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{{Short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|25}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]], [[Minnesota]]
| birth_place = [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]], [[Minnesota]], U.S.
| height_cm = 183
| height_ft = 5
| weight_kg = 80
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[New Haven Nighthawks]]<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL)|Phoenix Roadrunners]]<br>[[Buffalo Sabres]]<br>[[Rochester Americans]]<br>[[Portland Pirates]]<br>[[Hartford Wolf Pack]]<br>[[Manitoba Moose]]<br>[[Jacksonville Barracudas]]
| played_for = [[Los Angeles Kings]] <br>[[Buffalo Sabres]]
| sex = m
| ntl_team = USA
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 107th
| draft = 107th overall
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| career_start = {{start date|1989}}
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = {{end date|2006}}
| career_end = 2006
}}
}}
'''Robert Thomas Stauber''' (born November 25, 1967) is a retired American professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who played 62 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] regular season games between 1989 and 1995. He was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall, by the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]].
'''Robert Thomas Stauber''' (born November 25, 1967) is an American [[ice hockey]] coach and former player. He was the head coach of the [[United States women's national ice hockey team]]. He played the [[goaltender]] position at the [[University of Minnesota]] and professionally with the [[Los Angeles Kings]] and [[Buffalo Sabres]] of the [[National Hockey League]].

Stauber played three seasons for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey]] team from 1986 to 1989. He was the first goaltender to win the [[Hobey Baker Award]] after his sophomore season in 1988.<ref name="gopherbio">{{cite web|title=Hobey Baker Award Winner Robb Stauber|url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/042906aae.html|website=GopherSports.com|publisher=University of Minnesota}}</ref>

Between 1989 and 1995, Stauber played 62 NHL regular season games. He was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]].

A 1986 graduate of Duluth Denfeld High School, Stauber was chosen as the 63rd best player in Minnesota boys' high school hockey history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Loren|title=Matter of survival|url=http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/103769|publisher=Minnesota Hockey Hub}}</ref>

==College career==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| [[Hobey Baker Award]]
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
|-
| [[List of WCHA Player of the Year|WCHA Player of the Year]]
| 1987–88
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|West First-Team All-American]]
| 1987–88
|-
| All-[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] [[List of All-WCHA Hockey Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| 1987–88
|-
| John Mariucci MVP Award (Minnesota)
| 1987–88
|-
| All-[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] [[List of All-WCHA Hockey Teams#Second Team|Second Team]]
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
|}

Sources:<ref name=mediaguide17>{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017-18-Hockey-Media-Guide.pdf |title=2017-2018 Hockey Media Guide |publisher=University of Minnesota}}</ref><ref name=AHCA>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>


==Professional hockey career==
==Professional hockey career==
He made his [[National Hockey League]] debut with the Kings during the [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90 season]], appearing in two games. He was traded (along with [[Alexei Zhitnik]], [[Charlie Huddy]], and a draft pick) to the [[Buffalo Sabres]] (for [[Grant Fuhr]], [[Denis Tsygurov]], and [[Philippe Boucher]]) during the [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95 season]]. Stauber appeared in just six games with the Sabres in that season, and had no further NHL experience.
Stauber made his National Hockey League debut with the Kings during the 1989–90 season, appearing in two games. After two years in the minors, he played in 53 games for Kings between the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons.

He was traded (along with [[Alexei Zhitnik]], [[Charlie Huddy]], and a draft pick) to the [[Buffalo Sabres]] (for [[Grant Fuhr]], [[Denis Tsygurov]], and [[Philippe Boucher]]) during the 1994–95 season. Stauber appeared in just one game with the Kings and six games with the Sabres in that season, his last in the NHL. His career NHL stats are 21-23-9 W-L-T, 3.81 GAA, .890 save percentage, and one shutout in 62 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robb Stauber|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5158|website=HockeyDB.com}}</ref>

Stauber spent 1995 to 1999 in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] and [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]. From 2002 to 2006, he played a few games in three different seasons with the [[Jacksonville Barracudas]] in three different leagues, the [[Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–03)|Atlantic Coast Hockey League]], [[WHA2]], and [[Southern Professional Hockey League]].


In 1996, he scored a goal while playing for the Rochester Americans.<ref>{{cite web|title=AHL: Goaltender Robb Stauber Scores A Goal 1996| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8zRYLnTE7o}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>
Stauber spent most of the remainder of his professional career in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] and [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]], and most recently played a few games in three different seasons with the [[Jacksonville Barracudas]] in three different leagues—the [[Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–03)|Atlantic Coast Hockey League]], [[WHA2]], and [[Southern Professional Hockey League]]. The team was coached by his former teammates Ron Dugay and Bret Strot.


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
Stauber coached at the University of Minnesota's [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|Gophers men's hockey]] program as their goalie coach from 2000 to 2008, during which the Gophers won back to back NCAA National Titles in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="usahockey"/>
Stauber coached at the University of Minnesota's [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|Gophers men's hockey]] program as their goalie coach from 2000 to 2008, during which the Gophers won back to back NCAA National Titles in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="usahockey"/>


Stauber currently serves as head coach for the [[USA Hockey]] [[United States women's national ice hockey team|Women's National Team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Minnesota’s Robb Stauber to coach Olympic women’s hockey team|url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/01/minnesotas-robb-stauber-to-coach-olympic-womens-hockey-team/|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|agency=AP|date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> Starting with the program in 2010, he was an assistant coach at the [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2014 Winter Olympic Games]].<ref name="usahockey">{{cite web|title=Robb Stauber - Head Coach|url=http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2875673-robb-stauber-head-coach|publisher=USA Hockey}}</ref> In the first tournament after he was named permanent head coach, he coached the US to a gold medal in the [[2017 IIHF Women's World Championship]].<ref name="SI">{{cite news|last1=Haase|first1=Nicole|title=Robb Stauber brings a goalie's point of view behind the bench for Team USA|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/04/03/robb-stauber-us-womens-national-hockey-team-coach|work=Sports Illustrated|date=April 3, 2017}}</ref>
Stauber served as head coach for the [[USA Hockey]] [[United States women's national ice hockey team|Women's National Team]] in the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games where his team won their first Gold Medal since 1998.<ref>{{cite news|title=Minnesota's Robb Stauber to coach Olympic women's hockey team|url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/01/minnesotas-robb-stauber-to-coach-olympic-womens-hockey-team/|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|agency=AP|date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> Starting with the program in 2010, he was an assistant coach at the [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2014 Winter Olympic Games]].<ref name="usahockey">{{cite web|title=Robb Stauber - Head Coach|url=http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2875673-robb-stauber-head-coach|publisher=USA Hockey}}</ref> In the first tournament after he was named permanent head coach, he coached the US to a gold medal in the [[2017 IIHF Women's World Championship]].<ref name="SI">{{cite news|last1=Haase|first1=Nicole|title=Robb Stauber brings a goalie's point of view behind the bench for Team USA|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/04/03/robb-stauber-us-womens-national-hockey-team-coach|work=Sports Illustrated|date=April 3, 2017}}</ref>


==Bandy career==
==Bandy career==
Stauber also played [[bandy]] with the [[Dynamo Duluth]]. He was selected to the [[United States national bandy team|United States national team]] squad for the [[2010 Bandy World Championship|2010 World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/sports/olympics/29bandy.html?pagewanted=2|title=It’s Not Hockey, It’s Bandy |last=Klein|first=Jeff Z. |date=2010-01-28|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-03-30}}</ref>
Stauber also played [[bandy]] with the [[Dynamo Duluth]]. He was selected to the [[United States national bandy team|United States national team]] for the [[2010 Bandy World Championship|2010 World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/sports/olympics/29bandy.html?pagewanted=2|title=It's Not Hockey, It's Bandy |last=Klein|first=Jeff Z. |date=2010-01-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2010-03-30}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| class="wikitable"
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:90%; text-align:center;"
! Award
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
!
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
|-
| 1983–84
| All-[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] [[List of All-WCHA Hockey Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[Denfeld High School]]
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| [[Minnesota State High School League|HS-MN]]
| <ref name=wcha>{{cite news|title=WCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85
| Denfeld High School
| HS-MN
| 22 || — || — || — || 990 || 27 || 0 || 1.70 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1985–86
| Denfeld High School
| HS-MN
| 27 || — || — || — || 1215 || 66 || 0 || 3.26 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87]]
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|University of Minnesota]]
| [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]]
| 20 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 1072 || 63 || 0 || 3.53 || .881
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|West First-Team All-American]]
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| University of Minnesota
| <ref name=AHCA>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
| WCHA
|-
| 44 || 34 || 10 || 0 || 2621 || 119 || 5 || 2.72 || .913
| All-[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] [[List of All-WCHA Hockey Teams#Second Team|Second Team]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| University of Minnesota
| <ref name="wcha"/>
| WCHA
| 34 || 26 || 8 || 0 || 2024 || 82 || 0 || 2.43 || .911
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 83 || 11 || 0 || 7.94 || .744
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| [[New Haven Nighthawks]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 14 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 851 || 43 || 0 || 3.03 || .899
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 302 || 24 || 0 || 4.77 || —
|-
| [[1990–91 AHL season|1990–91]]
| New Haven Nighthawks
| AHL
| 33 || 13 || 16 || 4 || 1882 || 115 || 1 || 3.67 || .875
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 IHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL)|Phoenix Roadrunners]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 160 || 11 || 0 || 4.13 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1991–92 IHL season|1991–92]]
| Phoenix Roadrunners
| IHL
| 22 || 8 || 12 || 1 || 1242 || 80 || 0 || 3.86 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 31 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 1735 || 111 || 0 || 3.84 || .888
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 240 || 16 || 0 || 4.00 || .898
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 22 || 4 || 11 || 5 || 1144 || 65 || 1 || 3.41 || .908
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 IHL season|1993–94]]
| Phoenix Roadrunners
| IHL
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 121 || 13 || 0 || 6.42 || .843
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 2 || 0 || 7.33 || .667
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| NHL
| 6 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 317 || 20 || 0 || 3.79 || .867
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1995–96 AHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| AHL
| 16 || 6 || 7 || 1 || 833 || 49 || 0 || 3.53 || .896
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Portland Pirates]]
| AHL
| 30 || 13 || 13 || 2 || 1606 || 82 || 0 || 3.06 || .897
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1997–98 AHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Hartford Wolf Pack]]
| AHL
| 39 || 20 || 10 || 6 || 2221 || 89 || 2 || 2.40 || .920
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 419 || 30 || 0 || 4.29 || .873
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 IHL season|1998–99]]
| [[Manitoba Moose]]
| IHL
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 213 || 17 || 0 || 4.79 || .811
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2002–03
| [[Jacksonville Barracudas]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–03)|ACHL]]
| 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 4.38 || .891
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04
| Jacksonville Barracudas
| [[World Hockey Association 2|WHA2]]
| 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 2.50 || .924
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2005–06 SPHL season|2005–06]]
| Jacksonville Barracudas
| [[Southern Professional Hockey League|SPHL]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || — || — || — || — || 2.63 || .933
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | AHL totals
! 132 !! 58 !! 52 !! 15 !! 6643 !! 378 !! 3 !! 3.41 !! .898
! 12 !! 5 !! 7 !! 721 !! 54 !! 0 !! 4.49 !! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | NHL totals
! 62 !! 21 !! 23 !! 9 !! 3295 !! 209 !! 1 !! 3.81 !! .890
! 4 !! 3 !! 1 !! 240 !! 16 !! 0 !! 4.00 !! .898
|}
|}


===International===
*WCHA Goaltender of the Year (1988, 1989)
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| [[1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1987]]
| [[United States men's national junior ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 4 || — || — || — || 220 || 17 || 0 || 4.64
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989 Ice Hockey World Championships|1989]]
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 313 || 19 || 0 || 3.64 || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4| Junior totals
! 4 !! — !! — !! — !! 220 !! 17 !! 0 !! 4.64 !! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4| Senior totals
! 6 !! 3 !! 3 !! 0 !! 313 !! 19 !! 0 !! 3.64 !! —
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{succession box | before = [[Tony Hrkac]] | title=[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's individual awards#Player of the Year|WCHA Most Valuable Player]] | years = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]| after=[[Curtis Joseph]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Tony Hrkac]] | title = Winner of the [[Hobey Baker Award]] | years = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]] | after = [[Lane MacDonald]]}}
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Revision as of 17:05, 1 February 2024

Robb Stauber
Born (1967-11-25) November 25, 1967 (age 56)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Los Angeles Kings
Buffalo Sabres
National team  United States
NHL draft 107th overall, 1986
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1989–2006

Robert Thomas Stauber (born November 25, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He was the head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team. He played the goaltender position at the University of Minnesota and professionally with the Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.

Stauber played three seasons for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team from 1986 to 1989. He was the first goaltender to win the Hobey Baker Award after his sophomore season in 1988.[1]

Between 1989 and 1995, Stauber played 62 NHL regular season games. He was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

A 1986 graduate of Duluth Denfeld High School, Stauber was chosen as the 63rd best player in Minnesota boys' high school hockey history.[2]

College career

Award Year
Hobey Baker Award 1987–88
WCHA Player of the Year 1987–88
AHCA West First-Team All-American 1987–88
All-WCHA First Team 1987–88
John Mariucci MVP Award (Minnesota) 1987–88
All-WCHA Second Team 1988–89

Sources:[3][4]

Professional hockey career

Stauber made his National Hockey League debut with the Kings during the 1989–90 season, appearing in two games. After two years in the minors, he played in 53 games for Kings between the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons.

He was traded (along with Alexei Zhitnik, Charlie Huddy, and a draft pick) to the Buffalo Sabres (for Grant Fuhr, Denis Tsygurov, and Philippe Boucher) during the 1994–95 season. Stauber appeared in just one game with the Kings and six games with the Sabres in that season, his last in the NHL. His career NHL stats are 21-23-9 W-L-T, 3.81 GAA, .890 save percentage, and one shutout in 62 games.[5]

Stauber spent 1995 to 1999 in the AHL and IHL. From 2002 to 2006, he played a few games in three different seasons with the Jacksonville Barracudas in three different leagues, the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, WHA2, and Southern Professional Hockey League.

In 1996, he scored a goal while playing for the Rochester Americans.[6]

Coaching career

Stauber coached at the University of Minnesota's Gophers men's hockey program as their goalie coach from 2000 to 2008, during which the Gophers won back to back NCAA National Titles in 2002 and 2003.[7]

Stauber served as head coach for the USA Hockey Women's National Team in the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games where his team won their first Gold Medal since 1998.[8] Starting with the program in 2010, he was an assistant coach at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.[7] In the first tournament after he was named permanent head coach, he coached the US to a gold medal in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.[9]

Bandy career

Stauber also played bandy with the Dynamo Duluth. He was selected to the United States national team for the 2010 World Championship.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1983–84 Denfeld High School HS-MN — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1984–85 Denfeld High School HS-MN 22 — — — 990 27 0 1.70 — — — — — — — — —
1985–86 Denfeld High School HS-MN 27 — — — 1215 66 0 3.26 — — — — — — — — —
1986–87 University of Minnesota WCHA 20 13 5 0 1072 63 0 3.53 .881 — — — — — — — —
1987–88 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 34 10 0 2621 119 5 2.72 .913 — — — — — — — —
1988–89 University of Minnesota WCHA 34 26 8 0 2024 82 0 2.43 .911 — — — — — — — —
1989–90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 2 0 1 0 83 11 0 7.94 .744 — — — — — — — —
1989–90 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 14 6 6 2 851 43 0 3.03 .899 5 2 3 302 24 0 4.77 —
1990–91 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 33 13 16 4 1882 115 1 3.67 .875 — — — — — — — —
1990–91 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 4 1 2 0 160 11 0 4.13 — — — — — — — — —
1991–92 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 22 8 12 1 1242 80 0 3.86 — — — — — — — — —
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 31 15 8 4 1735 111 0 3.84 .888 4 3 1 240 16 0 4.00 .898
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22 4 11 5 1144 65 1 3.41 .908 — — — — — — — —
1993–94 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 3 1 1 0 121 13 0 6.42 .843 — — — — — — — —
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 0 0 16 2 0 7.33 .667 — — — — — — — —
1994–95 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 2 3 0 317 20 0 3.79 .867 — — — — — — — —
1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 16 6 7 1 833 49 0 3.53 .896 — — — — — — — —
1996–97 Portland Pirates AHL 30 13 13 2 1606 82 0 3.06 .897 — — — — — — — —
1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 39 20 10 6 2221 89 2 2.40 .920 7 3 4 419 30 0 4.29 .873
1998–99 Manitoba Moose IHL 5 2 1 1 213 17 0 4.79 .811 — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Jacksonville Barracudas ACHL 3 — — — — — — 4.38 .891 — — — — — — — —
2003–04 Jacksonville Barracudas WHA2 2 — — — — — — 2.50 .924 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Jacksonville Barracudas SPHL 3 2 1 — — — — 2.63 .933 — — — — — — — —
AHL totals 132 58 52 15 6643 378 3 3.41 .898 12 5 7 721 54 0 4.49 —
NHL totals 62 21 23 9 3295 209 1 3.81 .890 4 3 1 240 16 0 4.00 .898

International

Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1987 United States WJC 4 — — — 220 17 0 4.64
1989 United States WC 6 3 3 0 313 19 0 3.64 —
Junior totals 4 — — — 220 17 0 4.64 —
Senior totals 6 3 3 0 313 19 0 3.64 —

References

  1. ^ "Hobey Baker Award Winner Robb Stauber". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota.
  2. ^ Nelson, Loren. "Matter of survival". Minnesota Hockey Hub.
  3. ^ "2017-2018 Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). University of Minnesota.
  4. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Robb Stauber". HockeyDB.com.
  6. ^ "AHL: Goaltender Robb Stauber Scores A Goal 1996". YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  7. ^ a b "Robb Stauber - Head Coach". USA Hockey.
  8. ^ "Minnesota's Robb Stauber to coach Olympic women's hockey team". St. Paul Pioneer Press. AP. May 1, 2017.
  9. ^ Haase, Nicole (April 3, 2017). "Robb Stauber brings a goalie's point of view behind the bench for Team USA". Sports Illustrated.
  10. ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (2010-01-28). "It's Not Hockey, It's Bandy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by WCHA Most Valuable Player
1987–88 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Hobey Baker Award
1987–88 		Succeeded by
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