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For the New Zealand rugby union player, see Rob Gordon
Robb Gordon
Born (1976-01-13) January 13, 1976 (age 48)
Murrayville, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Syracuse Crunch
Long Beach Ice Dogs
Raleigh IceCaps
NHL draft 39th overall, 1994
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1996–2000

Robb Gordon (born January 13, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks. Selected by the Canucks in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, he played four games for the team in the 1998–99 season, spending the rest of his career in the minor leagues before retiring in 2000. Internationally Gordon played for the Canadian national junior team at the 1996 World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal.

Playing career

Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 United States

Gordon was born in Murrayville, British Columbia and raised in Surrey, British Columbia. He was selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks following a season in the BCHL with the Powell River Paper Kings. He played college hockey for the Michigan Wolverines alongside future NHL players such as John Madden, Brendan Morrison, and Mike Knuble. After his freshman season, he left the Wolverines and played in the Western Hockey League for the Kelowna Rockets, where he scored 114 points in 58 games. He would play for Canada at the 1996 World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal.

Gordon experienced a difficult transition to professional hockey, in large part due to his sub-par skating. He would score 25 points in 63 games for the Syracuse Crunch, Vancouver's AHL affiliate in 1996–97, and was at one point sent down to the ECHL. The following season, he would record 10 points in 40 games. He was called up to the Canucks in the 1998–99 season, playing four games for the team, whi scoring 16 goals and 38 points for Syracuse. However, he was released by Vancouver the following season. Following his release by the Canucks, Gordon spent a season in the International Hockey League with the Long Beach Ice Dogs, recording 18 points in 50 games, and retired in 2000.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 Powell River Paper Kings BCJHL 60 55 38 93 76 18 8 10 18 —
1993–94 Powell River Paper Kings BCJHL 60 69 89 158 141 10 11 14 25 29
1994–95 University of Michigan NCAA 39 15 26 41 72 — — — — —
1995–96 Kelowna Rockets WHL 58 51 63 114 84 6 3 6 9 19
1996–97 Syracuse Crunch AHL 63 11 14 25 72 3 0 0 0 7
1997–98 Syracuse Crunch AHL 40 4 6 10 35 — — — — —
1997–98 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 7 3 10 13 28 — — — — —
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1998–99 Syracuse Crunch AHL 68 16 22 38 98 — — — — —
1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 50 7 11 18 54 1 0 0 0 0
AHL totals 171 31 42 73 205 3 0 0 0 7
NHL totals 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1996 Canada WJC 6 0 4 4 0
Junior totals 6 0 4 4 0

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-CCHA Rookie Team 1994-95
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