Nathan Robinson

Canada Nathan Robinson


Date of birth	December 31, 1981
place of birth	Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	82 kg

position	striker
number	# 10
Shot hand	Left

Career stations

1999-2002	Belleville Bulls
2002	Toledo Storm
2002-2005	Grand Rapids Griffins
2005	Syracuse crunch
2005-2006	Providence Bruins
2006-2007	Adler Mannheim
2007-2009	Polar bears Berlin
2009-2011	Adler Mannheim
2011	Espoo Blues
2011–2012	Vienna Capitals
2012-2014	Cologne Sharks
2014	Nottingham Panthers
2015	Belfast Giants
2015-2017	HC Slavia Prague
2017	EHC Bayreuth
since 2017	MEC Hall 04

Nathan Robinson (born December 31, 1981 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Bayreuth in the DEL2 since January 2017 .

Career

After his career in the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey League began in 1998 and he was able to conclude the 2001/02 season as the most successful top scorer by winning the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy and a place in the league's all-star team, Robinson moved to the North American professional league East Coast Hockey League and received a little later an NHL contract. At the Detroit Red Wings, Robinson was initially only used by their farm team , the Grand Rapids Griffins . At the Griffins, Robinson was able to convince in his second year after a mixed season and was one of the top performers in the team. He scored 50 points scorer in 69 games and also had a plus / minus statistic of +8. In the subsequent play-offs, his team was eliminated in the division semifinals with 2: 3 against the Chicago Wolves . Robinson came on three missions in which he could not achieve a scorer point. Robinson made his first five appearances in the NHL in the 2003/04 season for the Red Wings. After two more years in the American Hockey League , the left shooter moved to the 2005/06 season for the Boston Bruins, for which he was only used twice. As in Detroit , he was mostly on the farm team. In 70 games for the Providence Bruins from the AHL, he scored 60 points and was one of the strikers with the highest points in the team.

Robinson in the jersey of the Adler Mannheim

After his contract was not extended at the end of the season and he figured out hardly any chances of a permanent commitment in the NHL, he forced a move to Europe. There those responsible at Adler Mannheim noticed the then 24-year-old and transferred him to the German Ice Hockey League for the 2006/07 season . Robinson was one of the top performers and won the German championship of 2007 with the Adler in his first season . In addition, he was voted into the DEL All-Star Team by the fans. As a result, he was courted by some DEL clubs and decided in the summer of 2007 to move to the German capital to the Eisbären Berlin . With the polar bears he was able to win the German championship again just a year later and was the top scorer of the play-offs. In 13 games he scored 15 points and thus had a large share in the triumph of Berlin. The tech-savvy attacking player was also nominated for the second time for the DEL All-Star Game , which took place in Dresden .

For the 2009/10 season he returned to Adler Mannheim , where his contract, which ran until 2012, was terminated on January 10, 2011 by mutual agreement. Two weeks later, Robinson was signed by the Finnish first division club Espoo Blues and was there on the ice until the end of the 2010/11 season in the SM Liiga .

On September 27, 2011, he signed a contract with Vienna Capitals for the 2011/12 season . In the summer of 2012, Robinson initially received a trial contract for the duration of the season preparation with the Kölner Haien , which was extended in September 2012 for the 2012/2013 season. On January 23, 2014 he was released from training and play operations by the Kölner Haien and then completed a two-week trial training ( try-out ) at EHC Biel , which, however, decided against a firm commitment from the Canadian. In the summer of 2014 Robinson decided for an engagement with the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League , where he played until November of the same year. In February 2015, the Canadian joined the Belfast Giants and ended the 2014/15 season there. He has been under contract with HC Slavia Prague since summer 2015 and has been playing in the second-class first division there since the 2015/16 season .

In January 2017 Robinson signed a contract with EHC Bayreuth until the end of the 2016/2017 season.

Achievements and Awards

1999 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Belleville Bulls
2002 OHL First All-Star Team
2002 CHL First All-Star Team
2002 Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy
2004 AHL All-Star Classic
2007 German champion with the Adler Mannheim

2007 DEL All-Star Game
2008 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
2008 DEL All-Star Game
2008 top scorer of the DEL play-offs
2009 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin

Career statistics

			Regular season					Play-offs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Belleville Bulls	OHL	50	11	8th	19th	23	21st	4th	4th	8th	14th
1999/00	Belleville Bulls	OHL	61	19th	18th	37	45	15th	3	4th	7th	10
2000/01	Belleville Bulls	OHL	66	32	37	69	57	10	6th	10	16	7th
2001/02	Belleville Bulls	OHL	67	47	63	110	74	11	8th	6th	14th	10
2002/03	Toledo Storm	ECHL	9	5	9	14th	29	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	53	3	14th	17th	24	8th	0	3	3	0
2003/04	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	69	24	26th	50	41	3	0	0	0	2
2003/04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	5	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	50	8th	16	24	10	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Syracuse crunch	AHL	19th	6th	14th	20th	18th	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Providence Bruins	AHL	70	29	31	60	55	6th	4th	5	9	2
2005/06	Boston Bruins	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Adler Mannheim	DEL	50	15th	29	44	34	11	4th	7th	11	26th
2007/08	Polar bears Berlin	DEL	56	14th	40	54	62	13	4th	11	15th	29
2008/09	Polar bears Berlin	DEL	48	14th	37	51	92	12	5	7th	12	24
2009/10	Adler Mannheim	DEL	54	10	32	42	50	2	1	1	1	0
2010/11	Adler Mannheim	DEL	32	6th	6th	12	28	-	-	-	-	-
OHL total			244	109	126	235	199	57	21st	24	45	41
AHL total			261	70	101	171	148	17th	4th	8th	12	4th
NHL overall			7th	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
DEL total			240	59	144	203	266	38	13	26th	39	79

( 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 )