Rod Bloomfield
Encyclopedia
Rod Bloomfield was a professional ice hockey
player.
Bloomfield was a stunt double on the film Slap Shot
and did most of the skating in long-shot scenes involving Paul Newman's character, according to others involved with the filming.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player.
Bloomfield was a stunt double on the film Slap Shot
Slap Shot (film)
Slap Shot is a 1977 film comedy starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean directed by George Roy Hill. It depicts a minor league hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.- Plot :...
and did most of the skating in long-shot scenes involving Paul Newman's character, according to others involved with the filming.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1973–74 | Broome Dusters Broome Dusters The Broome Dusters were an ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League. They played in Binghamton, New York, USA at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena... |
NAHL | 73 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1974–75 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 68 | 55 | 54 | 109 | 85 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 18 | ||
| 1975–76 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 74 | 37 | 59 | 96 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1976–77 | Broome Dusters | NAHL | 73 | 49 | 124 | 173 | 90 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1977–78 | Binghamton Dusters Binghamton Dusters The Binghamton Dusters were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Binghamton, New York, USA at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
49 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NAHL totals | 288 | 187 | 310 | 497 | 417 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 22 | ||||
| AHL totals | 49 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||