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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Rouse
Selected in
fourth round
No. 80 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
June 18, 1964
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Billings (WHL)
Birthplace:
Surrey, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown: Surrey, British
Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Surrey | B.C. AAA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Billings | WHL |
70 | 0 |
13 | 13 |
116 | | 1981-82 |
Billings | WHL |
71 | 7 |
22 | 29 |
209 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Paired on defense with Gord Kluzak in 1981-82. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 25, 1984 (Minnesota at
Chicago)
Numbers: 22, 3 (Minnesota); 8 (Washington); 28, 3
(Toronto);
3 (Detroit); 3 (San Jose)
Stanley Cup: 1997, 1998.
Playing Status:
Retired 2000 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1984-1999 |
Minnesota, Wash.,
Toronto, Detroit, S.J. | 1,061 |
37 | 181 |
218 | 1,559 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1999 |
Minnesota, Wash.,
Toronto, Detroit, S.J. | 136 |
7 | 21 |
28 | 198 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1995 (Detroit)
Minnesota WTCN-TV Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1984-85
Minnesota Tri-Captain: October 1988 until March 7, 1989
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1985-86 season with thumb injury, suffered
in Minnesota's Jan. 2, 1986, game vs. Vancouver. ... Missed remainder of
1986 playoffs with shoulder injury, suffered during Game 3 of Minnesota's
first-round series at St. Louis on April 12, 1986. ... Missed part of
1987-88 season with hip contusion, suffered during Minnesota's
Jan. 13, 1988, game vs. Toronto. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with
sprained right knee, an injury suffered in Washington's Dec. 12, 1989,
exhibition game vs. touring Soviet team (Khimik). He did not
return to action until Washington's Jan. 1, 1990, game vs. Los Angeles. ...
Missed remainder of 1990-91 season with hairline fracture of his collarbone,
an injury suffered in Toronto's Feb. 16, 1991, game vs. Edmonton. ...
Missed part of 1991-92 season with foot injury, suffered during Toronto's
Nov. 29, 1992, game at Minnesota. ... Named Toronto's Defensive Player of
Month for March 1992. ... Suspended four games by NHL during 1993-94 season
for stick-swinging incident with Bob Probert during Toronto's Oct. 15, 1993, game
vs. Detroit. Probert started the stick-fight, but Rouse had ended it by
two-handing Probert with a violent swing into his left shoulder. Neither
player was hurt, but both received match penalties. Both players were
suspended indefinitely at first and were also subject to hearings with NHL
vice-president Brian Burke on Oct. 18, 1993. After the hearings, the NHL
gave both players four-game suspensions. ...
Missed part of 1993-94 season with strained knee, an injury suffered during
Toronto's Dec. 29, 1993, game at Dallas. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season
with torn cartilage in knee, suffered during Toronto's Jan. 29,
1994, game vs. Pittsburgh. The injury required arthroscopic surgery on Feb.
1, 1994, and he did not return to action until Toronto's March
7, 1994, game vs. St. Louis. ... Signed with
Detroit as an unrestricted free agent on Aug. 5, 1994. ... Missed Detroit's
1995 training camp and start of 1995-96 season while recovering from hernia
surgery, performed on Sept. 9, 1995. ... Missed remainder of 1996 playoffs
with fractured orbital bone, an injury suffered during Game 6 of Detroit's
second-round series at St. Louis on May 14, 1996. ... Missed parts of
1996-97 season with strained groin, an injury suffered during Detroit's Dec.
28, 1996, game at N.Y. Islanders, and with the flu, contracted in March
1997. ... Reached Western Conference finals series every year from 1993
through 1998. ... Signed
two-year contract with San Jose as Group III unrestricted free agent on July
13, 1998. ... Made San Jose debut on Oct. 9, 1998, in special season-opener
vs. Calgary in Tokyo, Japan. ... Played his 1,000th career NHL game for San
Jose on Jan. 2, 1999, at N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season
with foot injury, suffered during San Jose's March 28, 1999, game at
Edmonton. ... Released by San Jose on Dec. 26, 1999. The Sharks then placed
him on waivers on Dec. 27, 1999. He cleared waivers for a second time on
Jan. 5, 2000, so the Sharks were eligible to buy out his contract. Unable to catch on with another team and opted to retire at age 35. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Nanaimo, Lethbridge (WHL); Springfield (AHL)
World Championships: 1987
(fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL Top Defenseman: 1983-84 (Lethbridge)
WHL East All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Lethbridge)
WHL All-Star Second Team: 1982-83 (Nanaimo-Lethbridge)
Nanaimo Captain: September 1982 until December 1982
Miscellaneous: Was on Billings (WHL)
team that relocated to Nanaimo prior to 1982-83 season. ... Was on
Washington team that held 1989 training camp in Sweden before joining
Calgary for 1989 NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union. The Capitals faced
four Soviet teams on the tour. ... Played on Minnesota and Detroit's off-season charity
softball teams. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after retirement.
... Named to defense position on all-time Lethbridge (WHL) team by a CHL
panel in 1999.
Rouse Leaves Nanaimo:
Rouse made headlines as an 18-year-old because of a dispute
with Nanaimo part owner and interim general manager Real Turcotte. The
incident began when Rouse, the Nanaimo captain, refused to dress for
a Dec. 2, 1982, game vs. Kelowna because the team fired head coach Les Calder and
replaced him with Turcotte one day earlier. Rouse and teammate Mark Lamb, who also refused to play in the Kelowna
game, demanded that they be traded out of loyalty to Calder. Turcotte
immediately met Rouse's demand by trading Rouse to Lethbridge for Vern Smith on Dec. 3, 1982.
Personal: Full name is Robert John
Rouse. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Minnesota traded Rouse and Dino Ciccarelli to Washington in exchange for
Mike Gartner and Larry Murphy on March 7, 1989. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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