Bobby Taylor (ice hockey)
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Robert Ian Taylor affectionately known as "Chief", is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey
goaltender
. He is currently the colour commentator on Tampa Bay Lightning
television broadcasts. Previously, he held the same role for the Philadelphia Flyers
. He was a member of the Philadelphia Flyers teams that won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
. He is currently the colour commentator on Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...
television broadcasts. Previously, he held the same role for the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. He was a member of the Philadelphia Flyers teams that won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975
1975 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1975 Stanley Cup Final championship series was played by the Buffalo Sabres, making their first Finals appearance and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers would win the best-of-seven series four games to two. This was the first Final to have two non-"Original Six" teams since...
.
Regular season
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops... |
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| 1962–63 | Calgary Buffaloes | CCJHL | |||||||||
| 1963–64 | Calgary Buffaloes | CCJHL | |||||||||
| 1964–65 | St. Catharines Black Hawks St. Catharines Black Hawks The St. Catharines Black Hawks were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1962 to 1976. The team was based in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.-History:... |
OHA Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada.... |
18 | 1060 | 85 | 0 | 4.81 | ||||
| 1964–65 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | |||||||||
| 1965–66 | St. Louis Braves St. Louis Braves The St. Louis Braves were a minor league hockey club located in St. Louis, Missouri. The team originated as the Syracuse Braves in the Eastern Professional Hockey League's final season of 1962–63. The team was moved to St. Louis mid-season, and continued in the new Central Hockey League after the... |
CPHL | |||||||||
| 1966–67 | Calgary Spurs Calgary Spurs The Calgary Spurs were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Founded in 1972 as The Pass Red Devils and following a two year stop as the Pincher Creek Panthers, the franchise became the second AJHL franchise in Calgary in 1978 as the Calgary Chinooks... |
AJHL Alberta Junior Hockey League The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy... |
16 | 960 | 40 | 0 | 2.50 | ||||
| 1967–68 | Calgary Spurs | WCSHL | 27 | 1620 | 133 | 0 | 5.02 | ||||
| 1968–69 | Jersey Devils | EHL Eastern Hockey League -Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972... |
70 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4200 | 285 | 1 | 4.07 | |
| 1969–70 | Seattle Totems Seattle Totems The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in Seattle, Washington. They were a member of various minor professional and semi-professional leagues between 1945 and 1975. They played their home games in the Mercer Arena and later at the Seattle Center Coliseum... |
WHL Western Hockey League (minor pro) The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League... |
5 | 240 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | ||||
| 1969–70 1969–70 AHL season The 1969–70 AHL season was the 34th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Montreal Voyageurs became the second Canadian-based team in the league, and finished first overall in the regular season... |
Quebec Aces Quebec Aces The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. The Aces were founded in 1928, and played until 1971. The team played home games at the Quebec Coliseum from 1930 to 1971.The Aces were Allan Cup... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
14 | 759 | 53 | 0 | 4.18 | ||||
| 1969–70 | Jersey Devils | EHL | 8 | 480 | 55 | 1 | 6.88 | ||||
| 1970–71 1970–71 AHL season The 1970–71 AHL season was the 35th season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Baltimore Clippers finished first overall in the regular season... |
Quebec Aces | AHL | 39 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2154 | 122 | 5 | 3.39 | |
| 1971–72 | Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 320 | 16 | 0 | 3.00 | .918 |
| 1971–72 1971–72 AHL season The 1971–72 AHL season was the 36th season of the American Hockey League. Major changes occurred in the off-season. The league welcomed four expansion teams, and lost both Quebec-based teams. Eleven teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Boston Braves finished first overall in the regular... |
Richmond Robins Richmond Robins The Richmond Robins were a professional ice hockey team based in Richmond, Virginia. They were a member of the American Hockey League for five seasons from 1971–72 to 1975–76... |
AHL | 26 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1538 | 78 | 1 | 3.04 | |
| 1972–73 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1144 | 78 | 0 | 4.09 | .888 |
| 1972–73 1972–73 AHL season The 1972–73 AHL season was the 37th season of the American Hockey League. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Cincinnati Swords finished first overall in the regular season, and won the Calder Cup championship.-Team changes:... |
Richmond Robins | AHL | 6 | 337 | 23 | 0 | 4.09 | ||||
| 1973–74 1973–74 AHL season The 1973–74 AHL season was the 38th season of the American Hockey League. The league renamed its divisions, and the "East" Division became the "North" Division, and the "West" Division became the "South" Division. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished... |
Richmond Robins | AHL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 659 | 38 | 0 | 3.45 | |
| 1973–74 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 366 | 26 | 0 | 4.26 | .876 |
| 1974–75 1974–75 AHL season The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season... |
Richmond Robins | AHL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 303 | 18 | 0 | 3.56 | |
| 1974–75 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | .812 |
| 1975–76 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | .880 |
| 1975–76 1975–76 AHL season The 1975–76 AHL season was the 40th season of the American Hockey League. The league begins to give out three James H. Ellery Memorial Awards to the media, one each for outstanding newspaper, radio and television coverage of the AHL.... |
Richmond Robins | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 204 | 18 | 0 | 5.29 | |
| 1975–76 | Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original... |
NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 5.38 | |
| 1975–76 | Springfield Indians Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existence for a total of 60 seasons from 1926 to 1994, with... |
AHL | 23 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1230 | 86 | 0 | 4.20 | |
| NHL totals | 46 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2268 | 155 | 0 | 4.10 | |||
Post season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964–65 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 260 | 16 | 0 | 3.69 | |
| 1964–65 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup 1965 Memorial Cup The 1965 Memorial Cup final was the 47th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings... |
3 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | |
| 1966–67 | Calgary Spurs | WCSHL | 4 | 240 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| 1966–67 | Calgary Spurs | Al-Cup 1967 Allan Cup The 1967 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1966-67 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Drummondville Eagles and Drummondville, Quebec... |
10 | 6 | 4 | 532 | 29 | 1 | 3.27 | |
| 1967–68 | Calgary Spurs | WCSHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 140 | 13 | 0 | 5.69 | |
| 1969–70 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 2.44 | |