Robb Gordon

Not to be confused with the New Zealand rugby union player Rob Gordon.

Robb Gordon (born January 13, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks. Selected by the Canucks in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, he played four games for the team in the 1998–99 season, spending the rest of his career in the minor leagues before retiring in 2000. Internationally Gordon played for the Canadian national junior team at the 1996 World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal.

Robb Gordon
Born	(1976-01-13) January 13, 1976 Murrayville, British Columbia, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Vancouver Canucks Syracuse Crunch Long Beach Ice Dogs Raleigh IceCaps
NHL draft	39th overall, 1994 Vancouver Canucks
Playing career	1996–2000

Playing career

Medal record
Representing Canada
World Junior Championships
	1996 United States

Gordon was born in Murrayville, British Columbia and raised in Surrey, British Columbia. He was selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks following a season in the BCHL with the Powell River Paper Kings. He played college hockey for the Michigan Wolverines alongside future NHL players such as John Madden, Brendan Morrison, and Mike Knuble. After his freshman season, he left the Wolverines and played in the Western Hockey League for the Kelowna Rockets, where he scored 114 points in 58 games. He would play for Canada at the 1996 World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal.

Gordon experienced a difficult transition to professional hockey, in large part due to his sub-par skating. He would score 25 points in 63 games for the Syracuse Crunch, Vancouver's AHL affiliate in 1996–97, and was at one point sent down to the ECHL. The following season, he would record 10 points in 40 games. He was called up to the Canucks in the 1998–99 season, playing four games for the team, while scoring 16 goals and 38 points for Syracuse. However, he was released by Vancouver the following season. Following his release from the Canucks, Gordon spent a season in the International Hockey League with the Long Beach Ice Dogs, recording 18 points in 50 games, and retired in 2000.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992–93	Powell River Paper Kings	BCJHL		60	55	38	93	76		18	8	10	18	—
1993–94	Powell River Paper Kings	BCJHL		60	69	89	158	141		10	11	14	25	29
1994–95	University of Michigan	NCAA		39	15	26	41	72		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		58	51	63	114	84		6	3	6	9	19
1996–97	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		63	11	14	25	72		3	0	0	0	7
1997–98	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		40	4	6	10	35		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Raleigh IceCaps	ECHL		7	3	10	13	28		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		68	16	22	38	98		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL		50	7	11	18	54		1	0	0	0	0
AHL totals				171	31	42	73	205		3	0	0	0	7
NHL totals				4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Canada	WJC		6	0	4	4	0
Junior totals				6	0	4	4	0

Awards and honours

Award	Year
WHL West First All-Star team	1995-96
All-CCHA Rookie Team	1994-95

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database