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Gordie Roberts

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 3rd round (54th overall) of the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:44AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #411. Doug Crossman… #411. Dallas Smith… #413. GORDIE ROBERTS… #413. Martin Gelinas… #415. Jason Allison… #415. Ryan Walter… #415. Bob Bourne… #415. Tiger Williams… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 NEW WHA 77 3 19 22 7 -17 102 3 0 0 1 115 2.6
1976-77 19 NEW WHA 77 13 33 46 16 16 169 11 2 0 199 6.5
1977-78 20 NEW WHA 78 15 46 61 21 17 118 10 5 0 135 11.1
1978-79 21 NEW WHA 79 11 46 57 18 -2 113 9 2 0 153 7.2
1979-80 22 HAR NHL 80 8 28 36 12 6 89 7 1 0 1 107 7.5
1980-81 23 TOT NHL 77 8 42 50 16 -13 175 4 4 0 0 119 6.7
1980-81 23 HAR NHL 27 2 11 13 4 -15 81 1 1 0 0 36 5.6
1980-81 23 MNS NHL 50 6 31 37 12 2 94 3 3 0 0 83 7.2
1981-82 24 MNS NHL 79 4 30 34 10 -1 119 4 0 0 0 104 3.8
1982-83 25 MNS NHL 80 3 41 44 13 18 103 1 2 0 1 127 2.4
1983-84 26 MNS NHL 77 8 45 53 17 14 132 6 1 1 0 131 6.1
1984-85 27 MNS NHL 78 6 36 42 13 -12 112 5 1 0 0 142 4.2
1985-86 28 MNS NHL 76 2 21 23 7 14 101 2 0 0 0 66 3.0
1986-87 29 MNS NHL 67 3 10 13 4 -7 68 3 0 0 1 43 7.0
1987-88 30 TOT NHL 70 3 15 18 6 -10 143 3 0 0 0 52 5.8
1987-88 30 MNS NHL 48 1 10 11 3 -17 103 1 0 0 0 33 3.0
1987-88 30 PHI NHL 11 1 2 3 1 7 15 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1987-88 30 STL NHL 11 1 3 4 1 0 25 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1988-89 31 STL NHL 77 2 24 26 8 7 90 2 0 0 0 52 3.8
1989-90 32 STL NHL 75 3 14 17 6 -12 140 3 0 0 0 56 5.4
1990-91 33 TOT NHL 64 3 13 16 5 17 78 3 0 0 0 24 12.5
1990-91 33 STL NHL 3 0 1 1 0 -1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1990-91 33 PIT NHL 61 3 12 15 5 18 70 3 0 0 0 22 13.6
1991-92 34 PIT NHL 73 2 22 24 7 19 87 1 1 0 1 29 6.9
1992-93 35 BOS NHL 65 5 12 17 6 23 105 5 0 0 1 40 12.5
1993-94 36 BOS NHL 59 1 6 7 2 -13 40 1 0 0 0 19 5.3
Career NHL 1097 61 359 420 131 50 1582 50 10 1 5 1111 5.5
Career WHA 311 42 144 186 62 14 502 33 9 0 1 602 7.0

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1975-76 18 NEW WHA 77 0.04 0.25 0.29 0.09 1.32 1.49 -17
1976-77 19 NEW WHA 77 0.17 0.43 0.60 0.21 2.19 2.58 16
1977-78 20 NEW WHA 78 0.19 0.59 0.78 0.27 1.51 1.73 17
1978-79 21 NEW WHA 79 0.14 0.58 0.72 0.23 1.43 1.94 -2
1979-80 22 HAR NHL 80 0.10 0.35 0.45 0.15 1.11 1.34 7 24 31 10 135 16 133 20 6 1.7 3.4 5.1
1980-81 23 TOT NHL 77 0.10 0.55 0.65 0.21 2.27 1.55 7 33 40 13 109 27 124 29 -13 2.6 3.9 6.5
1980-81 23 HAR NHL 27 0.07 0.41 0.48 0.15 3.00 1.33 2 9 11 4 36 6 58 13 -15 0.5 0.6 1.1
1980-81 23 MNS NHL 50 0.12 0.62 0.74 0.24 1.88 1.66 5 24 29 9 73 21 66 16 2 2.0 3.3 5.3
1981-82 24 MNS NHL 79 0.05 0.38 0.43 0.13 1.51 1.32 3 22 25 8 127 33 119 24 -1 1.0 4.5 5.5
1982-83 25 MNS NHL 80 0.04 0.51 0.55 0.16 1.29 1.59 2 33 35 10 135 35 108 26 18 1.7 5.2 6.9
1983-84 26 MNS NHL 77 0.10 0.58 0.69 0.22 1.71 1.70 6 36 42 13 147 35 136 38 14 2.6 4.0 6.6
1984-85 27 MNS NHL 78 0.08 0.46 0.54 0.17 1.44 1.82 5 29 34 11 104 32 122 38 -12 1.8 3.5 5.3
1985-86 28 MNS NHL 76 0.03 0.28 0.30 0.09 1.33 0.87 2 16 18 5 101 4 106 23 14 0.2 4.4 4.6
1986-87 29 MNS NHL 67 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.07 1.01 0.64 3 8 11 4 61 1 111 44 -7 -0.2 2.5 2.3
1987-88 30 TOT NHL 70 0.04 0.21 0.26 0.08 2.04 0.74 3 12 15 5 70 6 112 38 -10 0.1 3.0 3.1
1987-88 30 MNS NHL 48 0.02 0.21 0.23 0.07 2.15 0.69 1 8 9 3 37 3 80 29 -17 -0.1 1.5 1.4
1987-88 30 PHI NHL 11 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 1.36 0.82 1 2 3 1 19 2 13 3 7 0.1 0.9 1.0
1987-88 30 STL NHL 11 0.09 0.27 0.36 0.12 2.27 0.91 1 2 3 1 14 1 19 6 0 0.1 0.6 0.7
1988-89 31 STL NHL 77 0.03 0.31 0.34 0.10 1.17 0.68 2 20 22 7 91 12 111 39 7 0.5 4.6 5.1
1989-90 32 STL NHL 75 0.04 0.19 0.23 0.07 1.87 0.75 3 12 15 5 71 6 101 24 -12 0.0 3.3 3.3
1990-91 33 TOT NHL 64 0.05 0.20 0.25 0.08 1.22 0.38 3 12 15 5 69 0 72 20 17 0.1 3.2 3.3
1990-91 33 STL NHL 3 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.09 2.67 0.67 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 -1 0.0 0.1 0.1
1990-91 33 PIT NHL 61 0.05 0.20 0.25 0.08 1.15 0.36 3 11 14 5 67 0 69 20 18 0.1 3.1 3.2
1991-92 34 PIT NHL 73 0.03 0.30 0.33 0.10 1.19 0.40 2 19 21 6 78 4 72 17 19 0.5 3.6 4.1
1992-93 35 BOS NHL 65 0.08 0.18 0.26 0.09 1.62 0.62 4 10 14 5 74 6 67 22 23 0.3 4.8 5.1
1993-94 36 BOS NHL 59 0.02 0.10 0.12 0.04 0.68 0.32 1 5 6 2 30 0 47 4 -13 -0.6 2.5 2.0
Career NHL 1097 0.06 0.33 0.38 0.12 1.44 1.01 53 291 344 108 1402 217 1541 406 50 12.3 56.3 68.6
Career WHA 311 0.14 0.46 0.60 0.20 1.61 1.94 14

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 NEW WHA 17 2 9 11 10 36
1976-77 19 NEW WHA 5 2 2 4 -2 4 0
1977-78 20 NEW WHA 14 0 5 5 1 29 0
1978-79 21 NEW WHA 10 0 4 4 4 10 0
1979-80 22 HAR NHL 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
1980-81 23 MNS NHL 19 1 5 6 17 0 0 1 0
1981-82 24 MNS NHL 4 0 3 3 27 0 0 0 0
1982-83 25 MNS NHL 9 1 5 6 14 1 0 0 0
1983-84 26 MNS NHL 15 3 7 10 3 23 1 1 1 0 31 9.7
1984-85 27 MNS NHL 9 1 6 7 1 6 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1985-86 28 MNS NHL 5 0 4 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 30 STL NHL 10 1 2 3 0 33 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1988-89 31 STL NHL 10 1 7 8 3 8 1 0 0 0 18 5.6
1989-90 32 STL NHL 10 0 2 2 6 26 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1990-91 33 PIT NHL SC 24 1 2 3 13 63 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1991-92 34 PIT NHL SC 19 0 2 2 -1 32 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1992-93 35 BOS NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 0 0
1993-94 36 BOS NHL 12 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
Career NHL 2 153 10 47 57 26 273 7 1 2 0 100 7.0
Career WHA 46 4 20 24 13 79 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 16 Detroit Jr. Red Wings ON-Jr.A 70 25 55 80 340
1974-75 17 Victoria Cougars WHL 53 19 45 64 145
1981-82 24 United States WEC-A 7 3 4 7 12
1984-85 27 United States Can-Cup 6 1 0 1 6
1986-87 29 United States WEC-A 10 0 1 1 33
1990-91 33 Peoria Rivermen IHL 6 0 8 8 4
1994-95 37 Chicago Wolves IHL 68 6 22 28 80
1995-96 38 Minnesota Moose IHL 37 1 12 13 44
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 1 0 1 6
Career 3 Seasons IHL 111 7 42 49 128
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 70 25 55 80 340
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 17 3 5 8 45
Career 1 Season WHL 53 19 45 64 145

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 17 Victoria Cougars WHL 12 1 9 10 42
1994-95 37 Chicago Wolves IHL 3 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season IHL 3 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season WHL 12 1 9 10 42

Similarity Scores

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Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Gordie Roberts 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Kevin Lowe 93.6 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.7
Keith Carney 93.0 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5
Ulf Samuelsson 92.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.0
Terry Harper 91.9 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.3 1.0
Lyle Odelein 91.8 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.8 0.4
Don Sweeney 91.2 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Bob Baun 90.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.3
Adam Foote 90.8 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6
Grant Ledyard 89.7 7.3 5.8 5.5 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2
Mike Ramsey 89.7 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 1.6 1.5
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Gordie Roberts 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Keith Carney 94.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5
Don Sweeney 91.8 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Lyle Odelein 91.6 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.8 0.4 -0.4
Fern Flaman 91.4 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 0.1 0.0
Ulf Samuelsson 91.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0
Kevin Lowe 91.2 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.0
Terry Harper 90.9 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Adam Foote 90.8 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.7
Bob Baun 90.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.3 0.1
Pavel Kubina 89.4 7.7 7.1 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.4 2.4 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1991 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 Career WHA 311 (100)

Assists

1978-79 WHA 46 (10)
Career WHA 144 (69)

Penalties in Minutes

1976-77 WHA 169 (9)
Career WHA 502 (34)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1979-80 NHL 133 (10)
Career NHL 1541 (26)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1986-87 NHL 44 (5)
Career NHL 406 (40)

Defensive Point Shares

Career NHL 56.3 (71)
  

Transactions

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August, 1975: Signed as an underage free agent by New England (WHA), August 1975.

June 22, 1979: Claimed by Hartford from Montreal in Expansion Draft, June 22, 1979.

December 16, 1980: Traded to Minnesota by Hartford for Mike Fidler, December 16, 1980.

February 8, 1988: Traded to Philadelphia by Minnesota for future considerations, February 8, 1988.

March 8, 1988: Traded to St. Louis by Philadelphia for future considerations, March 8, 1988.

October 2, 1990: Traded to Pittsburgh by St. Louis for Pittsburgh's 11th round choice (Wade Salzman) in 1992 Entry Draft, October 2, 1990.

July 23, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 23, 1992.

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