Rob Gaudreau
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Robert Rene Gaudreau is an American
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 retired professional ice hockey
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 player.

Playing career

Gaudreau was drafted 172nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins
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 in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft
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 and started his National Hockey League
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 career with the San Jose Sharks
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 in 1992. He would go on to play for the Ottawa Senators
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 after being claimed in the January 1995 NHL waiver draft. He played a total of 231 regular season games, scoring 51 goals and 54 assists for 105 points and collecting 69 penalty minutes. Gaudreau recorded the first two hat trick
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s in San Jose Sharks history during the 1992–93 season. He also played 14 playoff games with the San Jose Sharks during the 1994 season, scoring 2 goals. He left the NHL after the 1996 season and played just one more season in Switzerland
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's Nationalliga A for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
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 before retiring.

Career statistics


--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1988-89 Providence College NCAA 42 28 29 57 32 -- -- -- -- --
1989-90 Providence College NCAA 32 20 18 38 12 -- -- -- -- --
1990-91 Providence College NCAA 36 34 27 61 20 -- -- -- -- --
1991-92 Providence College NCAA 36 21 34 55 22 -- -- -- -- --
1992-93 Kansas City Blades IHL 19 8 6 14 6 -- -- -- -- --
1992-93 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 23 20 43 18 -- -- -- -- --
1993-94 San Jose Sharks NHL 84 15 20 35 28 14 2 0 2 0
1994-95 Ottawa Senators NHL 36 5 9 14 8 -- -- -- -- --
1995-96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 3 2 0 2 4 -- -- -- -- --
1995-96 Ottawa Senators NHL 52 8 5 13 15 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 Chaux-de-Fonds NLA 37 19 23 42 62 -- -- -- -- --
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NHL Totals 231 51 54 105 69 14 2 0 2 0

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