Earl Robinson (ice hockey)
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Henry Earle Robinson was a Canadian professional ice hockey
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...

 right winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

 who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League
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...

 for the Montreal Maroons
Montreal Maroons
The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...

, Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

 and Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

.

Playing career

Robinson played nine seasons for his hometown Montreal Maroons. He had his best season offensively for the Maroons in 1934-35
1934-35 NHL season
-NHL awards:Eddie Shore won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the seventh and final time in his career, and his third consecutive time...

 scoring a career high 17 goals and 35 points in 47 games. He would play for the Maroons beginning in 1928-29
1928-29 NHL season
-NHL awards:Frank Boucher won his second consecutive Lady Byng award and George Hainsworth won his third consecutive Vezina Trophy.-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:...

 up until the team ceased operating at the conclusion of the 1937-38 NHL season. The following year he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks and recorded 15 points in 47 games. Robinson played his last season in the National Hockey League the following year for his other hometown team the Montreal Canadiens. He would spend parts of the next three years in the American Hockey League
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...

 eventually retiring from professional hockey in 1942.

Awards and achievements

  • 1934-35 - Stanley Cup Champion - Montreal Maroons
  • 1937-38 - Played in Howie Morenz Memorial Game
  • 1939-40 - Played in Babe Siebert Memorial Game

Transactions

  • Traded by the Montreal Maroons with Russ Blinco
    Russ Blinco
    Russ Blinco was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks. Blinco's name was inscribed on the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Maroons in 1935.-Playing career:Blinco began his hockey career with the...

     and Baldy Northcott
    Baldy Northcott
    Lawrence McFarlane "Lorne, Baldy" Northcott was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks....

     to the Chicago Blackhawks for $30,000, September 15, 1938.
  • Sold by the Chicago Blackhawks to the Montreal Canadians, October 11, 1939.

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