Robert Rooba

Robert Rooba
Born (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993
Tallinn, Estonia
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
JYP
HC Purikad
Blues
Hermes
National team  Estonia
Playing career 2008present

Robert Rooba (born 2 September 1993) is an Estonian professional ice hockey left winger for JYP in the Finnish Liiga. He in an alternate captain for the Estonia men's national ice hockey team.[1]

Playing career

Rooba started playing ice hockey in his hometown Tallinn with HC Purikad youth team. In 2008, Rooba joined the Finnish club Blues. Rooba made his SM-liiga debut at the age of 18 with Blues during the 2011–12 season. In 2016, Blues went bankrupt and on 18 January 2016, Rooba signed for Mestis club Hermes for the remainder of the season.[2] On 27 April 2016, Rooba signed for JYP.[3]

Rooba's international career started at the under-20 level, where he played for Estonia during the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He made his international debut for the senior national team at the 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, winning the Division II - Group B tournament.

Personal life

Rooba's father, Jüri Rooba, was also an ice hockey player and is the current general manager of the national team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 HC Purikad Estonia 91452
2007–08 Estonia Jr. Team Estonia 53140
2008–09 Estonia Jr. Team Estonia 41010
2010–11 Blues Jr. Fin-Jr. 34771430 121012
2011–12 Blues Jr. Fin-Jr. 3914163024 42024
2011–12 Blues SM-l 10000
2012–13 Blues Jr. Fin-Jr. 381582326 1255108
2012–13 Blues SM-l 20002
2012–13 KooKoo Mestis 30000
2013–14 Blues Jr. Fin-Jr. 30220 10000
2013–14 Blues Liiga 361348 10000
2013–14 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 43032
2014–15 Blues Liiga 485386 40000
2014–15 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 12022
2015–16 Blues Liiga 300004
2015–16 Hermes Mestis 165386 73368
Meistriliiga totals 18 5 5 10 2
Liiga totals 117 6 6 12 20 5 0 0 0 0
Mestis totals 24 10 3 13 10 7 3 3 6 8

International statistics

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Estonia WJC18-D2 2nd 5 3 4 7 2
2009 Estonia WJC-D1 6th 5 0 1 1 6
2010 Estonia WJC18-D2 5th 1 2 1 3 0
2010 Estonia WJC-D2 5th 5 3 0 3 16
2010 Estonia WC-D2 1st 5 3 2 5 0
2011 Estonia WJC-D2 5th 5 4 6 10 2
2011 Estonia WC-D1 6th 5 0 0 0 4
2012 Estonia WJC-D2 2nd 5 13 6 19 0
2012 Estonia WC-D2 1st 5 3 5 8 6
2013 Estonia WJC-D2 1st 5 7 14 21 4
2013 Estonia WC-D1 6th 5 1 3 4 0
2014 Estonia WC-D2 1st 5 6 8 14 2
2015 Estonia WC-D1 5th 5 1 3 4 0
2016 Estonia WC-D1 5th 5 4 4 8 0
Junior totals 31 32 32 64 30
Senior totals 35 18 25 43 12

References

  1. "Robert Rooba". Eliteprospects.com.
  2. "Bluesist lahkunud Rooba hakkab mängima senisest nõrgemas liigas" (in Estonian). Postimees. 18 January 2016.
  3. "Uus koduklubi: Robert Rooba liitub Soome kõrgliiga neljanda meeskonnaga" (in Estonian). Postimees. 27 April 2016.
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