Robbie Irons
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 150
| played_for = St. Louis Blues
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1967
| career_end = 1981
}}
Robert Richard Irons (born November 19, 1946) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 1968–69 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1967 to 1981, was mainly spent in the International Hockey League.
Playing career
He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He played for two minutes and 59 seconds of one game in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues during the 1968–69 season. This occurred only because the Blues' starting goaltender, Glenn Hall, was ejected from a game before his replacement, Jacques Plante, was prepared to enter. Irons tended the net until Plante was able to take over.[http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/irons.html Robbie Irons @ hockeygoalies.org]
Irons shared with Christian Soucy the NHL record for the fewest career minutes by a goaltender.{{cite book|last=Weekes|first=Don|title=The Unofficial Guide to Hockey's Most Unusual Records|year=2003|publisher=Greystone Publishing|location=Canada|isbn=9781550549423|pages=[https://archive.org/details/unofficialguidet0000week/page/240 240]|url=https://archive.org/details/unofficialguidet0000week/page/240}} He was surpassed on December 31, 2016 when Jorge Alves played 7.6 seconds in his only NHL game.
Irons played 11 seasons in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets, earning six selections to the All-Star team. His jersey number 30 is retired by the team.
Broadcasting career
After he retired as an active player, Irons went on to a long-time career as an analyst with the Komets' legendary play-by-play announcer, Bob Chase. Chase and Irons were a team that stayed together for 33 years before Chase's death in 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2015/06/08/hockey-broadcaster-bob-chase-mike-doc-emrick-inspiration-still-broadcasting-games-for-fort-wayne-komets|title=Bob Chase, Doc Emrick's inspiration, still calling games at 89 and loving it|last=Deitsch, Richard|author-link=Richard Deitsch|date=8 June 2015|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% | |||||||||||||||
| 1964–65
| MetJBHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1965–66 | Etobicoke Indians | MetJBHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67
| OHA | 33 | — | — | — | 1940 | 95 | 3 | 2.94 | —
| 13 | — | — | 780 | 49 | 0 | 3.77 | — |
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| 1967–68 | IHL | 43 | — | — | — | 2398 | 134 | 1 | 3.35 | —
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 262 | 19 | 0 | 4.35 | — |
| 1968–69
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1968–69 | CHL | 24 | — | — | — | 1309 | 83 | 0 | 3.80 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969–70
| Kansas City Blues | CHL | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1800 | 104 | 2 | 3.47 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1970–71 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 6 | — | — | — | 360 | 23 | 0 | 3.83 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 31 | — | — | — | 1811 | 80 | 1 | 2.25 | —
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1971–72 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 21 | — | — | — | 1251 | 83 | 1 | 4.00 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 46 | — | — | — | 2737 | 132 | 2 | 2.89 | —
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1973–74 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 47 | — | — | — | 2701 | 148 | 2 | 3.29 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974–75
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 46 | — | — | — | 2713 | 146 | 2 | 3.27 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1975–76 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 63 | — | — | — | 3321 | 199 | 1 | 3.60 | —
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 530 | 39 | 0 | 5.44 | — |
| 1976–77
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 41 | — | — | — | 2248 | 141 | 1 | 3.70 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 39 | — | — | — | 2152 | 129 | 0 | 3.60 | —
| 7 | — | — | 319 | 20 | 0 | 3.76 | — |
| 1978–79
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 54 | — | — | — | 2490 | 193 | 1 | 3.90 | —
| 13 | 7 | 6 | 780 | 56 | 0 | 4.29 | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 41 | — | — | — | 2188 | 147 | 1 | 4.03 | —
| 14 | — | — | 806 | 44 | 1 | 3.28 | — |
| 1980–81
| Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 51 | — | — | — | 2719 | 168 | 0 | 3.71 | —
| 11 | — | — | 633 | 47 | 0 | 4.45 | — |
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! colspan=3 | NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0.00 !! 1.000 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/irons.html Robbie Irons @ hockeygoalies.org]
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