Rob Gaudreau

Robert Gaudreau (born January 20, 1970 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is a retired American ice hockey right wing.

Playing career
Gaudreau was drafted 172nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft and started his National Hockey League career with the San Jose Sharks in 1992. He would go on to play for the Ottawa Senators after being claimed in the January 1995 NHL waiver draft. He played a total of 231 regular season games, scoring 51 goals and 54 assists for 105 points and collecting 69 penalty minutes. Gaudreau recorded the first two hat tricks in San Jose Sharks history during the 1992–93 season. He also played 14 playoff games with the San Jose Sharks during the 1994 season, scoring 2 goals. He left the NHL after the 1996 season and played just one more season in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds before retiring.

Career statistics
--- Regular Season ---  Playoffs Season  Team                            Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM -- 1988-89 Providence College              NCAA   42   28   29   57   32  --  --  --  --  -- 1989-90 Providence College              NCAA   32   20   18   38   12  --  --  --  --  -- 1990-91 Providence College              NCAA   36   34   27   61   20  --  --  --  --  -- 1991-92 Providence College              NCAA   36   21   34   55   22  --  --  --  --  -- 1992-93 Kansas City Blades              IHL    19    8    6   14    6  --  --  --  --  -- 1992-93 San Jose Sharks                 NHL    59   23   20   43   18  --  --  --  --  -- 1993-94 San Jose Sharks                 NHL    84   15   20   35   28  14   2   0   2   0 1994-95 Ottawa Senators                 NHL    36    5    9   14    8  --  --  --  --  -- 1995-96 Prince Edward Island Senators   AHL     3    2    0    2    4  --  --  --  --  -- 1995-96 Ottawa Senators                 NHL    52    8    5   13   15  --  --  --  --  -- 1996-97 Chaux-de-Fonds                  NLA    37   19   23   42   62  --  --  --  --  -- --        NHL Totals                            231   51   54  105   69  14   2   0   2   0