Robert Haig Explained

Position:Forward
Played For:Fife Flyers
Dundee Tigers
Tayside Tigers
Humberside Seahawks
Dumfries Vikings
Paisley Pirates
Blackburn Hawks
Ntl Team:GBR
Shoots:Right
Birth Date:12 October 1969
Birth Place:Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Career Start:1984

Robert "Bobby" Haig (born 12 October 1969) is a British professional ice hockey player, and head coach. Haig has had a long career both at club and international level.

International level

Haig played for the Great Britain Junior squad from the 1986–87 season through to the 1988–89 season.[1]

Coaching career

Haig was head coach of the Blackburn Hawks senior ice hockey team from 1998 until 2007.[2] He was also the assistant coach to Mark Johnson who was the head coach of the Blackburn Thunderhawks, an EIHA under-19s ice hockey team which won the B-league playoffs in the 1997–98 season to gain promotion to the Northern A-league.[2]

Medals

Haig won the Heineken League Division One title with the Fife Flyers in the 1991–92 season.[3] [4] He also won the Heineken League Division One Play-Offs with the same team that season.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AZ Hockey: GB Junior Squads. 1 April 2010.
  2. Web site: AZ Hockey: Blackburn Hawks. 1 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070406015822/http://www.azhockey.com/Bl.htm. 6 April 2007. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: AZ Hockey: Searching names starting HA. 1 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Hockey DB: Bobby Haig's Stats. 1 April 2010.