Robbie Earl

Robbie Earl
Date of birth	June 2nd 1985
place of birth	Chicago , Illinois , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Wing , center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 6th round, 187th position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
until 2001	Los Angeles Jr. Kings
2001-2003	US National Development Team
2003-2006	University of Wisconsin
2006-2009	Toronto Marlies
2009-2011	Minnesota Wild Houston Eros
2011–2012	EC Red Bull Salzburg
2012-2013	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2013-2015	EV train
2015-2016	Färjestad BK
2016-2019	EHC Biel
since 2019	SCL Tigers

Robert Wayne Earl (born June 2, 1985 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the SCL Tigers in the National League since 2019 . Earl previously played a few games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League .

Career

Robbie Earl was born in Chicago , but grew up with his grandparents in Los Angeles . There he learned to play ice hockey with the Jr. Kings , a youth team of the NHL organization of the Los Angeles Kings . At the age of 16, the attacking player was accepted into the USA Hockey's youth program , the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , where he played primarily for the U18 team in the North American Hockey League .

College championship, AHL and NHL (2003-2011)

Robbie Earl in the jersey of the Toronto Marlies (2007)

In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the sixth round at a total of 187th position by the Toronto Maple Leafs , but from 2003 to 2006 Earl played for the University of Wisconsin-Madison ice hockey team from the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the team in which the later NHL players Joe Pavelski , Tom Gilbert and Jack Skille played, he won the US college championship in 2006. In the same season, the American completed his first professional games with the Toronto Marlies , a farm team of the Leafs from the AHL . For the next three years he was an integral part of the squad, but never reached the play-offs in any other season . On February 2, 2008, Earl finally made his debut in the NHL. In the Canadian duel between the Leafs and the Ottawa Senators , the versatile striker prepared a hit. There followed eight more missions for the team from Toronto in the North American elite class. In the following season, Earl switched to the organization of the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Ryan Hamilton , where he was first used in the farm team at the Houston Eros . After a successful season, the Eros failed only in the conference final against the Manitoba Moose . In the 2009/10 season , the striker was increasingly used for the wild in the NHL, with the Chicago native scored his first of a total of six goals in the NHL on November 15, 2009 against the Carolina Hurricanes .

Move to Europe (since 2011)

After another season in North America, where he mostly played in the AHL and reached the Calder Cup final with the Eros , he decided in 2011 to move to Europe. After an unsuccessful trial session at the KHL Club Dinamo Riga , Earl signed a contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg from the EBEL . In winter he also played on loan for HC Davos at the Spengler Cup . After a convincing performance in the course of the tournament, he was elected to the All-Star-Team and won the traditional tournament with the Davos team. Through its strong performances Earl recommended for exposure to a qualitatively stronger league and became the 2012/13 season of the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A committed. In his first season he achieved the most goals and the most assists within the team. As a result, his contract was extended for two years. Nevertheless, he was released in the following season because his game philosophy did not match the realignment of the Rapperswiler . Two weeks later the league competitor EV Zug announced the commitment of the American. At the end of the 2014/15 season , the striker found himself among the top ten players in the main round for the third time in a row. In addition, he qualified with the EVZ for the first time for the play-offs of the NLA.

In the 2015/16 season he was initially under contract with Färjestad BK in the Svenska Hockeyligan , before he signed a contract with EHC Biel for a year and a half in January 2016 . With the Zealanders he finished the 2016/17 season in eighth place and thus qualified for the playoffs. He was also the team's best scorer with 39 points.

After three years at EHC Biel, he decided in December 2018 to switch to the SCL Tigers , which took place for the 2019/20 season. Earl signed a two-year deal with the Tigers.

Style of play

Robbie Earl stands out with his explosive sprint technique, and he also plays every game with a very high level of intensity, but the flexible striker, who can be used in any offensive position, is hardly injured. Outside of the ice cream, too, Earl has an impeccable work ethic and is always ambitious. But he sometimes acts too selfishly during a game and tries to finish the goal himself instead of involving his teammates. Roger Sigg, managing director of Rapperswil-Jona Lakers says about him: “Robbie Earl wants to fulfill missions, he lives ice hockey and is hungry for success. Not dogged, but focused and with a joy that releases strength. "

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 NCAA University Championship win with the University of Wisconsin
• 2011 European Trophy win with the EC Red Bull Salzburg
• 2011 All-Star-Team of the Spengler Cup
• 2011 Winning the Spengler Cup with HC Davos

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2000-01	Los Angeles Jr. Kings	MCA		29	48	22nd	72	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	US National Development Team	USDP		58	22nd	16	38	43		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	US National Development Team	USDP		53	20th	13	33	76		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA		42	14th	13	27	46		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA		41	20th	24	44	62		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA		42	24	26th	50	56		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Toronto Marlies	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0
2006-07	Toronto Marlies	AHL		67	12	18th	30th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Toronto Marlies	AHL		66	14th	33	47	56		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		9	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Toronto Marlies	AHL		36	2	8th	10	28		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Houston Eros	AHL		33	4th	5	9	26th		20th	5	4th	9	14th
2009-10	Houston Eros	AHL		41	10	8th	18th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		32	6th	0	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Houston Eros	AHL		69	24	31	55	42		24	5	7th	12	20th
2010-11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		6th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		45	22nd	28	50	70		6th	4th	3	7th	6th
2012–13	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA		48	22nd	23	45	48		10 1	5	6th	11	8th
2013-14	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA		15th	7th	2	9	10		-	-	-	-	-
2013-14	EV train	NLA		31	13	16	29	16		6 1	1	3	4th	2
2014–15	EV train	NLA		48	19th	26th	45	34		6th	1	1	2	4th
WCHA overall				125	58	63	121	164		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				313	66	103	169	218		47	10	11	21st	34
NHL overall				47	6th	1	7th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
NLA total				142	61	67	128	108		22nd	7th	10	16	14th

International

Represented the USA at:

U18 Junior World Championship 2003

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003	United States	U18 World Cup	4th Place		6th	2	2	4th	8th

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Robbie Earl  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Robbie Earl at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Robbie Earl at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : The Davos Hockey Party continues
2. ↑ Southeastern Switzerland : Robbie Earl extends work with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
3. ↑ evz.ch: Robbie Earl changes to the EVZ ( memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Centers Robbie Earl är Klar för Färjestad. In: expressen.se. March 27, 2015, accessed August 31, 2015 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ ehcb.ch Robbie Earl to the EHC Biel with immediate effect ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Robbie Earl becomes a tiger. In: bernerzeitung.ch . December 3, 2018, accessed September 13, 2019 .