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Geordie Robertson

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Geordie Robertson
Born (1959-08-01) August 1, 1959 (age 65)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Buffalo Sabres
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1979–1989

Geordie Jay Robertson (born August 1, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1982–83 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1989, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League.

Biography

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Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Roberston is the brother of Torrie Robertson. As a youth, Robertson played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Victoria.[1]

He played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1982–83 season, going one goal and adding two assists.

Robertson was the leading scorer on two American Hockey League Calder Cup-winning teams, the 1982–83 Rochester Americans and the 1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings. He was the Coach of the varsity hockey team at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York from 2000 to 2004. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1975–76 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL
1975–76 Victoria Cougars WCHL 3 3 2 5 0
1976–77 Victoria Cougars WCHL 72 39 44 83 107 4 0 2 2 7
1977–78 Victoria Cougars WCHL 61 64 72 136 85 13 15 11 26 42
1978–79 Victoria Cougars WHL 54 31 42 73 94 14 15 10 25 22
1979–80 Rochester Americans AHL 55 26 26 52 66 4 1 4 5 2
1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 20 3 3 6 19
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 46 14 15 29 45 9 1 3 4 13
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 1 2 3 7
1982–83 Rochester Americans AHL 72 46 73 119 83 16 8 6 14 23
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 64 37 54 91 103 18 9 9 18 42
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 70 27 48 75 91 5 0 1 1 4
1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 79 36 56 92 99 15 4 6 10 25
1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 63 28 41 69 94
1987–88 JYP Jyväskylä FIN 34 14 6 20 28
1987–88 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 30 11 15 26 24 6 1 2 3 14
1988–89 Rochester Americans AHL 32 11 12 23 12
AHL totals 531 239 343 582 636 73 24 31 55 123
NHL totals 5 1 2 3 7

References

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  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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