2603:7080:AD00:D3EA:1100:C9BC:5A65:73A4: /* External links */

2021-06-14T03:35:30Z

External links

New page

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| played_for = [[Washington Capitals]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]]<br>[[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 214
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Duncan, British Columbia]], Canada
| draft = Undrafted
| draft_year =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 1987
| career_end = 1999
}}
'''Robin N. Bawa''' (born March 26, 1966) is a Canadian retired professional [[ice hockey]] player who spent parts of four seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] between 1989 and 1994.

==Playing career==
Bawa spent five productive seasons of junior hockey in the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] with the [[Kamloops Blazers]], but was passed over in the [[NHL Entry Draft]]. Finally, after a 57-goal performance in the 1986–87 season, Bawa earned a pro contract from the [[Washington Capitals]].

Bawa turned pro the following season, spending the year in the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]] with the [[Fort Wayne Komets]]. While Bawa had been primarily a skill player in junior, he began to fight more often in pro hockey and developed into an enforcer.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} He averaged over 200 penalty minutes in his first three years in Washington's system, finally earning a five-game callup to the Capitals in [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], during which he scored his first NHL goal, against [[Alain Chevrier]] and the [[Chicago Blackhawks]].

Bawa played one more season in the Capitals' system, posting 381 penalty minutes in Fort Wayne but not seeing any more NHL action, before being dealt to the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in 1991. He played two games for the Canucks in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]], and set a career high with 27 goals in the IHL. He also dressed up for one game in the 1992 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Canucks, his only playoff appearance in the NHL.

Early in the [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]] season, Bawa was dealt to the [[San Jose Sharks]], where he had his most prolonged NHL stint. He spent most of the rest of the season in the NHL, scoring 5 goals in 42 games and posting 47 penalty minutes.

Bawa was exposed in the [[1993 NHL Expansion Draft]] and claimed by the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]. He played 12 more NHL games in [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]], registering his only career assist.

Following his release from the Ducks, Bawa continued to toil in the IHL for five more seasons, three of those back in Fort Wayne, before a concussion ended his career near the end of the 1998–99 season. He finished his IHL career with 147 goals and 175 assists in 565 career games along with 1,869 penalty minutes.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Bawa is the first person of Indian descent to play in the NHL, where he achieved six goals and one assist in 61 games, while collecting 60 penalty minutes.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==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
|-
| [[1982–83 WHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Kamloops Junior Oilers]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 66 || 10 || 24 || 34 || 17
| 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983–84 WHL season|1983–84]]
| Kamloops Junior Oilers
| WHL
| 64 || 16 || 28 || 44 || 40
| 13 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 4
|-
| [[1984–85 WHL season|1984–85]]
| [[New Westminster Bruins]]
| WHL
| 26 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 20
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85
| Kamloops Blazers
| WHL
| 26 || 2 || 13 || 15 || 25
| 15 || 4 || 9 || 13 || 14
|-
| [[1985–86 WHL season|1985–86]]
| Kamloops Blazers
| WHL
| 63 || 29 || 43 || 72 || 78
| 16 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 WHL season|1986–87]]
| Kamloops Blazers
| WHL
| 62 || 57 || 56 || 113 || 91
| 13 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 22
|-
| [[1987–88 IHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Fort Wayne Komets]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 55 || 12 || 27 || 39 || 239
| 6 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 24
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Baltimore Skipjacks]]
| AHL
| 75 || 23 || 24 || 47 || 205
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| Baltimore Skipjacks
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 61 || 7 || 18 || 25 || 189
| 11 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 49
|-
| [[1990–91 IHL season|1990–91]]
| Fort Wayne Komets
| IHL
| 72 || 21 || 26 || 47 || 381
| 18 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 87
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| NHL
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1991–92 IHL season|1991–92]]
| [[Milwaukee Admirals]]
| IHL
| 70 || 27 || 14 || 41 || 238
| 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| NHL
| 42 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 47
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Hamilton Canucks]]
| AHL
| 23 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 58
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 IHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Kansas City Blades]]
| IHL
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 20
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| NHL
| 12 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 7
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 IHL season|1993–94]]
| [[San Diego Gulls (1990–95)|San Diego Gulls]]
| IHL
| 25 || 6 || 15 || 21 || 54
| 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 52
|-
| [[1994–95 IHL season|1994–95]]
| [[Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000)|Kalamazoo Wings]]
| IHL
| 71 || 22 || 12 || 34 || 184
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95
| Milwaukee Admirals
| IHL
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 19
| 15 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 48
|-
| [[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]
| [[San Francisco Spiders]]
| IHL
| 77 || 23 || 25 || 48 || 234
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 IHL season|1996–97]]
| Fort Wayne Komets
| IHL
| 54 || 10 || 23 || 33 || 181
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1997–98 IHL season|1997–98]]
| Fort Wayne Komets
| IHL
| 58 || 12 || 15 || 27 || 125
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 IHL season|1998–99]]
| Fort Wayne Komets
| IHL
| 74 || 11 || 17 || 28 || 194
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | IHL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 565
! ALIGN="center" | 147
! ALIGN="center" | 175
! ALIGN="center" | 322
! ALIGN="center" | 1869
! ALIGN="center" | 54
! ALIGN="center" | 8
! ALIGN="center" | 16
! ALIGN="center" | 24
! ALIGN="center" | 223
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 61
! ALIGN="center" | 6
! ALIGN="center" | 1
! ALIGN="center" | 7
! ALIGN="center" | 60
! ALIGN="center" | 1
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
|}

==Awards and achievements==
* WHL West First All-Star Team (1986–87)

==See also==
*[[List of Indian NHL players]]

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=10079}}
*[https://www.thestar.com/DesiLife/article/284947 Article profiling hockey players of South Asian origin including Robin Bawa - By Neil Acharya]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bawa, Robin}}
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Baltimore Skipjacks players]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Fort Wayne Komets players]]
[[Category:Hamilton Canucks players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia]]
[[Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players]]
[[Category:Kamloops Blazers players]]
[[Category:Kamloops Junior Oilers players]]
[[Category:Kansas City Blades players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players]]
[[Category:Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) players]]
[[Category:New Westminster Bruins players]]
[[Category:People from Duncan, British Columbia]]
[[Category:San Diego Gulls (IHL) players]]
[[Category:San Francisco Spiders players]]
[[Category:San Jose Sharks players]]
[[Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Vancouver Canucks players]]
[[Category:Washington Capitals players]]

Robin Bawa - Revision history

2603:7080:AD00:D3EA:1100:C9BC:5A65:73A4: /* External links */