Robert Ross Palmer (September 10, 1956 – June 26, 2023) was a Canadian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

defenceman who played 320 games in the

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Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...

and New Jersey Devils between 1977 and 1984. As a youth, he played in the 1968 and 1969

Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (french: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, ...

s with

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teams from

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1956 births 2023 deaths Calgary Cowboys draft picks Canadian ice hockey defencemen Houston Apollos players Ice hockey people from Sarnia Indianapolis Checkers players Los Angeles Kings draft picks Los Angeles Kings players Maine Mariners (AHL) players Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States New Haven Nighthawks players New Jersey Devils players Springfield Falcons players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub