Robert Starke
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Robert Starke is an Canadian Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Newcastle North Stars
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
.
of the NCAA Division III in 1996. He continued to play for Bowdoin until the end of the 1999–00 season. In the 2000–01 season Starke joined the Missouri River Otters
of the United Hockey League
where he played 52 games and scored seven goals. The following season Starke moved to Yugoslavia to play for HK Vojvodina
of the IEL and Yugoslavian League. Starke continued to play for HK Vojvodina in the 2002–03 season but nine games in moved to the Netherlands
to play for Heerenveen Flyers of the Eredivisie. After his season with the Flyers Starke moved back to Canada to play for the Verdun Dragons
of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League.
After the completion of the 2003–04 for the Dragons Starke moved to Australia to play for the Newcastle North Stars
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
(AIHL). For the 2004–05 season Stark returned to play for the Flyers in Netherlands before returning to Australia for the 2004 AIHL season
with the North Stars. Stark is currently in his seventh season with the North Stars and is currently playing in the 2010 AIHL season
.
Newcastle North Stars
The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
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Playing career
Robert Starke first played ice hockey for Bowdoin CollegeBowdoin College
Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
of the NCAA Division III in 1996. He continued to play for Bowdoin until the end of the 1999–00 season. In the 2000–01 season Starke joined the Missouri River Otters
Missouri River Otters
The now defunct Missouri River Otters was a minor pro team in the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2006. They were located in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Mike Shanahan Jr. was the owner and president when the team ceased operations. Frank Buonomo served as General Manager. They...
of the United Hockey League
United Hockey League
The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States...
where he played 52 games and scored seven goals. The following season Starke moved to Yugoslavia to play for HK Vojvodina
HK Vojvodina
Hokejaški Klub Vojvodina is an ice hockey club from Novi Sad, Serbia. In its history it has won seven national championships. They play their home games at SPENS, located in Novi Sad...
of the IEL and Yugoslavian League. Starke continued to play for HK Vojvodina in the 2002–03 season but nine games in moved to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
to play for Heerenveen Flyers of the Eredivisie. After his season with the Flyers Starke moved back to Canada to play for the Verdun Dragons
Verdun Dragons
The Verdun Dragons were a hockey team based in Verdun, Quebec. The team was part of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey . The Dragons played at the Verdun Auditorium. They won the Futura Cup against the Saint-Georges Garaga in 2003-2004....
of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League.
After the completion of the 2003–04 for the Dragons Starke moved to Australia to play for the Newcastle North Stars
Newcastle North Stars
The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
(AIHL). For the 2004–05 season Stark returned to play for the Flyers in Netherlands before returning to Australia for the 2004 AIHL season
2004 AIHL season
The 2004 AIHL season was the 5th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 3rd in which the Goodall Cup was awarded to the league champions.The West Sydney Ice Dogs won their first Goodall Cup defeating the Newcastle Northstars in the championship game....
with the North Stars. Stark is currently in his seventh season with the North Stars and is currently playing in the 2010 AIHL season
2010 AIHL season
The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.-League business:...
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Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Bowdoin College Bowdoin College Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is... |
NCAA III | 24 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Bowdoin College | NCAA III | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | Bowdoin College | NCAA III | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Bowdoin College | NCAA III | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Missouri River Otters Missouri River Otters The now defunct Missouri River Otters was a minor pro team in the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2006. They were located in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Mike Shanahan Jr. was the owner and president when the team ceased operations. Frank Buonomo served as General Manager. They... |
UHL United Hockey League The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States... |
52 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | HK Vojvodina HK Vojvodina Hokejaški Klub Vojvodina is an ice hockey club from Novi Sad, Serbia. In its history it has won seven national championships. They play their home games at SPENS, located in Novi Sad... |
IEL | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2001–02 | HK Vojvodina | Yugoslavian League | 19 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2002–03 | HK Vojvodina | IEL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Heerenveen Flyers | Eredivisie | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Verdun Dragons Verdun Dragons The Verdun Dragons were a hockey team based in Verdun, Quebec. The team was part of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey . The Dragons played at the Verdun Auditorium. They won the Futura Cup against the Saint-Georges Garaga in 2003-2004.... |
QSPHL | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 62 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004 | Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars... |
AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors.... |
18 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | Heerenveen Flyers | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2005 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 27 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 86 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 26 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 26 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 65 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 26 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2009 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 20 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2010 | Newcastle North Stars | AIHL | 25 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| AIHL Totals | 168 | 46 | 168 | 214 | 321 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
International play
Played for Australia in:- 2008 IIHF World Championship – Division II Group B2008 IIHF World Championship Division IIThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A...
- 2009 IIHF World Championship – Division I Group A2009 IIHF World Championship Division IThe 2009 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 11–17, 2009. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups. Group A's tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania...
- 2010 IIHF World Championship – Division II Group A2010 IIHF World Championship Division IIThe 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 10–17, 2010. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was...
International statistics
| Year | Team | Competition | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Australia | 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A... |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | Australia | 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 6–13, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A... |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | Australia | 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 10–17, 2010. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was... |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Team Australia Totals | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||