Randy Robitaille

Randy Robitaille
Born	(1975-10-12) October 12, 1975 Ottawa, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Los Angeles Kings Pittsburgh Penguins New York Islanders Atlanta Thrashers Minnesota Wild Philadelphia Flyers Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ottawa Senators Metallurg Novokuznetsk HC Donbass
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1993–2014

Randy M. Robitaille (born October 12, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for HC Donbass of the Kontinental Hockey League. Robitaille has previously played for nine teams in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Robitaille first attracted notice playing for the Ottawa Jr. Senators of the CJHL. While not drafted by an NHL team, he was, on the basis of his offensive totals, offered a scholarship at Miami University. After two solid seasons at Miami, he was signed by the Boston Bruins of the NHL on March 17, 1997. After playing one game straight out of college, he played the next two seasons for the Bruins' AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, while playing a few games for the Bruins in between. He even helped Providence to their first Calder Cup win in 1998–99 while winning the Les Cunningham Award as the league's MVP.

On June 25, 1999, the Bruins traded Robitaille to the Atlanta Thrashers for Peter Ferraro. His stay in Atlanta did not last long as they quickly traded him to the Nashville Predators for Denny Lambert on August 16, 1999. While in Nashville, he played mainly in the NHL, only having a few brief stints with the Milwaukee Admirals. In fact, he spent a whole season in the NHL during the 1999–2000 NHL season, a career first. However, following the 2000–01 NHL season, the Predators chose not to re-sign him.

The Los Angeles Kings signed him as a free agent on July 7, 2001. Midway through that season, he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins off waivers on January 4, 2002. Although he played in Pittsburgh for two seasons, he would never play one complete season in the city, as they traded him to the New York Islanders on March 9, 2003 for a draft pick. He completed the season for the Islanders, they chose not to re-sign him, so he became an unrestricted free agent for the first time. On August 12, 2003, he signed a contract that returned him to the Atlanta Thrashers.

During the lockout, he played for Zurich of Nationalliga A, becoming the league's top scorer & league MVP beating out Joe Thorton & Rick Nash for both awards. Also making his first substantial playoff appearance in five seasons. Following the ratification of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, he again found himself with the Nashville Predators, having signed a contract with them on August 19, 2005. However, they assigned him to AHL on October 3 and the next day he was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Wild. After playing the whole season there, he again found himself a free agent.

On July 4, 2006, Robitaille signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. He returned to the Islanders on December 20, 2006 along with a 5th round draft pick for Mike York. When unsigned at the beginning of the 2007–08 season, he chose to sign to play in Russia. After several games, he resigned from the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team and was signed by the Ottawa Senators on October 16, 2007 for one season.

On August 23, 2008, Robitaille returned to Europe and signed as a free agent to a three-year contract with Swiss team HC Lugano. After a disappointing campaign in 2008-09, Robitaille rebounded nicely in 2009-10, becoming the league's top scorer. However, following a poor playoff performance in which HC Lugano was swept in the first round, Robitaille was informed in April 2010 he was no longer in the Club's future plans, despite him being under contract for the 2010-11 season.

He is not related in any way to former NHL players Luc Robitaille or Mike Robitaille.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	Ottawa Jr. Senators	CJHL		57	33	55	88	31		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Ottawa Jr. Senators	CJHL		54	48	77	125	111		17	11	23	34	18
1995–96	Miami RedHawks	CCHA		46	14	31	45	26		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Miami RedHawks	CCHA		39	27	34	61	44		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Providence Bruins	AHL		48	15	29	44	16		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Boston Bruins	NHL		4	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Providence Bruins	AHL		74	28	74	102	34		19	6	14	20	20
1998–99	Boston Bruins	NHL		4	0	2	2	0		1	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Nashville Predators	NHL		69	11	14	25	10		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		19	10	23	33	4		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Nashville Predators	NHL		62	9	17	26	12		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		6	7	3	10	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		18	4	3	7	17		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		40	10	20	30	16		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		41	5	12	17	8		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	New York Islanders	NHL		10	1	2	3	2		5	1	1	2	0
2003–04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		69	11	26	37	20		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	ZSC Lions	NLA		36	22	45	67	56		15	2	17	19	10
2005–06	Minnesota Wild	NHL		67	12	28	40	54		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		28	5	12	17	22		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	New York Islanders	NHL		50	6	17	23	22		5	0	2	2	8
2007–08	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		14	3	5	8	10		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Ottawa Senators	NHL		68	10	19	29	18		2	0	1	1	0
2008–09	HC Lugano	NLA		30	1	27	28	10		7	2	1	3	22
2009–10	HC Lugano	NLA		50	16	49	65	72		3	0	1	1	30
2010–11	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		28	5	14	19	8		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	KHL		53	13	13	26	52		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	KHL		38	9	24	33	38		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	HC Donbass	KHL		11	4	5	9	8		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	HC Donbass	KHL		49	8	20	28	55		5	0	0	0	0
NHL totals				531	84	172	256	201		13	1	4	5	8
KHL totals				151	34	62	96	153		5	0	0	0	0

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-CCHA Rookie Team	1995-96
All-CCHA First Team	1996–97
AHCA West First-Team All-American	1996–97

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database