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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{distinguish|text=the New Zealand rugby union player [[Rob Gordon]]}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| caption = 
| alt = 
| image = 
| image_size = 230px
| played_for = [[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[Syracuse Crunch]]<br>[[Long Beach Ice Dogs]]<br>[[Raleigh IceCaps]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Murrayville, British Columbia|Murrayville]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| draft = 39th overall
| draft_year = 1994
| draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2000
}}
'''Robb Gordon''' (born January 13, 1976)<ref>https://www.nhl.com/player/robb-gordon-8460530 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> is a [[Canadian]] retired professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] who played briefly in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. Selected by the Canucks in the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]], he played four games for the team in the [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99 season]], spending the rest of his career in the minor leagues before retiring in 2000. Internationally Gordon played for the [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canadian national junior team]] at the [[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1996 World Junior Championships]], winning a gold medal.

==Playing career==
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{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1996 United States]] | }}
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Gordon was born in [[Murrayville, British Columbia]] and raised in [[Surrey, British Columbia]]. He was selected in the second round (39th overall) of the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Vancouver Canucks]] following a season in the [[BCHL]] with the [[Powell River Paper Kings]]. He played college hockey for the [[Michigan Wolverines]] alongside future NHL players such as [[John Madden (ice hockey)|John Madden]], [[Brendan Morrison]], and [[Mike Knuble]]. After his freshman season, he left the Wolverines and played in the [[Western Hockey League]] for the [[Kelowna Rockets]], where he scored 114 points in 58 games. He would play for [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]] at the [[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1996 World Junior Championships]], winning a gold medal.

Gordon experienced a difficult transition to professional hockey, in large part due to his sub-par skating. He would score 25 points in 63 games for the [[Syracuse Crunch]], Vancouver's [[American Hockey League|AHL]] affiliate in 1996–97, and was at one point sent down to the [[ECHL]]. The following season, he would record 10 points in 40 games. He was called up to the Canucks in the [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99 season]], playing four games for the team, while scoring 16 goals and 38 points for Syracuse. However, he was released by Vancouver the following season. Following his release from the Canucks, Gordon spent a season in the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] with the [[Long Beach Ice Dogs]], recording 18 points in 50 games, and retired in 2000.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM 
|- 
| [[1992–93 BCHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Powell River Paper Kings]]
| [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCJHL]]
| 60 || 55 || 38 || 93 || 76
| 18 || 8 || 10 || 18 || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 BCHL season|1993–94]]
| Powell River Paper Kings
| BCJHL
| 60 || 69 || 89 || 158 || 141
| 10 || 11 || 14 || 25 || 29
|-
| [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1994–95]]
| [[University of Michigan]]
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|NCAA]]
| 39 || 15 || 26 || 41 || 72
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 WHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Kelowna Rockets]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 58 || 51 || 63 || 114 || 84
| 6 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 19
|-
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Syracuse Crunch]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 63 || 11 || 14 || 25 || 72
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 AHL season|1997–98]]
| Syracuse Crunch
| AHL
| 40 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 35
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [[1997–98 ECHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Raleigh IceCaps]]
| [[ECHL]]
| 7 || 3 || 10 || 13 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [[1998–99 AHL season|1998–99]]
| Syracuse Crunch
| AHL
| 68 || 16 || 22 || 38 || 98
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–00 IHL season|1999–00]]
| [[Long Beach Ice Dogs]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 50 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 54
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|AHL totals
! 171 !! 31 !! 42 !! 73 !! 205
! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 7
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1996]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|WJC]]
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Junior totals
! 6 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 0
|}

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
|[[Western Hockey League|WHL]] West First All-Star team 
| 1995-96
|-
| All-[[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] [[List of All-CCHA Teams#Rookie Team|Rookie Team]]
| [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1994-95]]
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Canadian ice hockey centres]]
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[[Category:Kelowna Rockets players]]
[[Category:Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players]]
[[Category:Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players]]
[[Category:People from Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)]]
[[Category:Raleigh IceCaps players]]
[[Category:Syracuse Crunch players]]
[[Category:Vancouver Canucks draft picks]]
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