Louis Robitaille (ice hockey)
| Louis Robitaille | |
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| Born | March 16, 1982 Montreal, PQ, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | Washington Capitals |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2003–2011 |
Louis Robitaille (born March 16, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward who concluded his playing career with of the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League. Louis was best known as an enforcer.
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[edit] Playing career
While playing junior hockey, he took classes part-time at McGill University, majoring in French Literature.
Signed as a free agent in 2003 by the Washington Capitals, Robitaille played on the 2005–06 Calder Cup-winning Hershey Bears.
Robitaille made his debut with the Bears on Oct. 8, 2005 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He scored his first goal for Hershey on Nov. 19, 2005 against Philadelphia and picked up a game-winning goal Nov. 25, 2005 at Norfolk.
On Aug. 28, 2008, Robitaille signed to play in Cortina, Italy, with the Cortina SG for 2008–09.[1] However, on Dec. 9, 2008, Robitaille left the team due to family issues and returned to Canada to play for Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs in the LNAH.[2]
Robitaille returned to the AHL to play for the Lowell Devils for the 2009–10 season,[3] and stayed with the team when it moved to Albany for 2010–11. After leading the Devils again in penalty minutes he then announced his retirement to become head coach of the QJAAAHL's Valleyfield Braves, a Junior AAA team based in Quebec.[4]
Robitaille appeared as himself in episode "Fire in the Ice" of the fourth season of television series Bones.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–2000 | Montreal Rocket | QMJHL | 71 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 266 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 2000–01 | Montreal Rocket | QMJHL | 69 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 269 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Montreal Rocket | QMJHL | 71 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 294 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 41 | ||
| 2002–03 | Montreal Rocket | QMJHL | 60 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 191 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Quad City Mallards | UHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 58 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 2004–05 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 59 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 186 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 65 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 334 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 64 | ||
| 2005–06 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 67 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 254 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | ||
| 2007–08 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 68 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 350 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 2008–09 | Cortina SG | ITL | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs | LNAH | 19 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 73 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 286 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 2010–11 | Albany Devils | AHL | 50 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 246 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 440 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 1759 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 163 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Robitaille signs in Italy". Penn Live.com. http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2008/08/robitaille_signs_in_italy.html. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "09/12/08 Press Release". Cortina Sports Ice Hockey. http://www.hockeycortina.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=259&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "Devils Sign Robitaille". chrisrahn.blogspot. http://chrisrahn.blogspot.com/2009/08/devils-sign-robitaille.html. Retrieved 2009-11-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Louis Robitaille becomes Braves head coach". Valleyfield Braves. 2011-06-07. http://64.6.203.99/SITES/obj_nouvelles_more.asp?POLICE=Arial&TAILLE=10&COULEUR=000000&DATE=1&C=32&S=142&MINI=&L=F&ID=3312. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
[edit] External links
- Louis Robitaille Player Page
- Louis Robitaille on Hockeyfights.com
- Louis Robitaille's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Louis Robitaille at TSN.ca
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