Nathan Robinson

Nathan Robinson
Born	December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) (age 29) Scarborough, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
SM-liiga team Former teams	Espoo Blues Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Adler Mannheim Eisbären Berlin
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2002–present

Nathan Robinson (born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga in Finland.

Playing career

Robinson played major junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League, where he won the OHL scoring title in the 2001-02 season. He was passed over in the NHL Entry Draft but signed with the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent on October 15, 2002. He made his NHL debut with the Red Wings during the 2003–04 NHL season, playing five games in all, going scoreless. After three years within the Red Wings organization on August 15, 2005, he signed with the Boston Bruins and over the course of the 2005–06 season played two more games in the NHL but again went pointless receiving very little playing time to prove his potential.

In 2006, he left for Europe signing with Adler Mannheim in Germany and then moved to Eisbären Berlin the next season becoming an elite player in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Prior to the 2009–10 season he signed a two-year contract to return with Adler Mannheim.^[1] In his first season in his return to Mannheim, Robinson helped the Eagles become DEL Champions, marking his third successive DEL Championship.

During the 2010–11 season, in his final year of his deal with Mannheim, Robinson struggled to maintain his previous form and was subsequently released to join eventual silver medalists Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga, for the remainder of the season finishing on January 27, 2011.^[2] In September 2011, he signed a contract with the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996–97	Kingston Voyageurs	OPJHL		49	21	30	51	34		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Belleville Bulls	OHL		50	11	8	19	23		21	4	4	8	14
1999–00	Belleville Bulls	OHL		61	19	18	37	45		15	3	4	7	10
2000–01	Belleville Bulls	OHL		66	32	37	69	57		10	6	10	16	7
2001–02	Belleville Bulls	OHL		67	47	63	110	74		11	8	6	14	10
2002–03	Toledo Storm	ECHL		9	5	9	14	29		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		53	3	14	17	24		8	0	3	3	0
2003–04	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		69	24	26	50	41		3	0	0	0	2
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		5	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		50	8	16	24	10		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		19	6	14	20	18		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Providence Bruins	AHL		70	29	31	60	55		6	4	5	9	2
2005–06	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Adler Mannheim	DEL		50	15	29	44	34		11	4	7	11	26
2007–08	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		56	14	40	54	62		13	4	11	15	29
2008–09	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		48	14	37	51	92		12	5	7	12	24
2009–10	Adler Mannheim	DEL		54	10	32	42	50		2	0	1	1	0
2010–11	Adler Mannheim	DEL		32	6	6	12	28		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Blues	SM-l		14	4	5	9	2		5	1	2	3	8
NHL totals				7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—

See also

• List of black NHL players

References

1. ^ "Robinson to Mannheim" (in German). eishockeynews.de. 2009-04-16. http://www.eishockeynews.de/nachricht.html?nachricht_id=7407. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
2. ^ "Nathan Robinson to strengthen Blues attack". Espoo Blues. 2011-01-27. http://www.blues.fi/uutishuone/uutiset/734/nathan-robinson-vahvistamaan-bluesin-hyokkaysta. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 

External links

• Nathan Robinson's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
Name	Robinson, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	December 31, 1981
Place of birth	Scarborough, ON, CAN
Date of death
Place of death