Robby Geale

Robby Geale
Date of birth	April 17, 1962
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1980 , 8th lap, 156th position Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1979-1982	Portland Winter Hawks
1982-1986	Baltimore Skipjacks
1986-1991	Heilbronn EC

Robert "Robby" Geale (born April 17, 1962 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player with German nationality who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and later for the Heilbronner EC in Germany.

Player career

The 1.83 m tall center was in the squad of the Portland Winter Hawks in the Canadian Top Junior League WHL when he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins as 156th in the eighth round. After two more seasons in Portland, the right-shooter moved to the organization of the Penguins, where he was first used in the farm team Baltimore Skipjacks in the American Hockey League . In the 1984/85 season Geale finally made his NHL debut for the Pittsburgh franchise . However, it remained with a single appearance in the best professional league in the world and the striker spent the rest of the time in North America with the Skipjacks in the AHL.

In 1986 the Canadian moved to the 2nd German Bundesliga at Heilbronner EC , where he and Steve Pépin formed one of the most dangerous strikers in the entire league. During this time, the attacker also received German citizenship. After the HEC's relegation to the league and a one-year forced break due to economic problems, Geale was part of the team for one season and then ended his active career in the summer of 1991.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1979/80	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		72	17th	29	46	32		8th	0	3	3	9
1980/81	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		54	30th	32	62	54		-	-	-	-	-
1981/82	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		72	31	54	85	89		15th	8th	10	18th	26th
1982/83	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		56	4th	10	14th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		74	17th	23	40	50		7th	1	0	1	2
1984/85	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		77	26th	23	49	42		15th	3	8th	11	11
1984/85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		21st	5	7th	12	9		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Heilbronn EC	OIL		43	79	105	184	73
1987/88	Heilbronn EC	2nd BL		49	46	56	102	42
1988/89	Heilbronn EC	2nd BL		47	38	44	82	82
1990/91	Heilbronn EC	OIL		41	33	44	77	37
WHL overall				198	78	115	193	175		23	8th	13	21st	35
Oberliga overall				84	112	149	261	110		0	0	0	0	0
2. Bundesliga overall				96	84	100	184	124		0	0	0	0	0

( 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

• Robby Geale at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Robby Geale at hockeydb.com (English)
• Robby Geale at eurohockey.com