Bobby Schmautz

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CanadaCanada  Bobby Schmautz Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 28, 1945
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 78 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1962-1964 Saskatoon Quakers
1964-1965 Saskatoon Blades
1965-1967 Los Angeles Blades
1967-1969 Chicago Black Hawks
Dallas Black Hawks
1969 Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1969-1971 Seattle totems
1971-1974 Vancouver Canucks
1974-1979 Boston Bruins
1979-1980 Edmonton Oilers
1980 Colorado Rockies
1980-1981 Vancouver Canucks

Robert James "Bobby" Schmautz (born March 28, 1945 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player . The right winger played over 800 games for five teams in the National Hockey League between 1968 and 1981 , most of them for the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins . He spent the beginning of his professional career mainly in the Western Hockey League .

Career

Beginnings

Bobby Schmautz began his career in his hometown with the Saskatoon Quakers and the Saskatoon Blades in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), the highest junior division in his home province. During this time, the winger was chosen twice for an all-star team in the league, after he had scored an average of just under one goal per game. In 1965 he made the leap to the Los Angeles Blades in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and thus in the professional field, where he could not confirm his offensive qualities shown in youth for the time being. As a result, after two seasons in California, he moved to the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1967/68 season , but was initially mainly with their farm team , the Dallas Black Hawks , in the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL ) used.

The following year Schmautz established himself for the first time in the NHL, but was selected after 16 scorer points in 64 games in the 1969 NHL Intra-League Draft by the St. Louis Blues . A few weeks later they in turn sent him with Norm Beaudin to the Canadiens de Montréal and received Ernie Wakely in return . The Canadiens had no use for the Canadian, so they transferred him back to the WHL in August 1969 for financial consideration to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles . After only twelve missions, the Golden Eagles sent him within the league in exchange for Guyle Fielder to the Seattle Totems , where he was then active for over two years. The attacker returned to the NHL in February 1971 when the Vancouver Canucks signed him and sent Jim Wiste and Ed Hatoum to the totems on loan.

NHL

With the Canucks, who only joined the league at the beginning of the season, Schmautz finally established himself at the NHL level. His breakthrough came in the 1972/73 season, when he recorded 38 goals and 33 assists in 77 games and reached his career record with these 71 points. He was also invited to the 1973 and 1974 NHL All-Star Games as a result . In February 1974, however, the Canucks gave him to the Boston Bruins and in return received Fred O'Donnell , Chris Oddleifson and the rights to Mike Walton . At this point in the Canucks' relatively short NHL history, only André Boudrias scored more goals for Vancouver than Schmautz.

With the Bruins, the winger promptly reached his first Stanley Cup final , but lost 4-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers . In essence, he confirmed his previously shown performances and consistently produced around 50 points per season for Boston in the years to come. He also reached two more finals for the Stanley Cup with the team in 1977 and 1978 , but had to admit defeat to the Canadiens de Montréal , while in the 1978 playoffs he even led the entire league in goals (11). After almost five years, the Bruins sent him in December 1979 for Dan Newman to the Edmonton Oilers , who only two months later transferred him to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Don Ashby . There he ended the season and did not get a further contract, so he returned to Vancouver as a free agent and let his career end there, but collected again 61 points scorer and was only surpassed by Tiger Williams in goals within the team .

After the 1980/81 season, Schmautz declared his active career over. In total, he had completed 848 games and scored 299 goals and 319 assists for 618 points scorer.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1962/63 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 54 28 31 59 42 7th 1 1 2 0
1963/64 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 60 55 43 98 114 12 12 12 24 20th
1963/64 Saskatoon Blades SJHL 44 45 34 79 113 5 4th 4th 8th 10
1964/65 Los Angeles Blades WHL 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
1965/66 Los Angeles Blades WHL 70 7th 16 23 27 - - - - - -
1966/67 Los Angeles Blades WHL 37 3 7th 10 19th - - - - - -
1967/68 Dallas Black Hawks CPHL 54 23 23 46 83 - - - - - -
1967/68 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 13 3 2 5 +1 6th 11 2 3 5 -4 2
1968/69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 63 9 7th 16 -8th 37 - - - - - -
1969/70 Salt Lake Golden Eagles WHL 12 5 7th 12 17th - - - - - -
1969/70 Seattle totems WHL 66 32 27 59 89 3 0 2 2 5
1970/71 Seattle totems WHL 42 16 21st 37 59 - - - - - -
1970/71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 26th 5 5 10 ± 0 14th - - - - - -
1971/72 Rochester Americans AHL 7th 7th 8th 15th 8th - - - - - -
1971/72 Vancouver Canucks NHL 60 12 13 25th -10 82 - - - - - -
1972/73 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 38 33 71 -17 137 - - - - - -
1973/74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 26th 19th 45 ± 0 58 - - - - - -
1973/74 Boston Bruins NHL 27 7th 13 20th +6 31 16 3 6th 9 +13 44
1974/75 Boston Bruins NHL 56 21st 30th 51 +23 63 3 1 5 6th ± 0 6th
1975/76 Boston Bruins NHL 75 28 34 62 +13 116 11 2 8th 10 +8 13
1976/77 Boston Bruins NHL 57 23 29 52 +26 62 14th 11 1 12 +6 10
1977/78 Boston Bruins NHL 54 27 27 54 +24 87 15th 7th 8th 15th +3 11
1978/79 Boston Bruins NHL 65 20th 22nd 42 -1 77 11 2 2 4th -1 6th
1979/80 Boston Bruins NHL 20th 8th 6th 14th -1 8th - - - - - -
1979/80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 29 8th 8th 16 -4 20th - - - - - -
1979/80 Colorado Rockies NHL 20th 9 4th 13 -10 53 - - - - - -
1980/81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 27 34 61 -5 137 3 0 0 0 -1 0
SJHL overall 158 128 108 236 269 24 17th 17th 34 30th
WHL overall 232 63 79 142 211 3 0 2 2 5
NHL overall 764 271 286 557 +37 988 84 28 33 61 +24 92

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Personal

His older brothers Arnie (1933-2016) and Cliff Schmautz (1939-2002) were also professional ice hockey players, but spent most of their careers in the WHL; only Cliff ran a season in the NHL.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmautz, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmautz, Robert James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada