Nathan Robinson (ice hockey)

Nathan Robinson
Robinson with the Espoo Blues during the 2010-11 season.
Born	(1981-12-31) December 31, 1981 (age 43) Amherstview, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Adler Mannheim Eisbären Berlin Espoo Blues Vienna Capitals Kölner Haie Nottingham Panthers Belfast Giants
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2002–2020

Nathan Robinson (born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward. He played 7 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins between 2003 and 2006. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2002 to 2020, was primarily spent in Europe.

Playing career

Robinson with the Providence Bruins in 2005

Robinson played major junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League, where he won the OHL scoring title in the 2001-02 season. He was passed over in the NHL Entry Draft but signed with the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent on October 15, 2002. He made his NHL debut with the Red Wings during the 2003–04 NHL season, playing five games in all, going scoreless. After three years within the Red Wings organization on August 15, 2005, he signed with the Boston Bruins and over the course of the 2005–06 season played two more games in the NHL but again went pointless receiving very little playing time to prove his potential.

In 2006, he left for Europe signing with Adler Mannheim in Germany and then moved to Eisbären Berlin the next season becoming an elite player in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Prior to the 2009–10 season he signed a two-year contract to return with Adler Mannheim. ^[1] In his first season in his return to Mannheim, Robinson helped the Eagles become DEL Champions, marking his third successive DEL Championship.

During the 2010–11 season, in his final year of his deal with Mannheim, Robinson struggled to maintain his previous form and was subsequently released to join eventual silver medalists Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga, for the remainder of the season finishing on January 27, 2011. ^[2] In September 2011, he signed a contract with the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League.

On September 5, 2012, he signed a one-year contract as a free agent in Germany with the Kölner Haie of the DEL.

On July 28, 2014, Robinson was announced as signing a short term deal with the Nottingham Panthers of the UK's EIHL who, for the first time in their history, are to compete in the Champions Hockey League in 2014/15. He had to leave the club in November 2014 as his work permit expired. ^[3] Robinson then signed with the Belfast Giants of the EIHL. ^[4]

Following the 2014-15 season, Robinson signed with HC Slavia Praha of the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League, a second level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. For the 2016-17 season, Robinson signed with Shakhtyor Soligorsk of the Belarusian Extraliga, and later signed with EHC Bayreuth in the DEL2. Despite originally signing with HC 07 Detva in the Slovak Extraliga, ^[5] Robinson switched to the Saale Bulls Halle in the German league Oberliga for the 2017-18 season after playing 4 games. ^{[6] [7]}

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997–98	Kingston Voyageurs	OPJHL		46	14	25	39	55		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Belleville Bulls	OHL		50	11	8	19	23		21	4	4	8	14
1998–99	Belleville Bulls	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		4	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Belleville Bulls	OHL		61	19	18	37	45		15	3	4	7	10
2000–01	Belleville Bulls	OHL		66	32	37	69	57		10	6	10	16	7
2001–02	Belleville Bulls	OHL		67	47	63	110	74		11	8	6	14	10
2002–03	Toledo Storm	ECHL		9	5	9	14	29		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		53	3	14	17	24		8	0	3	3	0
2003–04	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		69	24	26	50	41		3	0	0	0	2
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		5	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		50	8	16	24	10		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		19	6	14	20	18		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Providence Bruins	AHL		70	29	31	60	55		6	4	5	9	2
2005–06	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Adler Mannheim	DEL		50	15	29	44	34		11	4	7	11	26
2007–08	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		56	14	40	54	62		13	4	11	15	29
2008–09	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		48	14	37	51	92		12	5	7	12	24
2009–10	Adler Mannheim	DEL		54	10	32	42	50		2	0	1	1	0
2010–11	Adler Mannheim	DEL		32	6	6	12	28		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Blues	SM-l		14	4	5	9	2		5	1	2	3	8
2011–12	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		41	5	19	24	42		7	1	4	5	11
2012–13	Kölner Haie	DEL		52	10	22	32	62		12	5	4	9	6
2013–14	Kölner Haie	DEL		39	4	13	17	32		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL		13	3	11	14	11		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Belfast Giants	EIHL		10	3	3	6	4		4	3	3	6	10
2015–16	HC Slavia Praha	CZE-2		51	16	30	46	56		8	1	5	6	10
2016–17	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	BLR		17	6	9	15	21		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	EHC Bayreuth	DEL2		12	5	6	11	2		7	0	2	2	6
2017–18	HC 07 Detva	SVK		4	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Saale Bulls Halle	GER-3		26	16	16	32	31		3	0	2	2	4
2018–19	Saale Bulls Halle	GER-3		21	10	13	23	37		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	EC Harzer Falken	GER-4		6	1	6	7	2		5	5	10	15	4
DEL totals				331	73	179	252	360		50	18	30	48	85
NHL totals				7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—

See also

• List of black NHL players

References

1. "Robinson to Mannheim". eishockeynews.de (in German). 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
2. "Nathan Robinson to strengthen Blues attack". Espoo Blues. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
3. "Nathan Robinson: Nottingham Panthers forward leaves club". bbc.com. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
4. McKinley, Stuart (10 February 2015). "Belfast Giants snap up ice hockey hotshot Nathan Robinson". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
5. "Naše mužstvo posilní Nathan Robinson!". hc07detva.net (in Slovak). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
6. "Dlho sa neohrial. Nathan Robinson ušiel z Detvy do Nemecka". huste.joj.sk (in Slovak). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
7. Von Christian, Elsaeßer (16 November 2017). "Der etwas andere Eishockey-Profi Wie Nathan Robinson in Halle landete" (in German). Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

External links

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