| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 177 |
| Played For: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Birth Date: | March 17, 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Jacksonville, Florida, US |
| Career Start: | 1952 |
| Career End: | 1968 |
Robert Patrick Sabourin (March 17, 1933 – July 9, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. A left winger, he played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL), for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1951–52 NHL season.[1] He later played in the minor leagues, eventually joining the Jacksonville Rockets of the Eastern Hockey League in the 1960s. He subsequently became their head coach and general manager, serving with the team until they folded in 1971.[1] Afterward he remained in Jacksonville, where he formed an advertising company with partner Jimmy Murdock to promote concerts, professional wrestling, and other events.[2] He later owned the skating rink Skate World (now Jacksonville Ice) and owned another hockey team, the Jacksonville Bullets, which folded in 1996.[1] He died on July 9, 2020.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1948–49 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 47 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 54 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 51 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1951–52 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 51 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1953–54 | Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 64 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1954–55 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 49 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1955–56 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 47 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1956–57 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 59 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 64 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1958–59 | Trois-Rivières Lions | QSHL | 59 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1959–60 | Trois-Rivières Lions | EPHL | 66 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1960–61 | Kitchener Beavers | EPHL | 70 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | North Bay Trappers | EPHL | 67 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 41 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 1963–64 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 68 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 57 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1965–66 | Long Island Ducks | EHL | 72 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||
| 1966–67 | Florida Rockets | EHL | 71 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Florida Rockets | EHL | 55 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 270 | 63 | 114 | 177 | 122 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| EPHL totals | 204 | 54 | 91 | 145 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||