Earl Robertson

Earl Robertson
Date of birth	November 24, 1910
place of birth	Bengough , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death	19th January 1979
size	178 cm
Weight	74 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1925-1927	Regina Falcons
1927-1928	Vancouver monarchs
1928-1930	Victoria Cubs
1930-1931	Tacoma Tigers
1931-1932	Hollywood stars
1932-1934	Edmonton Eskimos
1934-1936	Windsor Bulldogs
1936-1937	Pittsburgh Hornets
1937	Detroit Red Wings
1937-1942	New York / Brooklyn Americans
1940-1942	Springfield Indians
1943-1944	Edmonton Vics

Earl Cooper "Robbie" Robertson (born November 24, 1910 in Bengough , Saskatchewan , † January 19, 1979 ) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who , in the course of his active career between 1928 and 1942, among other things, 205 games for the Detroit Red Wings and New York / Brooklyn Americans played in the National Hockey League . Robertson celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Detroit Red Wings in 1937 by winning the Stanley Cup . He was also a member of the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1939 .

Career

It took Robertson a long time to break into the professional world. After stints in the junior division with the Regina Falcons and Vancouver Monarchs , he ventured into the Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1928 - where the goalkeeper worked for the Victoria Cubs and Tacoma Tigers for the next three years . Then the Canadian moved to the California Hockey League to the Hollywood Stars . In the following playing years until 1937, the Edmonton Eskimos , for whom Robertson stood between the posts in the Western Canada Hockey League and North West Hockey League , as well as Windsor Bulldogs , Rochester Cardinals and Pittsburgh Hornets from the International Hockey League were further stations of the goalkeeper.

After Robertson had already been sold by the Windsor Bulldogs for 1,500 US dollars to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League in the summer of 1936 and they had used him during the season at the Pittsburgh Hornets, he came in the course of the Stanley Cup playoffs Made his NHL debut in 1937 at the age of 26 after goalkeeper Normie Smith was injured. Robertson played six games during the playoffs, five of them in the final series against the New York Rangers , and with two shutouts was instrumental in the Red Wings' second Stanley Cup win in their franchise history. Despite the success, the Detroit Red Wings parted ways in May 1937 - less than a month after winning the title - from their goalkeeper and gave him in exchange for John Doran and 7,500 US dollars to the New York Americans .

In the New York Americans, the goalkeeper finally made his breakthrough in the NHL and he was the club's regular goalkeeper for the next four years until 1941. In the service of the Amerks , Robertson succeeded in being elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team at the end of the 1938/39 season ; in the 1940/41 season , however, he won only six of 36 games. After the team had renamed itself to Brooklyn Americans before the 1941/42 season and he had already played a few games for the Springfield Indians in the American Hockey League in the preseason , Robertson lost his regular place to Chuck Rayner and only played twelve games during the season. He was mainly used in the AHL for Springfield. After the season he did not return to the NHL.

As a result, Robertson returned to his Canadian homeland and played between 1943 and 1944 with the Edmonton Vics for the Allan Cup . He died in January 1979, two months after his 69th birthday.

Achievements and Awards

• 1936 IHL Second All-Star Team
• 1937 Stanley Cup win with the Detroit Red Wings
• 1939 NHL Second All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Minutes	GT	Shutouts	GTS
Regular season	5	190	60	95	34	11820	575	16	2.92
Playoffs	3	15th	7th	7th	-	995	29	2	1.75

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Earl Robertson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Earl Robertson at eliteprospects.com (English)