Rob Cowie
Born (1967-11-03) November 3, 1967
Willowdale, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Los Angeles Kings
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Eisbären Berlin
Jokerit
EV Zug
HC Milano
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19912004

Robert "Cowboy" Cowie (born November 3, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 78 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2004, was spent in the minor leagues and then in various European leagues.

College career

Cowie was born in Willowdale, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Goulding Park in Toronto.[1] He was a four-year letterman [2] for the Northeastern University Huskies between 1988 and 1991, scoring over 40 points each of his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He finished his college career with 46 goals and 96 assists for 142 points in 139 games, and is the second leading scorer and fourteenth leading overall scorer in school history.[3] He was named an All-Hockey East All-Star in 1988, 1989 and 1990, and was named an All-American in 1990.[4]

Professional career

After his college career ended, Cowie signed with the Winnipeg Jets and was assigned to their Moncton Hawks farm team in the American Hockey League. He quickly established himself as an offensive defenseman in the minors, never scoring less than 11 goals in a full season for the whole of his minor league career. His best season as a pro came in the final season for the storied Springfield Indians in 1994, when as an assistant captain for the club he scored 17 goals and 57 assists for 74 points and was named a First Team All-Star on defense.

Following that season, Cowie signed with the Los Angeles Kings, and saw his first NHL action in 1995, splitting the 1995 and 1996 seasons between Los Angeles and the Kings' minor league affiliate, the Phoenix Roadrunners. Cowie's first NHL goal was assisted by his Kings teammate Wayne Gretzky.

After the 1996 season, Cowie spent the rest of his playing career in Europe, most notably with Eisbären Berlin, for whom he played four seasons between 1998 and 2002. He retired after the 2004 season when he played in the Italian team Milano Vipers.

Cowie's National Hockey League totals were 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points in 72 games.

Post-professional career

Since retiring as a player, Cowie has remained active in the sport as a scout, first part-time for the New York Islanders and then as a full-time pro scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is also a founder of Athletes Resource, a sports services organization. The company hosts an annual hockey prospects tournament and professional conditioning camps attended by players from the NHL and other professional leagues. In the private sector, Rob formed The Muskoka Group, a Real Estate group he runs in Scottsdale Arizona in conjunction with Prudential AZ Properties. Rob has won the Chairman's Circle Gold award, indicative of the top, for 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1985–86 St. Michael's Buzzers MetJBHL 319233224
1986–87 St. Michael's Buzzers MetJBHL 3625325755
1987–88 Northeastern University HE 36781538
1988–89 Northeastern University HE 367344160
1989–90 Northeastern University HE 3414314554
1990–91 Northeastern University HE 3318234156
1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 6411304189 51120
1992–93 Moncton Hawks AHL 6712203291 53582
1993–94 Springfield Indians AHL 78175774124 63694
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3227920
1994–95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 5114334771
1995–96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46551032
1995–96 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 222171948 41340
1996–97 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds NLA 39181836100
1997–98 Eisbären Berlin DEL 3911304178 1035816
1998–99 Eisbären Berlin DEL 4914294372 833630
1999–00 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52142337101
2000–01 Eisbären Berlin DEL 58143044100
2001–02 Jokerit FIN 4111102174
2001–02 EV Zug NLA 614510
2002–03 HC Milano ITA 2512122424 83582
2003–04 SC Riessersee GER-2 1313424
2003–04 HC Milano ITA 206182318 123694
AHL totals 20940107147304 16712196
DEL totals 20853112165351 18681446
NHL totals 787121952

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-Hockey East Second Team 1988–89 [5]
All-Hockey East First Team 1989–90 [5]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1989–90
All-Hockey East Second Team 1990–91 [5]

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  2. Northeastern University All-Time Lettermen
  3. Northeastern University Leading Career Scorers
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2008-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. 1 2 3 "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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