Gary Roberts

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Gary Roberts
Date of birth May 23, 1966
place of birth North York , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Scary Gary
size 188 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Left wing
number # 10
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 1st lap, 12th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1982-1986 Ottawa 67's
1986 Guelph Platers
1987 Moncton Golden Flames
1987-1996 Calgary Flames
1997-2000 Carolina Hurricanes
2000-2004 Toronto Maple Leafs
2005-2007 Florida panthers
2007-2008 Pittsburgh Penguins
2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning

Gary R. Roberts (born May 23, 1966 in North York , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1354 games for the Calgary Flames , Carolina Hurricanes , Toronto Maple Leafs , Florida Panthers during his playing career between 1982 and 2009 , Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Roberts celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Calgary Flames by winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 .

Career

youth

In his youth, Roberts played ice hockey as well as lacrosse and won the Minto Cup with his childhood friend Joe Nieuwendyk at the Whitby Warriors. In the junior division, Roberts played in the OHL for the Ottawa 67’s . After his second season there he was drawn in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames in the first round as 12th. Even then, in addition to his scoring qualities, he was characterized by his robust style of play. Crashing body checks and the tendency to get rid of his ice hockey gloves for fights , but also a “killer” instinct in front of the goal distinguish Roberts as one of the best goal-threatening power forwards . In the next two years he played first in Ottawa, but then moved within the OHL to the Guelph Platers . In the meantime, he also played the Moncton Golden Flames in the AHL for Calgary's farm team .

The 1986/87 season he started in Moncton, but later made the jump to the NHL. Until the 1988/89 season , in which he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Flames , his penalty minutes were particularly great. He came up with over 200 minutes year after year. But then the knot burst as a scorer. Up until then, he had never achieved more than 38 points, and values ​​between 70 and 90 followed in the next few years.

In the mid-1990s, Roberts had to pay tribute to his tough playing style. Constant pain in his arm and neck forced him to skip games again and again. More detailed examinations showed serious nerve damage in the neck area. Roberts ended the 1995/96 season prematurely and underwent a risky operation, during which the doctors could not assure him whether he could ever play ice hockey again. He sat out completely the following season and started a very tough rehabilitation program.

Roberts wanted to know again for the 1997/98 season and the Carolina Hurricanes gave the free agent a chance. He got 49 points in 61 games and stayed in Carolina for three years. A lucrative contract then lured him to the Toronto Maple Leafs . Here he met his childhood friend and long-time teammate from Calgary Joe Nieuwendyk again . He played successfully in Toronto for four years, but after the strike season 2004/05 the Leafs Roberts and Nieuwendyk had to give up for financial reasons. Both went to the Florida Panthers and had a good season there. While Nieuwendyk ended his career in the 2006/07 season , Roberts was more and more often part of transfer speculation and the closer the transfer window came, the more concrete they became, which was reinforced by the sporting downturn of the Panthers. A few days before the February 27, 2007 transfer closes, Roberts said that only Toronto and the Ottawa Senators would be possible new employers for him . However, 24 hours before the end of the transfer, the Panthers agreed on a transfer with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Roberts agreed to move to Pittsburgh after a few hours. Roberts is having a good season for the Penguins and will soon be loved by fans for his robust style of play and great leadership. In the summer of 2007, Roberts signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins . On December 29, 2007 in the game against the Buffalo Sabers Roberts broke his leg and fell until the start of the playoffs in April 2008. In the summer he joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent for a year.

On March 4, 2009, the day of the NHL trade deadline, Roberts was placed on the Tampa Bay Lightning waiver list without consulting the club . After Roberts was unable to find a buyer in the last hours of the deadline, he remained on the club's waiver list without any results. Roberts drew his conclusions from the actions of the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 6, 2009 and ended his more than two decades-long hockey career at almost 43 years of age.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Ottawa 67's OHL 53 12 8th 20th 83 5 1 0 1 19th
1983/84 Ottawa 67's OHL 48 27 30th 57 144 13 10 17th 17th 62
1984 Ottawa 67's Memorial Cup 5 1 4th 5 18th
1984/85 Ottawa 67's OHL 59 44 62 106 188 5 2 8th 10 10
1984/85 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 7th 4th 2 6th 7th - - - - -
1985/86 Ottawa 67's OHL 24 26th 25th 51 83 - - - - -
1985/86 Guelph Platers OHL 23 18th 15th 33 65 20th 18th 13 31 43
1986 Guelph Platers Memorial Cup 4th 4th 1 5 14th
1986/87 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 38 20th 18th 38 72 - - - - -
1986/87 Calgary Flames NHL 32 5 10 15th 85 2 0 0 0 4th
1987/88 Calgary Flames NHL 74 13 15th 28 282 9 2 3 5 29
1988/89 Calgary Flames NHL 72 22nd 16 38 250 22nd 5 7th 12 57
1989/90 Calgary Flames NHL 78 39 33 72 222 6th 2 5 7th 41
1990/91 Calgary Flames NHL 80 22nd 31 53 252 7th 1 3 4th 18th
1991/92 Calgary Flames NHL 76 53 37 90 207 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 58 38 41 79 172 5 1 6th 7th 43
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 73 41 43 84 145 7th 2 6th 8th 24
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 8th 2 2 4th 43 - - - - -
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 35 22nd 20th 42 78 - - - - -
1996/97 Calgary Flames NHL not played because of injury
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 61 20th 29 49 103 - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 14th 28 42 178 6th 1 1 2 8th
1999/00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 69 23 30th 53 62 - - - - -
2000/01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 29 24 53 109 11 2 9 11 0
2001/02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 21st 27 48 63 19th 7th 12 19th 56
2002/03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 14th 5 3 8th 10 7th 1 1 2 8th
2003/04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 28 20th 48 84 13 4th 4th 8th 10
2004/05 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 58 14th 26th 40 51 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 50 13 16 29 71 - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 19th 7th 6th 13 26th 5 2 2 4th 2
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 38 3 12 15th 40 11 2 2 4th 32
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 30th 4th 3 7th 27 - - - - -
OHL total 207 127 140 267 561 43 31 28 59 134
AHL total 45 24 20th 44 79 - - - - -
NHL overall 1224 438 472 909 2560 130 32 61 93 332

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 6th 3 9 6th
Juniors overall 7th 6th 3 9 6th

( 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 )

Team records

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personal data
SURNAME Roberts, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roberts, Gary R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH North York , Ontario