Robert Rene Gaudreau is an American

United States

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 retired professional ice hockey

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 player.

Playing career

Gaudreau was drafted 172nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins

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 in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft

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 and started his National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 career with the San Jose Sharks

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 in 1992. He would go on to play for the Ottawa Senators

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 after being claimed in the January 1995 NHL waiver draft. He played a total of 231 regular season games, scoring 51 goals and 54 assists for 105 points and collecting 69 penalty minutes. Gaudreau recorded the first two hat trick

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s in San Jose Sharks history during the 1992–93 season. He also played 14 playoff games with the San Jose Sharks during the 1994 season, scoring 2 goals. He left the NHL after the 1996 season and played just one more season in Switzerland

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's Nationalliga A for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

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 before retiring.

Career statistics

                                                --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----

Season   Team                            Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM

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1988-89  Providence College              NCAA   42   28   29   57   32  --  --  --  --  --

1989-90  Providence College              NCAA   32   20   18   38   12  --  --  --  --  --

1990-91  Providence College              NCAA   36   34   27   61   20  --  --  --  --  --

1991-92  Providence College              NCAA   36   21   34   55   22  --  --  --  --  --

1992-93  Kansas City Blades              IHL    19    8    6   14    6  --  --  --  --  --

1992-93  San Jose Sharks                 NHL    59   23   20   43   18  --  --  --  --  --

1993-94  San Jose Sharks                 NHL    84   15   20   35   28  14   2   0   2   0

1994-95  Ottawa Senators                 NHL    36    5    9   14    8  --  --  --  --  --

1995-96  Prince Edward Island Senators   AHL     3    2    0    2    4  --  --  --  --  --

1995-96  Ottawa Senators                 NHL    52    8    5   13   15  --  --  --  --  --

1996-97  Chaux-de-Fonds                  NLA    37   19   23   42   62  --  --  --  --  --

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         NHL Totals                            231   51   54  105   69  14   2   0   2   0

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