Bobby Sheehan (ice hockey)

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Bobby Sheehan
Born (1949-01-11) January 11, 1949 (age 75)
Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
California Golden Seals
New York Raiders
New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights
Edmonton Oilers
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Indianapolis Racers
New York Rangers
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Kings
NHL draft 32nd overall, 1969
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 19691983

Robert Richard Sheehan (born January 11, 1949) is an American former professional ice hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1969 and 1982 as a center.

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Career

As a youth, Sheehan played in the inaugural 1960 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the junior Boston Bruins. [1] A small player by hockey standards, Sheehan made up for his physical deficits by leading the NSJHL minor league with 64 goals his rookie year. He was drafted in the third round, 32nd overall by the Montreal Canadiens and went on to play parts of three seasons in the NHL. He was a reserve on the Canadiens Stanley Cup-champion team in 1971 and then joined the lowly California Golden Seals where he quickly became a regular and one of the top forwards for his new club.

In 1972, Sheehan joined the New York Raiders of the World Hockey Association, who had obtained his WHA rights from the New England Whalers. In 1975–76, he returned to the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks and would transfer between the NHL and American Hockey League (AHL) - plus another stop in the WHA - several times until his retirement in 1983.

After spending the entire 1978-79 regular season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL, Sheehan was called up by the New York Rangers to center Pat Hickey and Ron Duguay in the playoffs, [2] which ultimately led to the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals, which they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in five games. In 15 playoff games, Sheehan had four goals and three assists and incurred eight penalty minutes.

In a career total of 310 NHL games, Sheehan recorded 48 goals and 63 assists for 111 points.

International play

Sheehan represented the United States at the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament. He scored one goal and one assist in eight games.

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1966–67Halifax Junior CanadiensMJrHL506451115211724285219
1967–68Halifax Junior CanadiensMJrHL4451479825465110
1968–69 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 444441856181013232
1969–70 Montreal Canadiens NHL 162132
1969–70 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 46162743882244
1970–71 Montreal CanadiensNHL296511260000
1970–71 Montreal VoyageursAHL352421451450114
1971–72 California Golden Seals NHL7820264612
1972–73 New York Raiders WHA 7535538817
1973–74 New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights WHA50128208
1973–74 Edmonton Oilers WHA101346
1974–75 Edmonton OilersWHA7719395816
1975–76 Chicago Black Hawks NHL78112031840000
1976–77 Detroit Red Wings NHL345492
1976–77 Rhode Island Reds AHL3628265418
1977–78 Indianapolis Racers WHA2987156
1977–78 New Haven Nighthawks AHL43132639141575124
1978–79 New Haven NighthawksAHL7033488126
1978–79 New York Rangers NHL154378
1979–80 New Haven NighthawksAHL1387152
1979–80 Colorado Rockies NHL303472
1979–80 Fort Worth Texans CHL 3118203814
1980–81 Colorado RockiesNHL4113410
1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL40000
1981–82 New Haven NighthawksAHL742117383240220
1982–83 Binghamton Whalers AHL4871825651120
WHA totals2417511018553
NHL totals310486311140254378

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1981 United States WC 81120
Senior totals81120

Achievements & awards

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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 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  2. Anderson, Dave (24 April 1979). "Some Orange Juice for Bobby". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2021.