Nathan Robinson (ice hockey)
| Nathan Robinson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
December 31, 1981 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Oberliga team Former teams |
Saale Bulls Halle Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Adler Mannheim Eisbären Berlin Espoo Blues Vienna Capitals Kölner Haie Nottingham Panthers | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
Nathan Robinson (born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the Saale Bulls Halle in the Oberliga German ice hockey league. He has previously played for the Nottingham Panthers. He has previously played in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and the Boston Bruins.
Playing career
Robinson played major junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League, where he won the OHL scoring title in the 2001-02 season. He was passed over in the NHL Entry Draft but signed with the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent on October 15, 2002. He made his NHL debut with the Red Wings during the 2003–04 NHL season, playing five games in all, going scoreless. After three years within the Red Wings organization on August 15, 2005, he signed with the Boston Bruins and over the course of the 2005–06 season played two more games in the NHL but again went pointless receiving very little playing time to prove his potential.
In 2006, he left for Europe signing with Adler Mannheim in Germany and then moved to Eisbären Berlin the next season becoming an elite player in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Prior to the 2009–10 season he signed a two-year contract to return with Adler Mannheim.[1] In his first season in his return to Mannheim, Robinson helped the Eagles become DEL Champions, marking his third successive DEL Championship.
During the 2010–11 season, in his final year of his deal with Mannheim, Robinson struggled to maintain his previous form and was subsequently released to join eventual silver medalists Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga, for the remainder of the season finishing on January 27, 2011.[2] In September 2011, he signed a contract with the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League.
On September 5, 2012, he signed a one-year contract as a free agent in Germany with the Kölner Haie of the DEL.
On July 28, 2014, Robinson was announced as signing a short term deal with the Nottingham Panthers of the UK's EIHL who, for the first time in their history, are to compete in the Champions Hockey League in 2014/15. He had to leave the club in November 2014 as his work permit expired.[3] Robinson then signed with the Belfast Giants of the EIHL.[4]
Following the 2014-15 season, Robinson signed with HC Slavia Praha of the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League, a second level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. For the 2016-17 season, Robinson signed with Shakhtyor Soligorsk of the Belarusian Extraliga, and later signed with EHC Bayreuth in the DEL2. Despite originally signing with HC 07 Detva in the Slovak Extraliga,[5] Robinson switched to the Saale Bulls Halle in the German league Oberliga for the 2017-18 season after playing 4 games.[6][7]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Kingston Voyageurs | OPJHL | 49 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 50 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 1999–00 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 61 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 66 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 2001–02 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 67 | 47 | 63 | 110 | 74 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 2002–03 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 69 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 50 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 19 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 70 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 50 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | ||
| 2007–08 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 56 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | ||
| 2008–09 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 48 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 92 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 2009–10 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 54 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Blues | SM-l | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2011–12 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 41 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 52 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 39 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 13 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Slavia Praha | Czech2 | 51 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2016–17 | Shakhter Soligorsk | Belarusian | 17 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | EHC Bayreuth | DEL2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC 07 Detva | Slovak Extraliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Robinson to Mannheim" (in German). eishockeynews.de. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Nathan Robinson to strengthen Blues attack". Espoo Blues. 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Nathan Robinson: Nottingham Panthers forward leaves club". bbc.com. November 12, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ McKinley, Stuart (February 10, 2015). "Belfast Giants snap up ice hockey hotshot Nathan Robinson". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ "Naše mužstvo posilní Nathan Robinson!". hc07detva.net (in Slovak). September 27, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ "Dlho sa neohrial. Nathan Robinson ušiel z Detvy do Nemecka". huste.joj.sk (in Slovak). October 10, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ Von Christian, Elsaeßer (November 16, 2017). "Der etwas andere Eishockey-Profi Wie Nathan Robinson in Halle landete" (in German). Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1981 births
- Adler Mannheim players
- Belleville Bulls players
- Black Canadian ice hockey players
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Eisbären Berlin players
- Espoo Blues players
- Grand Rapids Griffins players
- Kölner Haie players
- Living people
- Nottingham Panthers players
- Providence Bruins players
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Toledo Storm players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Vienna Capitals players