René Robert (ice hockey player)

René Robert
Date of birth	December 31, 1948
place of birth	Trois-Rivières , Quebec , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1965-1968	Trois-Rivières Leafs
1968-1969	Tulsa Oilers
1969-1970	Rochester Americans
1970-1971	Tulsa Oilers
1971	Phoenix Roadrunners
1971-1972	Pittsburgh Penguins
1972-1979	Buffalo Sabers
1979-1981	Colorado Rockies
1981-1982	Toronto Maple Leafs

René Paul Robert (born December 31, 1948 in Trois-Rivières , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played a total of twelve seasons between 1970 and 1982 for the Buffalo Sabers , Colorado Rockies and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League .

Career

Robert's career spanned a total of 744 NHL games, in which he scored 284 goals and contributed 418 assists and a total of 702 points. He had his most productive time in the 1974/75 season , in which he was able to achieve 40 goals and 60 assists.

In his youth he played for the Trois-Rivieres Leafs in his hometown and was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs during this time . He spent the first three years of his professional career in lower-class leagues, including a. for the Tulsa Oilers , Rochester Americans and Vancouver Canucks . During the Inter-League Draft in June 1971, the Buffalo Sabers got the rights to Robert, but was not signed and ended up with the Pittsburgh Penguins . There he brought it to 18 points scorer in 49 NHL games before he was transferred to Buffalo for Eddie Shack .

The best years of his career were to follow in Buffalo, when he formed The French Connection in a storm series with Gilbert Perreault and Rick Martin . On October 5, 1979, Robert was transferred from the then manager of the Sabers, Scotty Bowman, to the Colorado Rockies for defenseman John Van Boxmeer - with that the French connection was ended forever. In the Rockies he was the team captain in the 1979/80 season. After two seasons in Colorado, Robert returned to Toronto and ended his career at the end of the 1981/82 season .

After his resignation, he became president of the NHL Alumni Association. His number 14 is no longer assigned by the Sabers (retired, November 15, 1995 together with Rick Martin) and hangs together with the other two members of the French Connection under the roof of the HSBC Arena .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	744	284	418	702	597
Playoffs	7th	50	22nd	19th	41	73

Web links

• René Robert at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• René Robert at hockeydb.com (English)