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Sports Spectrum Podcast

Bobby Robins, Former Pro Hockey Player (Part 1)

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

Sports

5661 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Episode 202

Bobby Robins is a retired professional ice hockey player who finished his career with the Boston Bruins Organization. He played professionally in many leagues across the world including the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and stints in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League in Austria. 

He retired in 2015 after a concussion forced him out of the game. Robins skated in over 500 professional hockey games and have over 150 professional fights.

Robins holds a place in the history books as the oldest rookie to make an NHL Opening Day Roster with the Boston Bruins at age 32, after 8 seasons in the minor leagues. 

In part 1 of our podcast, Bobby shares how he became a pro hockey player, fighting in hockey, the worst fight he had been in, making his NHL debut at age 32 and why his faith began to fade during his hockey career. 

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.

0:17.5

Here's your host, Jason Romano.

0:19.9

This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Bobby Robbins, former pro hockey player,

0:25.3

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today on the podcast is part one of a two-part conversation with former pro hockey player

1:42.8

both in the nch and the AHL.

1:45.8

Bobby Robbins is our guest today.

1:48.3

And I knew Bobby from Twitter, got to meet him there and kind of connect with him.

1:54.1

And I saw his witness for Christ.

1:56.6

And I saw a guy who had played in the NHL.

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