Rob Zepp

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Rob Zepp
Date of birth 7th September 1981
place of birth Newmarket , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Zepper
size 186 cm
Weight 88 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 72
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 4th round, 99th position
Atlanta Thrashers
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 4th round, 110th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1998-2001 Plymouth Whalers
2001-2005 Florida Everblades
2005-2007 SaiPa Lapeenranta
2007-2014 Polar bears Berlin
2014-2015 Philadelphia Flyers
Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Robert "Rob" Steffen Karl Zepp (born September 7, 1981 in Newmarket , Ontario ) is a former German - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers until the end of the 2014/15 season . Zepp received German citizenship in spring 2008 and played regularly for the German national team until 2014 .

Career

Rob Zepp played his first 3 games for the Newmarket Hurricanes in the 1997/98 season . He then joined the Plymouth Whalers from the OHL for 3 seasons . In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , he was drawn 99th in the fourth round by the Atlanta Thrashers . From the 2001/02 season he played for the Florida Everblades in the ECHL , but received no contract for the NHL with the Thrashers. So he was available again in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and was selected this time by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round at position 110.

He stayed with the Florida Everblades for the next two years, but also played a few short appearances in the AHL for the Lowell Lock Monsters , the Hurricanes' farm team.

In the 2005/06 season Rob Zepp moved to Europe, in the Finnish SM-liiga to SaiPa Lappeenranta . With this club he made it into the championship play-offs after a 6-year break. In the 2006/07 season he was also used for SaPKo Savonlinna. Since the 2007/08 season Rob Zepp has been playing for the Eisbären Berlin , with whom he won the German championship several times in the following years .

On July 1, 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Zepp as a free agent, with a one-year two-way contract that applies to the NHL and AHL. On December 21, 2014, he made his NHL debut in the game against the Winnipeg Jets . After the season he received no further contract in Philadelphia, a return to the DEL failed due to a transfer fee of 100,000 euros to be paid. Therefore, Zepp prepared for a possible end of career.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2009 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
  • 2009 DEL All-Star Game
  • 2010 European Trophy win with the Eisbären Berlin
  • 2010 Best goalkeeper in the European Trophy
  • 2010 European Star Award
  • 2011 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
  • 2012 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
  • 2013 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2014/15 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp Min GA SO ATM Sp Min GA SO ATM
1997/98 Newmarket Hurricanes OJHL 3 181 13 0 4.31
1998/99 Plymouth Whalers OHL 31 1662 76 3 2.74 3 100 10 0 6.00
1999/00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 53 3005 119 3 2.38 - - - - -
1999/00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 23 1374 52 2 2.27 - - - - -
2000/01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 55 3246 122 4th 2.36 19th 1139 51 2 2.68
2001/02 Florida Everblades ECHL 13 739 41 0 3.33 - - - - -
2002/03 Florida Everblades ECHL 41 2372 112 3 2.83 - - - - -
2002/03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 5 303 16 1 3.16 - - - - -
2003/04 Florida Everblades ECHL 35 2052 101 0 2.95 12 683 31 1 2.72
2003/04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 2 124 7th 0 3.40 - - - - -
2004/05 Florida Everblades ECHL 26th 1414 63 2 2.67 - - - - -
2005/06 SaiPa Lappeenranta SM-liiga 44 2501 85 4th 2.04 8th 526 20th 0 2.28
2006/07 SaiPa Lappeenranta SM-liiga 24 1278 70 0 3.29 - - - - -
2006/07 SaPKo Savonlinna Mestis 1 3.00 - - - - -
2007/08 Polar bears Berlin DEL 41 2447 107 3 2.62 14th 34 0 2.36
2008/09 Polar bears Berlin DEL 43 2568 108 2 2.52 12 737 26th 2 2.12
2009/10 Polar bears Berlin DEL 50 2975 130 5 2.62 5 293 15th 0 3.07
2010/11 Polar bears Berlin DEL 43 2492 100 2 2.41 11 738 32 0 2.60
2011/12 Polar bears Berlin DEL 42 2430 95 4th 2.35 - - - - -
2012/13 Polar bears Berlin DEL 46 2777 127 5 2.74 13 760 36 0 2.84
2013/14 Polar bears Berlin DEL 38 2256 90 1 2.39 3 185 6th 1 1.94
2014/15 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 47 2734 122 0 2.68 - - - - -
2014/15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10 519 25th 0 2.89 - - - - -

( 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

Commons : Rob Zepp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b René Miller: No contract! : Ex-polar bear Zepp thinks about the end of the ice. In: berliner-kurier.de. August 19, 2015, accessed February 24, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Zepp becomes German
  3. ↑ Flyers also add current Rob Zepp to a one-year, two-way contract. flyers.nhl.com, July 1, 2014, accessed July 1, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Zepp, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zepp, Robert Steffen Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Newmarket , Ontario, Canada