Rob Kwiet

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Rob Kwiet

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| played_for = Providence Bruins
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
ESV Kaufbeuren
Greenville Swamp Rabbits
San Francisco Bulls
Reading Royals

| position = Defence

| image = Rob Kwiet Royals2.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|8|2}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 218

| shoots = Left

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2008

| career_end = 2016

}}

Rob Kwiet (born August 2, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career

Undrafted, Kwiet played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors and the Windsor Spitfires.

On July 13, 2009, Kwiet signed a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).{{cite web |title=Boston Bruins sign Rob Kwiet |url=http://windsorspitfires.com/boston-bruins-sign-rob-kwiet |website=windsorspitfires.com |accessdate=February 12, 2019 |date=July 13, 2009}} On February 22, 2011, Kwiet signed a professional try out contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL).{{cite web |title=Rob Kwiet Signs PTO with Sound Tigers |url=http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=205101592 |website=soundtigers.com |accessdate=February 12, 2019 |date=February 22, 2011}}

On August 9, 2012, Kwiet was re-signed to a one-year contract with the Stockton Thunder.{{cite web | url = http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/08/09/kwiet-thunder-agree-to-terms/ | title = Kwiet, Thunder agree to terms | publisher = Stockton Thunder | date =August 9, 2012| accessdate =August 9, 2012| url-status = usurped | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130203122310/http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/08/09/kwiet-thunder-agree-to-terms/ |archivedate =February 3, 2013}} During the 2012–13 season, he was moved to the Greenville Road Warriors after one game before settling with the San Francisco Bulls on November 19, 2012.

On July 30, 2013, Kwiet signed a one-year contract as a free agent with his fifth ECHL club, the Fort Wayne Komets.{{Cite web | url = http://www.komets.com/press-release/seasoned-d-man-kwiet-added-to-komet-blue-line | title = Seasoned D-man Kwiet added to Komets blueline | publisher = Fort Wayne Komets | date = 2013-07-30 | accessdate = 2013-07-30 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192910/http://www.komets.com/press-release/seasoned-d-man-kwiet-added-to-komet-blue-line | archivedate = 2014-07-14 }} In the 2013–14 season, on December 12, 2013, he was traded by the Komets to the Gwinnett Gladiators in exchange for Mike Embach.{{cite web| url = http://www.gwinnettgladiators.com/site/news/article.asp?art=2871 | title = Glads make five player trade | publisher = Gwinnett Gladiators | date = 2013-12-12 | accessdate = 2013-12-12}} Kwiet then contributed with 23 points in 33 games before he was again traded to the Florida Everblades to finish the season.

Kweit signed abroad on July 19, 2014, as a free agent in agreeing to a one-year contract with the second division German club, ESV Kaufbeuren of the DEL2.{{cite web| url = http://www.esvk.de/news/items/ein-offensivverteidiger-fuer-den-esvk.html | publisher = ESV Kaufbeuren | title = Rob Kwiet an offensive d-man to ESVK | date = 2014-07-19 | accessdate = 2014-07-19 | language = German}}

After a season in Germany, Kwiet returned to North America agreeing to a second stint with the Greenville Road Warriors (later renamed the Swamp Rabbits) of the ECHL on August 14, 2015.{{cite web| url = http://echl.com/kwiet-returns-to-road-warriors-p199090 | title = Kwiet returns to Road Warriors | publisher = Greenville Road Warriors | date = 2015-08-14 | accessdate = 2015-08-14}}

In 2018, Kwiet competed in the National Ball Hockey Championships Division B with Windsor's Rosati Construction team.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jim |title=City set to host national ball hockey club championships |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/hockey/city-set-to-host-national-ball-hockey-club-championships |accessdate=February 12, 2019 |publisher=Windsor Star |date=July 17, 2018}}