Robert Thomas Stauber is a retired American professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 goaltender

Goaltender

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 who played 62 NHL regular season games between 1989 and 1995. He was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings

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 in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft

1986 NHL Entry Draft

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Professional career

He made his National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 debut with the Kings during the 1989–90 season, appearing in two games. He was traded (along with Alexei Zhitnik

Alexei Zhitnik

Oleksiy Mykolaiovych "Alexei" Zhitnik is a retired Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey defenceman. Zhitnik has played more games in the National Hockey League than any other Soviet-born defenceman. He has represented the Soviet Union, CIS, and Russia internationally, and Ukraine during two NHL All-Star...

, Charlie Huddy

Charlie Huddy

Charles William Huddy is a former NHL defenceman and current assistant coach of the Winnipeg Jets. He is also one of only seven Edmonton Oilers to be a member of all 5 of the franchise's Stanley Cup-winning teams 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988,1990.His greatest success came with the Oilers with whom he...

, and a draft pick) to the Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

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 (for Grant Fuhr

Grant Fuhr

Grant Scott Fuhr is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and currently the goaltending coach for the Phoenix Coyotes. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame...

, Denis Tsygurov

Denis Tsygurov

Denis Tsygurov is a retired former professional ice hockey player. Tsygurov was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft following two seasons with HC Lada Togliatti of the Russian Hockey Super League...

, and Philippe Boucher

Philippe Boucher

Philippe Boucher is a retired French Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League. He is currently the General Manager of the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL.-Amateur:...

) during the 1994–95 season. Stauber appeared in just six games with the Sabres in that season, and had no further NHL experience.

Stauber spent most of the remainder of his professional career in the AHL

American Hockey League

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 and IHL, and most recently played three seasons with the Jacksonville Barracudas

Jacksonville Barracudas

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 in three different leagues—the Atlantic Coast Hockey League

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

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, WHA2, and Southern Professional Hockey League

Southern Professional Hockey League

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Post Ice Hockey Career

Robb now runs Stauber's Goalcrease in Edina, Minnesota, and Blaine, Minnesota, which is one of the most superb goaltending training centers in the nation.

Stauber also plays bandy

Bandy

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 with the Duluth Dynamo. He was selected to the United States national team squad for the 2010 World Championships.

Awards

• Hobey Baker Award
  Hobey Baker Award
  The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player.It is named for hockey player and World War I veteran Hobey Baker, who played collegiately at Princeton University and learned the game at St...
  
   (top player in NCAA): 1987–1988 season
• WCHA First All-Star Team (1988)
• WCHA Goaltender of the Year (1988, 1989)
• WCHA Most Valuable Player (1988)
• NCAA West First All-American Team (1988)
• WCHA Second All-Star Team (1989)

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