Robert Farmer (ice hockey)

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Robert Farmer
Born (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33)
Long Eaton, Nottingham, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NIHL 1 team
Former teams

Whitley Warriors
Sheffield Scimitars
Sheffield Spartans
Coventry Blaze
Glasgow Clan
Alaska Aces
Nottingham Panthers
Lausitzer Füchse

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Whitley Warriors
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2006present

Robert Farmer (born 21 March 1991) is a British ice hockey player for Whitley Warriors in the UK NIHL 1 and the British national team. Farmer previously played for Nottingham Panthers.

Career

Farmer represented Great Britain at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[ citation needed ] In July 2019, he embarked on his second spell abroad by signing for Lausitzer Füchse of the DEL2, reuniting with his former Nottingham head coach Corey Neilson and GB teammate Mike Hammond. [1]

In 2021, Farmer agreed to join Whitley Warriors for the 2021–22 season. [2]

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References

  1. "FÜCHSE VERPFLICHTEN NATIONALSPIELER ROBERT FARMER". Lausitzer Füchse (in German). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. Hill, Emma (9 August 2021). "Farmer Joins Warriors' Campaign". Whitley Warriors. Retrieved 21 November 2023.