Bob Fitchner

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Bob Fitchner

| played_for = Edmonton Oilers
Indianapolis Racers
Quebec Nordiques

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 77th overall

| draft_year = 1970

| draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins

| career_start = 1970

| career_end = 1981

}}

Robert Douglas Fitchner (born December 22, 1950) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 414 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA), with the Edmonton Oilers, Indianapolis Racers and Quebec Nordiques between 1973 and 1979. When the WHA merged with the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1979–80 NHL season, Fitchner played 78 NHL games with the Nordiques between 1979 and 1981.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1968–69

| Brandon Wheat Kings

| WCHL

| 60

21244583

| —

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| 1969–70

| Brandon Wheat Kings

| WCHL

| 60

204464119

| —

1970–71

| Amarillo Wranglers

| CHL

| 70

9101949

| —

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| 1971–72

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 3

0000

| —

1971–72

| Fort Wayne Komets

| IHL

| 52

111728106

| 8

04431
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| 1972–73

| Fort Wayne Komets

| IHL

| 73

263763157

| 9

4101422
1973–74

| Edmonton Oilers

| WHA

| 31

12321

| —

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| 1973–74

| Winston-Salem Polar Twins

| SHL

| 31

161632107

| 7

3586
1974–75

| Indianapolis Racers

| WHA

| 78

11193096

| —

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| 1975–76

| Indianapolis Racers

| WHA

| 52

151631112

| —

1975–76

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 21

791622

| 5

1018
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| 1976–77

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 81

93039105

| 17

33616
1977–78

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 72

15284376

| 11

16710
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| 1978–79

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 79

10354569

| 4

1340
1979–80

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 70

11203159

| —

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| 1980–81

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 8

1010

| 3

00010
1980–81

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 34

5101560

| —

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! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! 414 !! 68 !! 139 !! 209 !! 501

! 37 !! 6 !! 12 !! 18 !! 34

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 78 !! 12 !! 20 !! 32 !! 59

! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 10

References