Rob Gaudreau | |||
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Born | Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S. | January 20, 1970||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | San Jose Sharks Ottawa Senators | ||
National team | United States | ||
NHL draft | 172nd overall, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Playing career | 1992–1997 |
Robert Rene Gaudreau (born January 20, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1992 to 1996 with the San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators. Internationally Gaudreau played for the American national team at the senior and junior level, including the 1993 World Championship. He is the son of former Brown University ice hockey All-American and 1968 USA Olympian, Bob Gaudreau.
Gaudreau was drafted 172nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft and started his National Hockey League career with the San Jose Sharks in 1992. He would go on to play for the Ottawa Senators after being claimed in the January 1995 waiver draft. He played a total of 231 regular season games, scoring 51 goals and 54 assists for 105 points and collecting 69 penalty minutes. Gaudreau recorded the first two hat tricks in San Jose Sharks history during the 1992–93 season. [1] He was also the first Sharks player to be named the NHL's Rookie of the Month. [2] He also played 14 playoff games with the San Jose Sharks during the 1994 season, scoring two goals. He left the NHL after the 1996 season and played just one more season in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds before retiring.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1986–87 | Bishop Hendricken High School | HSRI | 33 | 41 | 39 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Bishop Hendricken High School | HSRI | 32 | 52 | 60 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Providence College | HE | 42 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Providence College | HE | 32 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Providence College | HE | 36 | 34 | 27 | 61 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Providence College | HE | 36 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 19 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 59 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 84 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | PEI Senators | AHL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 52 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | HC La Chaux–de–Fonds | NDA | 37 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 231 | 51 | 54 | 105 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1990 | United States | WJC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
1993 | United States | WC | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
Senior totals | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Award | Year | |
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All-Hockey East Rookie Team | 1988–89 | [3] |
All-Hockey East Second team | 1990–91 | [4] |
All-Hockey East First Team | 1991–92 | [4] |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 1991–92 | [4] |
Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 1992 | [5] |
Inducted into the RI Hockey Hall of Fame | 2022 |
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Rob Gaudreau 14 GP, 14-5=19 pts. (also recorded first two Sharks hat tricks on Dec. 3 and 12)