Bob Sweeney

Bob Sweeney
Date of birth	January 25, 1964
place of birth	Concord , Massachusetts , USA
size	189 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1982 , 6th lap, 123rd position Boston Bruins
Career stations
1982-1986	Boston College
1986-1992	Boston Bruins
1992-1995	Buffalo Sabers
1995-1996	New York Islanders
1996-1997	Quebec Rafales
1997-1999	Frankfurt Lions
1999-2001	Munich Barons

Robert Emmett Sweeney (born January 25, 1964 in Concord , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins , Buffalo Sabers , New York Islanders and Calgary Flames from the National Hockey League during his career was active.

Career

Sweeney began his career in 1982 at Boston College . There he played for the ice hockey team in the US college leagues ECAC Hockey and Hockey East . During the NHL Entry Draft 1982 he was selected by those in charge of the Boston Bruins in the sixth round at a total of 123rd position. After studying for four years, the American finished his studies in the summer of 1986 and then moved to the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins. The Bruins first used him in their farm team at the time , the Moncton Golden Flames , in the East Coast Hockey League . From the 1987/88 season he was part of the Bruins' regular squad.

In 1991 he left Boston and joined the Buffalo Sabers, for which the offensive player completed 199 NHL games in the following years, scoring 85 points . After being on the ice in 66 games for the New York Islanders as well as eight games for the Calgary Flames in the 1995/96 season , he forced a move to Europe in the summer of 1997. There he was signed by the management of Revierlöwen Oberhausen from the German Ice Hockey League , for which he only laced his skates 27 times and then moved to league competitor Frankfurt Lions .

His contract, which expired at the end of the 1998/99 season, was not renewed. Sweeney then joined the Munich Barons , with whom he won the German championship in the 1999/2000 season . In 2001, the right-handed shooter ended his active ice hockey career at the age of 37.

Achievements and Awards

• 1985 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
• 2000 German champion with the Munich Barons

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	10	639	125	163	288	799
NHL playoffs	10	103	15th	18th	33	197
DEL main round	4th	170	35	68	103	258
DEL playoffs	3	24	4th	6th	10	36

Web links

• Bob Sweeney at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bob Sweeney at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bob Sweeney at hockeydraftcentral.com