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 | |||||||||||||
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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
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Geale, Robby |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geale, Robert; Geale, Rob |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |