completed end of the season were 53 games and 256 penalty minutes to Beech, but he remained without a goal and reached two points scorer. In the following three years he sat on the bench, although less often, but also received less playing time. During the 2001/ 02 season, the Canadians completed 29 games for the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the East Coast Hockey League. He scored four points and got 161 penalty minutes. In the same season Skrlac also played for the Portland Pirates and then returned back to the River Rats. During the 2003/ 04 season he made ​​the jump to the NHL. He completed a total of eight games for the New Jersey Devils and was able to record a score. Then Skrlac returned again back to the AHL back and denied any further games in the NHL. On 27 September 2005, the Canadians ended his active career.

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