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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and executive (born 1969)}}
{{Other people|Robert Blake}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| alt = 
| name = Rob Blake
| halloffame = 2014
| image = Rob Blake - 2014.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Blake in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|10}}
| birth_place = [[Simcoe, Ontario]], Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 225
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 70th overall
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 2010
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994 Italy]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997 Finland]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991 Finland]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1996 World Cup of Hockey]]|}}
}}

'''Robert Bowlby Blake''' (born December 10, 1969) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional ice hockey player and executive who most recently served as the general manager of the [[Los Angeles Kings]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was originally drafted by the Kings in [[1988 NHL Entry Draft|1988]], appearing in the [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals]], winning the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] and serving as team captain for five seasons in his initial 11-season stint with the club. In 2001, Blake was traded to the [[Colorado Avalanche]] and was a member of their 2001 [[Stanley Cup]] championship team. It was his only Stanley Cup as a player, though he won the Cup again as a member of the Kings' front office in 2014. After a two-season return to Los Angeles, Blake signed with the [[San Jose Sharks]] in 2008, retiring as its captain after the 2009–10 season. Four years later, in 2014, Blake was elected into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].

Internationally, Blake played for [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] in three consecutive [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] in 1998, 2002, and 2006, winning gold in 2002 and becoming the 11th member of the [[Triple Gold Club]]. He was inducted into the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] in 2018.

==Playing career==

===Los Angeles Kings (1990–2001)===
Blake was selected 70th overall in the [[1988 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Los Angeles Kings]]. He had completed his freshman year with [[Bowling Green State University]] of the [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association]] (CCHA) when he was drafted and went on to play three years total in the college ranks, earning CCHA and [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] West first All-Star team honours in 1990. Blake was also the first player to ever receive the [[List of CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman|CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman]] award. Foregoing his final season of college eligibility, Blake joined the Kings for the final four games of the [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90 season]] before scoring 46 points in his NHL rookie campaign in [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]] to be named to the [[NHL All-Rookie Team]].

After a 59-point campaign in his third season, Blake helped lead the Kings to the [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals]], where they were defeated in five games by the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. The following season, in [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]], Blake improved to a career-high 48 assists and 68 points, but the Kings failed to qualify for the [[1994 Stanley Cup playoffs|playoffs]].
[[File:Rob Blake.jpg|left|thumb|Blake in his second tenure with the Kings in 2008.|200px]]
In a season where Blake was kept to just six games due to injury, the Kings traded captain [[Wayne Gretzky]] to the [[St. Louis Blues]] at the [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]] trade deadline, leaving the team's captaincy vacant. Blake was named the 11th [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] in team history prior to the [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]] season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tardif Assigned to Phoenix |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-02-sp-49714-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 25, 2023 |date=October 2, 1996 |quote=Defenseman Rob Blake, who is battling an arm injury, was named team captain but remains questionable for the opener.}}</ref> In [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]], Blake received the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] as the NHL's best defenceman after recording a career-high 23 goals to go with 50 points.

On February 21, 2001, with Blake about to become an unrestricted free agent in the 2001 off-season, the Kings traded him (with [[Steven Reinprecht]]) to the [[Colorado Avalanche]] for [[Adam Deadmarsh]], [[Aaron Miller (ice hockey)|Aaron Miller]], [[Jared Aulin]], and a first-round pick (used to select [[Dave Steckel]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.espn.go.com/nhl/news/2001/0221/1101148.html|title=Avs hope Blake puts them over the top | work =ESPN.com | date = 2001-02-21 | access-date = 2009-03-24}}</ref>

===Colorado Avalanche (2001–2006)===
After 11 seasons in Los Angeles, Blake joined Colorado late in the [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01 season]] and made an immediate impact, scoring 10 points in the final 13 games of the regular season after being traded. In the [[2001 Stanley Cup playoffs|2001 playoffs]], he played a second-round series against his former club, the Kings, before he won his first and only [[Stanley Cup]] with the Avalanche, adding 19 points in 23 playoff games. In totaling 59 points in 67 games in the regular season, Blake was selected to the NHL second All-Star team.

On July 1, 2001, Blake re-signed with the Avalanche in the off-season to a five-year contract with an optional sixth year.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-02-sp-17818-story.html | title = Sakic, Roy and Blake re-sign with Avalanche | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = 2001-07-01 | access-date = 2001-07-01}}</ref> As the Avalanche's top defenceman, Blake recorded his highest total with the Avalanche in recording 56 points in 75 games, third amongst NHL defenceman, in the [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02 season]], before falling in their defence of the Stanley Cup in the Western Conference finals to the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. For his third successive season, Blake was selected to the NHL second All-Star team.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://kings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8445550&view=bio | title = Rob Blake biography | publisher = [[Los Angeles Kings]] | date = 2014-05-16 | access-date = 2014-05-16}}</ref>

In the following [[2002-03 NHL season|2002–03 season]], Blake recorded his 500th career point against the [[Minnesota Wild]] on October 29, 2002. In finishing fifth in Norris Trophy voting, Blake placed second amongst Avalanche defenceman with 45 points in 79 games. In each of his first three seasons with the Avalanche, he was selected to the NHL All-Star Game, and in the [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04 campaign]], he was selected as a starter for the [[2004 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2004 All-Star Game]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. He finished the season with the Avalanche, placing ninth in the NHL amongst defenceman with 46 points.

After losing a season to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], Blake returned for his final season under contract with the Avalanche in [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]. He continued his scoring presence amongst the Avalanche in recording 51 points in 81 games, the seventh time in his career he surpassed the 50-point plateau. On April 3, 2006, against the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], he scored his 200th career NHL goal to become just the 17th defenceman all-time to reach the mark.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-121216037.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220191054/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-121216037.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2016-02-20 | title = Avalanche rally past Blackhawks | publisher = highbeam.com | date = 2006-04-03 | access-date = 2006-04-05}}</ref>

===Return to Los Angeles (2006–2008)===
After five years with Colorado, the Avalanche did not pick up his option for the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]], making him a free agent. On July 1, 2006, he re-signed with his former team, the Los Angeles Kings, for two years at $6&nbsp;million per year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2507095|title=Blake, Kings agree on a two-year contract | work =ESPN.com | date = 2006-07-01 | access-date = 2009-03-24}}</ref>

Coming off a 51-point campaign with Colorado the previous year, Blake's production dipped upon his return to Los Angeles. He recorded 34 points in 2006–07, his lowest total since 1996–97. Nevertheless, prior to the start of the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], Blake was renamed team captain on September 28, 2007, after [[Mattias Norström]]'s departure to the [[Dallas Stars]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kings.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=338603&nhlLink=true&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Kings announce Captains |publisher=[[Los Angeles Kings]] |date=2007-09-28 |access-date=2008-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305050326/http://kings.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=338603&nhlLink=true&page=NewsPage&service=page |archive-date=2009-03-05 }}</ref>

===San Jose Sharks (2008–2010)===
[[File:Rob Blake Sharks.jpg|thumb|right|Blake with the [[San Jose Sharks]].|200px]]
After again becoming an unrestricted free agent, on July 3, 2008, Blake signed a one-year, [[United States dollar|US$]]5&nbsp;million contract with the Kings' [[Pacific Division (NHL)|Pacific Division]] rival [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/17025-San-Jose-Sharks-sign-veteran-Rob-Blake-to-5million-oneyear-deal.html|title=San Jose Sharks sign veteran Rob Blake to $5 million, one year deal | publisher =thehockeynews.com | date = 2008-07-03 | access-date = 2009-03-24}}</ref> Blake reached the 40-point plateau once more with the Sharks, tallying 10 goals and 35 assists in his first season in San Jose.

Blake extended his contract with the Sharks, re-signing for another year at $3.5&nbsp;million to avoid free agency. Blake would be named [[Captain (ice hockey)|captain]] of the Sharks approximately six weeks after previous captain [[Patrick Marleau]] was stripped of the role by Sharks management.

==Retirement==
On June 18, 2010, Blake announced his final retirement from professional hockey.<ref name="Official retirement">{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/sharks-defenceman-blake-retires-1.971975 | title=Sharks defenceman Blake retires|access-date=June 18, 2010| publisher=CBC | date=June 18, 2010}}</ref> On March 3, 2011, during a Los Angeles Kings telecast, Blake discussed his post-playing career as a hockey operations manager for the NHL, based in [[Toronto]]. Blake said, "This job kind of developed over the summer (of 2010) in talking with [[Brendan Shanahan]]. I played for a while in the NHL (20 years). As a former player, I can provide the league with some insight in various aspects of the game. I was able to stay on the West Coast (and commute to Toronto for work), so it worked out really well." He continued, "I watch the game much differently now, just because I've been in Toronto, in the war room. Now, I watch the game and see the calls that are made as well as the ones which weren't but should have been."{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

On August 11, 2014, the Los Angeles Kings announced they would be retiring Blake's number 4 jersey on January 17, 2015.<ref name = "THN">{{cite news| url= http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/57612-Los-Angeles-Kings-announce-plans-to-retire-Rob-Blakes-No-4-jersey-on-Jan-17.html | title= Los Angeles Kings announce plans to retire Rob Blake's No. 4 jersey on Jan. 17 | publisher= The Hockey News | date= August 11, 2014 | access-date= August 13, 2014}}</ref> He was later selected to the Colorado Avalanche's 20th anniversary team honoured on December 8, 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785685#&navid=COL-search | title = Avs 20th anniversary team:Rob Blake | publisher = [[Colorado Avalanche]] | date = 2015-12-08 | access-date = 2015-12-08}}</ref>

==Executive career==
Before the 2013–14 season, the Los Angeles Kings hired Blake as assistant general manager. The Kings won the Stanley Cup in his first year. As the assistant general manager to the Kings, he also acted as the general manager for their [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliates, the [[Manchester Monarchs (AHL)|Manchester Monarchs]] (2013–2015) and the [[Ontario Reign]] (2015–).

Blake was also selected by [[Hockey Canada]] to be their general manager for the [[2014 IIHF World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ROB BLAKE NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF CANADA'S NATIONAL MEN'S TEAM FOR 2014 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/rob-blake-named-general-manager-of-canadas-national-mens-team-for-2014-iihf-ice-hockey-world-championship|website=hockeycanada.ca|access-date=March 13, 2018|date=March 26, 2014}}</ref>

On April 10, 2017, the Kings named Blake the vice-president and general manager of the team.<ref>{{cite web|title=AEG Announces Front Office Changes for LA Kings|url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/aeg-announces-front-office-changes-for-la-kings/c-288666790| website = NHL.com|access-date=April 11, 2017|date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> In eight seasons as general manager, Blake led the Kings to the playoffs five times; however, the team never advanced past the first round, including four consecutive series losses to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] from 2022 to 2025. On May 5, 2025, following the fourth loss, Blake and the Kings mutually parted ways.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/rob-blake-out-as-los-angeles-kings-general-manager-agreed-to-part-ways-with-team |title=Blake out as Kings general manager, no replacement named |website=NHL.com |date=May 5, 2025 |access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Blake and his wife Brandy have three children, sons Jack and Max, and daughter Brooke.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=457313 | title = Kings welcome back captain Rob Blake | publisher = [[Los Angeles Kings]] | date = 2006-07-01 | access-date = 2007-12-05}}</ref> His best friend is former NHL goaltender [[Dwayne Roloson]], with whom he grew up playing hockey in [[Simcoe, Ontario]]. He is also distantly related to Hall of Famer [[Red Kelly]]. In 2008, Blake appeared in the [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]] film ''[[The Love Guru]]'' as himself.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://proathletesonly.com/news/locker-room/kings-defenseman-rob-blake-makes-an-appearance-in-upcoming-movie-love-guru/ | title = Kings defenseman Rob Blake makes an appearance in upcoming movie Love Guru | publisher = proathletesonly.com | date = 2008-02-04 | access-date = 2011-07-06}}</ref> A short street in his hometown of Simcoe, Rob Blake Way, is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Maps, Rob Blake Way|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Rob+Blake+Way,+Simcoe,+ON+N3Y+4J9/@42.8392963,-80.335829,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x882c4c26096ac4c7:0xa4574419fbad483c| website = Google Maps|access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"  bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5"                    | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5"                    | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1985–86
| [[Brantford Classics]]
| [[Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League|GHL]]
| 39||3||13||16||43
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87
| [[Stratford Cullitons]]
| [[Mid-Western Junior Hockey League|MWJHL]]
| 31||11||20||31||115
| —||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| [[Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey|Bowling Green Falcons]]
| [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]]
| 43||5||8||13||88
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| Bowling Green Falcons
| CCHA
| 46||11||21||32||140
| —||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1989–90]]
| Bowling Green Falcons
| CCHA
| 42||23||36||59||140
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 4||0||0||0||4
| 8||1||3||4||4
|-
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 75||12||34||46||125
| 12||1||4||5||26
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 57||7||13||20||102
| 6||2||1||3||12
|-
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 76||16||43||59||152
| 23||4||6||10||46
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 84||20||48||68||137
| —||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 24||4||7||11||38
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 6||1||2||3||8
| —||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 62||8||23||31||82
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 81||23||27||50||94
| 4||0||0||0||6
|-
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 62||12||23||35||128
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–00]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 77||18||39||57||112
| 4||0||2||2||4
|-
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 54||17||32||49||69
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| NHL
| 13||2||8||10||8
| 23||6||13||19||16
|-
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| Colorado Avalanche
| NHL
| 75||16||40||56||58
| 20||6||6||12||16
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| Colorado Avalanche
| NHL
| 79||17||28||45||57
| 7||1||2||3||8
|-
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Colorado Avalanche
| NHL
| 74||13||33||46||61
| 9||0||5||5||6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Colorado Avalanche
| NHL
| 81||14||37||51||94
| 9||3||1||4||8
|-
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 72||14||20||34||82
| —||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 71||9||22||31||98
| —||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]]
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| NHL
| 73||10||35||45||110
| 6||1||3||4||4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]
| San Jose Sharks
| NHL
| 70||7||23||30||60
| 15||1||1||2||10
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1,270!!240!!537!!777!!1,679
! 146!!26!!47!!73!!166
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| {{silver2}}
| 2||0||2||2||0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994]]
| Canada
| WC
| {{gold1}}
| 8||0||2||2||6
|-
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| Canada
| [[World Cup of Hockey|WCH]]
| {{silver2}}
| 4||0||1||1||0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997]]
| Canada
| WC
| {{gold1}}
| 11||2||2||4||22
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]]
| Canada
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| 4th
| 6||1||1||2||2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998 IIHF World Championship|1998]]
| Canada
| WC
| 6th
| 5||1||0||1||6
|-
| [[1999 IIHF World Championship|1999]]
| Canada
| WC
| 4th
| 10||2||5||7||12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]
| Canada
| OG
| {{gold1}}
| 6||1||2||3||2
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006]]
| Canada
| OG
| 7th
| 6||0||1||1||2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4 | Senior totals
! 58!!7!!16!!23!!52
|}

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey|College]]
|-
| All-[[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] [[List of All-CCHA Teams#Second Team|Second Team]]
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1989]]
| <ref name=CCHA>{{cite news|title=CCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ccha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman|CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman]]
| [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1990]]
|
|-
| All-[[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] [[List of All-CCHA Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1990]]
| <ref name="CCHA" />
|- 
| [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] [[List of CCHA All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]]
| [[1990 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1990]]
| <ref name = media>{{cite news|title=2012–13 CCHA Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/cchahockey/docs/2012-13_ccha_media_guide_final_2a_compressed#|publisher=ISSUU.com|access-date=2014-04-23}}</ref>
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|West First-Team All-American]]
| [[1990–91 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1991]]
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
|-ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[National Hockey League|NHL]]
|-
| [[NHL All-Rookie Team]]
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1991]]
|
|-
| [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]]
| [[1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game|1994]], [[1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game|1997]], [[1999 National Hockey League All-Star Game|1999]], [[2000 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000]], [[2001 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2001]], [[2002 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2002]], [[2003 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2003]], [[2004 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2004]]
|
|-
| [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]]
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]]
|
|-
| [[NHL All-Star team|NHL first All-Star team]]
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]]
|
|-
| [[NHL All-Star team|NHL second All-Star team]]
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|2000]], [[2000–01 NHL season|2001]], [[2001–02 NHL season|2002]]
|
|-
| [[Stanley Cup]] champion
| [[2001 Stanley Cup Finals|2001]], [[2014 Stanley Cup Finals|2014]] (as executive)
|
|-
! colspan="3"|[[International Ice Hockey Federation|International]]
|-
| [[List of IIHF World Championship directorate award winners|Best Defenseman]]
| 1997 
|
|-
| [[IIHF World Championship|WC]] All-Star team
| 1997
|
|-
| [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] 
|2014
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees Announced |url=https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-12549/2014-hockey-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced |last=Faas |first=Catherine |website=NHLPA |access-date=3 October 2024 |date=23 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[IIHF Hall of Fame]]
| 2018
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Alfredsson, Blake, Chelios, Lehtinen named IIHF Hall of Fame inductees|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=1 December 2017|work=[[Sportsnet]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/alfredsson-blake-chelios-lehtinen-named-iihf-hall-fame-inductees/|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/news/3292/iihf-hall-of-fame-inducts-new-members|title=IIHF Hall of Fame inducts new members|last=Sanful|first=John|date=20 May 2018|website=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of NHL players with 1000 games played]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
* {{Team Canada|robert-blake|Robert Blake}}
* {{Olympics.com|rob-blake|Rob Blake}}
* {{Olympedia|100558|Rob Blake}}

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