Luc Robitaille

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2009
Luc Robitaille
Date of birth 17th February 1966
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 9th round, 171st position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1983-1986 Hull Olympiques
1986-1994 Los Angeles Kings
1994-1995 Pittsburgh Penguins
1995-1997 New York Rangers
1997-2001 Los Angeles Kings
2001-2003 Detroit Red Wings
2003-2006 Los Angeles Kings

Luc Jean-Marie Robitaille (born February 17, 1966 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official. The left winger played over 1,500 games in the National Hockey League , most of them for the Los Angeles Kings , for which he scored over 1,000 points and in which he holds several franchise records. He won the Stanley Cup in 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings and as an official of the Kings in 2012 and 2014, which he now presides over. In addition, he has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eisbären Berlin since February 2017 .

With the Canadian national team Robitaille won the Canada Cup in 1991 and became world champion in 1994 .

Career

As a player

Despite a decent season with the Hull Olympiques in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , the Scouts saw Robitailles running weaknesses rather than possible strengths and so it lasted in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft until the ninth round, in which the Los Angeles Kings won Striker as 171st moved. In the next two years in Hull Robitaille showed what potential he had with 148 and 191 points.

For the 1986/87 season the Los Angeles Kings brought Robitaille to their team and the scouts have now been taught better. In 79 games he scored 45 goals and brought it to 84 points. This earned him the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie. In the next seven years in Los Angeles, he should always score more than 40 goals. Year after year he was one of the Kings top scorers. He had his best season in 1992/93 . With 125 points, he set a season record that is still valid today for a left winger. He was also the first to become the top scorer of a team in which Wayne Gretzky played. This season, the Kings made it to the Stanley Cup finals, but failed there against the Montréal Canadiens . For the 1994/95 season , the Kings gave Robitaille in exchange for Rick Tocchet and a draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins .

He stayed in Pittsburgh for only one season before joining the New York Rangers . He stayed here for two seasons before the Kings brought him back to Los Angeles in exchange for Kevin Stevens .

His return was not as triumphant as one might have expected. Handicapped by injuries, he could not build on the great achievements of past days. Only in his second season in 1998/99 could he meet the fans' expectations again. In 2001, as a free agent , his wish to win the Stanley Cup in LA could not be fulfilled, so he tried his luck with the Detroit Red Wings . There he finally achieved his great goal and won the Stanley Cup with them. In the heavily occupied Red Wing offensive, he made a respectable contribution to the championship victory with 30 goals and 20 assists. However, his second season in Detroit was disappointing.

For the third time he came back to Los Angeles for the 2003/04 season and was able to top the Kings' scorer list at the age of 38. After the 2004/05 strike season , he went into another season for the Kings. In this he was able to break Marcel Dionne's old record with 550 goals for the Kings. He played his last game on April 17, 2006 in the HP Pavilion in San Jose, the Kings defeated the Sharks 4-0. Robitaille remained without a scorer point in this game.

Overall, Robitaille scored over 1000 points in the Kings' jersey and is in second place behind Marcel Dionne in their all-time scorer list . With a total of 1394 points, he also took 19th place in the eternal NHL scorer list at the time of his retirement.

On 21 August 2006, the Los Angeles Kings announced that Robitailles number 20 on 20 January 2007 before the game against the Phoenix Coyotes officially in a ceremony closed and the number will therefore be awarded to any player more. He was also honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009 .

As a functionary

In May 2007 Robitaille returned to the Kings as a functionary and took over the position of President of Business Operations . In this role he won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2012 and 2014; a success that he was denied with the team as a player. Parallel to his work in Los Angeles, the Canadian took on the role of Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Eisbären Berlin in February 2017 - both teams belong to the Anschutz Entertainment Group . With the dismissal of Dean Lombardi in April 2017, Robitaille finally took over the position of President of the Los Angeles Kings.

Achievements and Awards

International

As a functionary

  • 2012 Stanley Cup win with the Los Angeles Kings
  • 2014 Stanley Cup win with the Los Angeles Kings

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Hull Olympiques LHJMQ 70 32 53 85 48 - - - - -
1984/85 Hull Olympiques LHJMQ 64 55 94 149 115 5 4th 2 6th 27
1985/86 Hull Olympiques LHJMQ 63 68 123 191 91 15th 17th 27 44 28
1986 Hull Olympiques Memorial Cup 5 5 8th 13 8th
1986/87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 45 39 84 28 5 1 4th 5 2
1987/88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 53 58 111 82 5 2 5 7th 18th
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 46 52 98 65 11 2 6th 8th 10
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 52 49 101 38 10 5 5 10 12
1990/91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 45 46 91 68 12 12 4th 16 22nd
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 44 63 107 95 6th 3 4th 7th 12
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 84 63 62 125 100 24 9 13 22nd 28
1993/94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 83 44 42 86 86 - - - - -
1994/95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 46 23 19th 42 37 12 7th 4th 11 26th
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 77 23 46 69 80 11 1 5 6th 8th
1996/97 New York Rangers NHL 69 24 24 48 48 15th 4th 7th 11 4th
1997/98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 16 24 40 66 4th 1 2 3 6th
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 39 35 74 54 - - - - -
1999/00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 36 38 74 68 4th 2 2 4th 6th
2000/01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 37 51 88 66 13 4th 3 7th 10
2001/02 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 30th 20th 50 38 23 4th 5 9 10
2002/03 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 11 20th 31 50 4th 1 0 1 0
2003/04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 22nd 29 51 56 - - - - -
2004/05 Los Angeles Kings NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 15th 9 24 52 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 197 155 270 424 256 20th 21st 29 50 55
NHL overall 1431 668 726 1394 1177 159 58 69 127 174

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 3 5 8th 2
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 1 2 3 10
1994 Canada WM 1st place, gold 8th 4th 4th 8th 2
Juniors overall 7th 3 5 8th 2
Men overall 16 5 6th 11 12

( 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 )

Records

NHL
  • 668 goals as left winger
  • 1,394 points as left winger
  • 125 points in one season as left winger ( 1992/93 )
Los Angeles Kings

Personal

Luc Robitaille had a brief appearance in 1995 in the film Sudden Death , in 2009 in the episode "Ignition in the Ice" of the series Bones and 2013 in the eighth season of How I Met Your Mother .

In 2006 the Swedish band Mando Diao released the song Welcome Home, Luc Robitaille , inspired by Robitaille, the former favorite player of the singer Gustaf Norén, in their album Ode to Ochrasy .

Since he is in a relationship with the American Stacy Toten, he takes on the role of stepfather for her son Steven R. McQueen . McQueen is the biological son of producer Chad McQueen .

Since 2006 Robitaille has been a citizen of the United States in addition to Canadian citizenship.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'How I Met Your Mother' Adds Slew of Canadian Guest Stars for 'Robin Sparkles' Episode. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Robitaille, Luc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robitaille, Luc Jean-Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada