Bobby Allen

:"For other uses, see: Bob Allen and/or Robert Allen".Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team=Boston Bruins
former_teams = Edmonton Oilers
league = NHL
prospect_team = Providence
prospect_league = AHL
position = Defense
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 203
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1978|11|14|mf=y
birth_place = Weymouth, Massachusetts
draft = 52nd overall
draft_year = 1998
draft_team = Boston Bruins
career_start = 2003

Bobby Allen (born November 14 1978) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman playing for the Boston Bruins.

Allen was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He played for Boston College, from which he was selected fifty-second in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He was subsequently traded to the Edmonton Oilers on the 2002 trade deadline, in exchange for Sean Brown. He has spent the majority of his professional career in the American Hockey League, although he did play one game for the Oilers in 2002–2003. On July 22 2004 he signed as a free agent by the New Jersey Devils.

On July 17 2006, Allen was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins, where he played the majority of the 2006–07 season with Boston's American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins. He played his first game with Boston on January 17 2007 against the Buffalo Sabres.

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