Geordie Robertson
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = Right Wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 165
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1989
| draft = Undrafted
| played_for = Buffalo Sabres
}}
Geordie Jay Robertson (born August 1, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1982–83 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1989, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League.
Biography
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Roberston is the brother of Torrie Robertson. As a youth, Robertson played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Victoria.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1982–83 season, going one goal and adding two assists.
Robertson was the leading scorer on two American Hockey League Calder Cup-winning teams, the 1982–83 Rochester Americans and the 1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings. He was the Coach of the varsity hockey team at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York from 2000 to 2004. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1975–76
| BCHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | WCHL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| Victoria Cougars | WCHL | 72 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 107
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | Victoria Cougars | WCHL | 61 | 64 | 72 | 136 | 85
| 13 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| 1978–79
| Victoria Cougars | WHL | 54 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 94
| 14 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 22 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | AHL | 55 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 66
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1980–81
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 45
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 1982–83
| NHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 72 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 83
| 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 1983–84
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 64 | 37 | 54 | 91 | 103
| 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 91
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1985–86
| AHL | 79 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 99
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 63 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 94
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| FIN | 34 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 30 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 24
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 1988–89
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 32 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 531 !! 239 !! 343 !! 582 !! 636 ! 73 !! 24 !! 31 !! 55 !! 123 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 5 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 7 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
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Category:Adirondack Red Wings players
Category:Buffalo Sabres players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Nanaimo Clippers players
Category:JYP Jyväskylä players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Ice hockey people from Victoria, British Columbia
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
Category:Victoria Cougars (WHL) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
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