Bob Collyard Explained

Position:Center
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lb:170
Played For:St. Louis Blues
VfL Bad Nauheim
Ntl Team:USA
Birth Date:1949 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S.
Draft:73rd overall
Draft Year:1969
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Career Start:1971
Career End:1983

Robert Leander Collyard (born October 16, 1949) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played 10 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues during the 1973–74 season. After the season, he was selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft with the 30th pick in the draft, but he never played for Washington. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1971 to 1983, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Internationally Collyard played for the American national team at the 1978 and 1979 World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1966–67Hibbing/Chisholm High SchoolHS-MN
1968–69Colorado CollegeWCHA25 31 17 48 46
1969–70Colorado CollegeWCHA30 18 39 57 36
1970–71Colorado CollegeWCHA30 20 37 57 6
1970–71Kansas City BluesCHL2 0 0 0 0
1971–72Kansas City BluesCHL59 13 22 35 14
1972–73Fort Worth WingsCHL67 17 50 67 534 2 3 5 2
1973–74St. Louis BluesNHL10 1 3 4 4
1973–74Denver SpursWHL65 27 47 74 22
1974–75Philadelphia FirebirdsNAHL72 42 61 103 784 3 3 6 12
1975–76Philadelphia FirebirdsNAHL73 45 84 129 8216 12 25 37 10
1976–77Philadelphia FirebirdsNAHL71 31 85 116 764 3 2 5 7
1977–78Philadelphia FirebirdsAHL79 28 62 90 424 0 1 1 0
1978–79Philadelphia FirebirdsAHL69 21 35 56 32
1979–80VfL Bad NauheimGER37 19 34 53 56
1980–81VfL Bad NauheimGER44 29 25 54 235 2 2 4 28
1981–82Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL77 24 46 70 325 2 2 4 9
1982–83Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL10 0 4 4 0
1982–83Kalamazoo WingsIHL5 0 6 6 0
NAHL totals216 118 230 348 23624 18 30 48 29
NHL totals10 1 3 4 4

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1978United StatesWC10 1 5 6 2
1979United StatesWC8 2 0 2 8
Senior totals18 3 5 8 10

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Second Team1968–69[1]
AHCA West All-American1968–69
All-WCHA First Team1969–70
AHCA West All-American1969–70
All-WCHA First Team1970–71

Notes and References

  1. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.