Rob Pearson
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Robert Gordon Pearson (born August 3, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).,[1] and is now general manager and head coach of Pickering Panthers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Biography
Pearson was born in Oshawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Oshawa.[2]
Pearson was drafted 12th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 269 career NHL games, scoring 56 goals and 54 assists for 110 points. Pearson also played for the St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On April 24, 2006, Pearson signed on as an assistant coach for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks in Oshawa, Ontario,[3] but later resigned from that position. In 2017, he was named the new head coach of Whitby Fury.[4]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1987–88 | Oshawa Kiwanis AAA | Midget | 72 | 68 | 65 | 133 | 188 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 26 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 58 | 48 | 40 | 88 | 174 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 1990–91 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 41 | 57 | 52 | 109 | 76 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 39 | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 27 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 107 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 40 | ||
| 1992–93 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 78 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 211 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 | ||
| 1993–94 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 67 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 189 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||
| 1994–95 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 1995–96 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 44 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 27 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 1996–97 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 46 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 199 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 46 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 118 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 43 | ||
| 1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 20 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 24 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 60 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 33 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 120 | 44 | 54 | 98 | 478 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 56 | ||||
| NHL totals | 269 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 645 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 94 | ||||
References
External links
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Belleville Bulls players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Cleveland Lumberjacks players
- Frankfurt Lions players
- Ice hockey people from Oshawa
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
- NHL first-round draft picks
- Newmarket Saints players
- Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) players
- Oshawa Generals players
- Portland Pirates players
- St. John's Maple Leafs players
- St. Louis Blues players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
- Washington Capitals players
- Worcester IceCats players