Bobby Sheehan

Robert Richard Sheehan (born January 11, 1949) is an American former professional ice hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1969 and 1982 as a center.

Career As a youth, Sheehan played in the inaugural 1960 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the junior Boston Bruins. A small player by hockey standards, Sheehan made up for his physical deficits by leading the NSJHL minor league with 64 goals his rookie year. He was drafted in the third round, 32nd overall by the Montreal Canadiens and went on to play parts of three seasons in the NHL. He was a reserve on the Canadiens Stanley Cup-champion team in 1971 and then joined the lowly California Golden Seals where he quickly became a regular and one of the top forwards for his new club.

In 1972, Sheehan joined the New York Raiders of the World Hockey Association, who had obtained his WHA rights from the New England Whalers. In 1975–76, he returned to the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks and would transfer between the NHL and American Hockey League (AHL) - plus another stop in the WHA - several times until his retirement in 1983.

After spending the entire 1978–79 regular season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL, Sheehan was called up by the New York Rangers to center Pat Hickey and Ron Duguay in the playoffs, which ultimately led to the 1979 Stanley Cup Final, which they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in five games. In 15 playoff games, Sheehan had four goals and three assists and incurred eight penalty minutes.

In a career total of 310 NHL games, Sheehan recorded 48 goals and 63 assists for 111 points.

International play Sheehan represented the United States at the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament. He scored one goal and one assist in eight games.

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1966–67 Halifax Junior Canadiens MJrHL 50 64 51 115 21 17 24 28 52 19 1967–68 Halifax Junior Canadiens MJrHL 44 51 47 98 25 4 6 5 11 0 1968–69 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 44 44 41 85 6 18 10 13 23 2 1969–70 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 1969–70 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 46 16 27 43 8 8 2 2 4 4 1970–71 Montreal Canadiens NHL 29 6 5 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 1970–71 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 35 24 21 45 14 5 0 1 1 4 1971–72 California Golden Seals NHL 78 20 26 46 12 — — — — — 1972–73 New York Raiders WHA 75 35 53 88 17 — — — — — 1973–74 New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights WHA 50 12 8 20 8 — — — — — 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers WHA 10 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers WHA 77 19 39 58 16 — — — — — 1975–76 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 78 11 20 31 8 4 0 0 0 0 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 34 5 4 9 2 — — — — — 1976–77 Rhode Island Reds AHL 36 28 26 54 18 — — — — — 1977–78 Indianapolis Racers WHA 29 8 7 15 6 — — — — — 1977–78 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 43 13 26 39 14 15 7 5 12 4 1978–79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 70 33 48 81 26 — — — — — 1978–79 New York Rangers NHL — — — — — 15 4 3 7 8 1979–80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 13 8 7 15 2 — — — — — 1979–80 Colorado Rockies NHL 30 3 4 7 2 — — — — — 1979–80 Fort Worth Texans CHL 31 18 20 38 14 — — — — — 1980–81 Colorado Rockies NHL 41 1 3 4 10 — — — — — 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1981–82 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 74 21 17 38 32 4 0 2 2 0 1982–83 Binghamton Whalers AHL 48 7 18 25 6 5 1 1 2 0 WHA totals 241 75 110 185 53 — — — — — NHL totals 310 48 63 111 40 25 4 3 7 8

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1981 United States WC 8 1 1 2 0 Senior totals 8 1 1 2 0

Achievements and awards MJrHL scoring champion (1966–67) Played in WHA All-Star Game (1973, 1974) AHL Second All-Star Team (1979)