Robert Freeman Corkum (born December 18, 1967) is an American professional

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coach and former ice hockey center. He was drafted in the third round, 47th overall, by the

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in the

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Playing career

Corkum represented the United States at the

1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1987 WJHC'') was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). Finland captured its f ...

. After playing four seasons for the

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, Corkum debuted with Buffalo's

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affiliate, the

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, in the 1989–90 season. He also appeared in eight regular season games and five playoff games with the Sabres during the 1989–90 season. After playing for the Americans and Sabres for the next three seasons, Corkum was chosen by the

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in the

1993 NHL Expansion Draft The 1993 NHL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1993–94 season, the Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The draft took pl ...

. After the Mighty Ducks, Corkum made stops with the

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, and

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. The Thrashers traded him back to the Sabres at the trade deadline of the 2001–02 season. After finishing the season with the Sabres, Corkum retired. In his NHL career, Corkum played in 720 games. He recorded 97 goals and 103 assists, for 200 total points. His best season came in 1993–94 with Anaheim, when he scored 23 goals and added 28 assists.

Coaching career

On August 22, 2008, it was announced that Corkum would be returning to his alma mater to become the associate head coach at the

. He spent the majority of the previous four seasons coaching junior hockey in the

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, and prior to that at Newburyport High in Massachusetts. On April 30, 2013,

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named Corkum the head coach of Team USA for the

2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament The 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 5–10, 2013. As in the previous three years, the venues are Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and East ...

to be held in

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during August 2013.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1967 births Living people American men's ice hockey centers Atlanta Thrashers players Buffalo Sabres draft picks Buffalo Sabres players Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts Los Angeles Kings players Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players New Jersey Devils players New York Islanders coaches People from Salisbury, Massachusetts Philadelphia Flyers players Phoenix Coyotes players Rochester Americans players Ice hockey people from Essex County, Massachusetts Ice hockey players from Massachusetts {{US-icehockey-centre-stub