Rob Palmer (ice hockey, born 1956)

{{For|the Chicago Blackhawks player|Rob Palmer (ice hockey, born 1952)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1956|9|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|26|1956|9|10}}

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 190

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Los Angeles Kings
New Jersey Devils

| draft = 85th overall

| draft_year = 1976

| draft_team = Los Angeles Kings

| wha_draft = 102nd overall

| wha_draft_year = 1976

| wha_draft_team = Calgary Cowboys

| career_start = 1977

| career_end = 1986

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Robert Ross Palmer (September 10, 1956 – June 26, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 320 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils between 1977 and 1984. As a youth, he played in the 1968 and 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with minor ice hockey teams from Toronto.{{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=2019-01-08}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1973–74 \| University of Michigan \| CCHA \| 36	3	12	15	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1974–75 \| University of Michigan \| CCHA \| 40	5	15	20	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
1975–76 \| University of Michigan \| CCHA \| 42	5	16	21	58 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1976–77 \| University of Michigan \| CCHA \| 45	5	37	42	32 \| —	—	—	—	—
1976–77 \| Fort Worth Texans \| CHL \| 3	0	2	2	0 \| 5	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1977–78 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 48	0	3	3	27 \| 2	0	0	0	0
1977–78 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 19	1	7	8	18 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1978–79 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 78	4	41	45	26 \| 2	0	0	0	2
1979–80 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 78	4	36	40	18 \| 4	1	2	3	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1980–81 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 13	0	4	4	13 \| —	—	—	—	—
1980–81 \| Houston Apollos \| CHL \| 28	3	10	13	23 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1980–81 \| Indianapolis Checkers \| CHL \| 27	1	9	10	16 \| 5	1	1	2	0
1981–82 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 5	0	2	2	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1981–82 \| New Haven Nighthawks \| AHL \| 41	2	23	25	22 \| 4	1	4	5	2
1982–83 \| New Jersey Devils \| NHL \| 60	1	10	11	21 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1983–84 \| New Jersey Devils \| NHL \| 38	0	5	5	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
1983–84 \| Maine Mariners \| AHL \| 33	5	10	15	10 \| 17	3	10	13	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1984–85 \| Maine Mariners \| AHL \| 79	1	23	24	22 \| 11	0	3	3	2
1985–86 \| Maine Mariners \| AHL \| 73	2	10	12	18 \| 5	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 320 !! 9 !! 101 !! 110 !! 115 ! 8 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 6