Bob Sweeney (ice hockey)

Bob Sweeney
Born	(1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 (age 61) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
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 team	United States
NHL draft	123rd overall, 1982 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1986–2001

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

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

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

• Bob Sweeney Named Director of Development for the Boston Bruins Foundation - 2007

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	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979–80	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	HS-MA		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	HS-MA		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	HS-MA		46	44	36	80	—		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Boston College	ECAC		30	17	11	28	10		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Boston College	ECAC		23	14	7	21	10		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Boston College	HE		44	32	32	64	43		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Boston College	HE		41	15	24	39	52		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Boston Bruins	NHL		14	2	4	6	21		3	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		58	29	26	55	81		4	0	2	2	13
1987–88	Boston Bruins	NHL		80	22	23	45	73		23	6	8	14	66
1988–89	Boston Bruins	NHL		75	14	14	28	99		10	2	4	6	19
1989–90	Boston Bruins	NHL		70	22	24	46	93		20	0	2	2	30
1990–91	Boston Bruins	NHL		80	15	33	48	115		17	4	2	6	45
1991–92	Boston Bruins	NHL		63	6	14	20	103		14	1	0	1	25
1991–92	Maine Mariners	AHL		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		80	21	26	47	118		8	2	2	4	8
1993–94	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		60	11	14	25	94		1	0	0	0	0
1994–95	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		45	5	4	9	18		5	0	0	0	4
1995–96	New York Islanders	NHL		66	6	6	12	59		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Calgary Flames	NHL		6	1	1	2	6		2	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Québec Rafales	IHL		69	10	21	31	120		9	2	0	2	8
1997–98	Revierlöwen Oberhausen	DEL		27	9	4	13	77		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		20	7	8	15	32		7	1	3	4	6
1998–99	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		46	6	21	27	30		1	0	1	1	8
1999–00	München Barons	DEL		37	9	21	30	63		12	3	5	8	20
2000–01	München Barons	DEL		33	3	11	14	50		11	1	0	1	8
NHL totals				639	125	163	288	799		103	15	18	33	197

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998	United States	WC Q		3	1	1	2	0

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.

External links

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