| Bob Jay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1965-11-18) November 18, 1965 (age 59) Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Los Angeles Kings | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2002 | ||
Robert Gould Jay (born November 18, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player and coach. He appeared in three games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1993–94 season, and played nine seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL) between 1990 and 1999.
After his playing career ended, Jay turned to coaching, most notably as an assistant to Ted Donato at Harvard University from 2004 to 2007 and again from 2009 to 2011. He has been an assistant coach for the United States women's national ice hockey team through several campaigns including the Sochi Olympics where the team won a silver medal. Jay was also head coach for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League from 2015 to 2017.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984–85 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 36 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Halmstad HK | SWE-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 40 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1991–92 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 76 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1992–93 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 78 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1993–94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 65 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1995–96 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 1996–97 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 71 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 66 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 44 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IHL totals | 514 | 28 | 99 | 127 | 553 | 69 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 89 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- Bobby Jay Returns as Harvard Assistant Coach GoCrimson.com, July 8, 2009.
- Witt, Jay and Stauber Named Olympic Women's Team Assistant Coaches
- "Bobby Jay '88 Helps Lead U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Team to Silver". March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- Boston Pride Announce Bobby Jay as Head Coach
- "Bobby Jay". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts
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- Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey players
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- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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