Bob Sweeney (ice hockey)

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Bob Sweeney
BobSweeneyBruins.jpg
Born (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 (age 61)
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Center/Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
Calgary Flames
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 123rd overall, 1982
Boston Bruins
Playing career 19862001

Robert Emmett Sweeney (born January 25, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey center.

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Career

Sweeney was born in Concord, Massachusetts, but grew up in Boxborough, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ] As a youth, he played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Assabet Valley. [1] He was drafted out of high school by the Boston Bruins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, and went on to play four years at Boston College. He made his NHL debut in the 1986–87 season, but spent most of the year with the Bruins' AHL affiliate the Moncton Golden Flames. The 1987–88 season was Sweeney's first full year, a season where Boston traveled to the Stanley Cup Finals only to be swept by the Edmonton Oilers.[ citation needed ]

Following six seasons with Boston, Sweeney was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Sabres in 1992 and then by the New York Islanders in the 1995 NHL Waiver Draft. After being traded to the Calgary Flames during the 1995–96 season, Sweeney retired from the NHL. He spent the next season in the IHL before traveling across the Atlantic to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1997 until 2001. He is currently the executive director of the Boston Bruins Foundation.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-Hockey East Second team 1984–85 [2]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1984–85 [3]

Personal

Sweeney is the brother-in-law of Amy Sweeney, one of the flight attendants on American Airlines Flight 11, which hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. [4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80 Acton-Boxborough Regional High School HS-MA
1980–81Acton-Boxborough Regional High SchoolHS-MA
1981–82Acton-Boxborough Regional High SchoolHS-MA46443680
1982–83 Boston College ECAC 3017112810
1983–84 Boston CollegeECAC231472110
1984–85 Boston College HE 4432326443
1985–86 Boston CollegeHE4115243952
1986–87 Boston Bruins NHL 142462130000
1986–87 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 5829265581402213
1987–88 Boston BruinsNHL802223457323681466
1988–89 Boston BruinsNHL75141428991024619
1989–90 Boston BruinsNHL70222446932002230
1990–91 Boston BruinsNHL801533481151742645
1991–92 Boston BruinsNHL63614201031410125
1991–92 Maine Mariners AHL11010
1992–93 Buffalo Sabres NHL8021264711882248
1993–94 Buffalo SabresNHL601114259410000
1994–95 Buffalo SabresNHL455491850004
1995–96 New York Islanders NHL66661259
1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL6112620000
1996–97 Québec Rafales IHL 6910213112092028
1997–98 Revierlöwen Oberhausen DEL 27941377
1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL2078153271346
1998–99 Frankfurt LionsDEL46621273010118
1999–00 München Barons DEL3792130631235820
2000–01 München BaronsDEL333111450111018
NHL totals639125163288799103151833197

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1998 United States WC Q 31120

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  4. Rosen, Dan (September 9, 2011). "Ten years later, 9/11 still resonates in hockey". NHL.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.