Douglas William Roberts (born October 28, 1942) is an American retired professional
ice hockey
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player and coach who played 419 games in the
National Hockey League
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and 140 games in the
World Hockey Association
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between 1966 and 1977.
Career
Roberts played for the
California Golden Seals
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,
Boston Bruins
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,
Detroit Red Wings
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, and
New England Whalers
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after starring for the
Michigan State University
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hockey team. His NHL career was comparatively modest, but he did participate in the 1971
NHL All-Star Game
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as the weak Seals lone representative at a time when there were very few American players in the NHL.
After retiring from hockey, he served as the head coach of the
Connecticut College
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men's ice hockey team in 1980–2000. He is the brother of
Gordie Roberts
Gordon Douglas Roberts (born October 2, 1957) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 1,097 NHL regular season games from 1979 to 1994. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. His brother Doug Robert ...
and father of
David Roberts David or Dave Roberts may refer to:
Arts and literature
* David Roberts (painter) (1796–1864), Scottish painter
* David Roberts (art collector), Scottish contemporary art collector
* David Roberts (novelist), English editor and mystery writer ...
, both former NHL players.
Awards and honors
*Played in NHL All-Star Game (1971)
Career statistics
External links
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1942 births
Living people
American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
American men's ice hockey right wingers
Boston Braves (AHL) players
Boston Bruins players
California Golden Seals players
Detroit Red Wings players
Fort Worth Wings players
Ice hockey people from Detroit
Jokerit players
Memphis Wings players
National Hockey League All-Stars
New England Whalers players
Oakland Seals players
Rhode Island Reds players
Virginia Wings players
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
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