Robbie Earl
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (89 kg) |
| AHL Team | Toronto Marlies |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | June 2, 1985, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| NHL Draft | 187th overall, 2004 Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Pro Career | 2006 – present |
Robbie Earl is an American hockey player. He played collegiate hockey for the University of Wisconsin Badgers. He scored the game winning goal in the final of the 2006 Frozen Four tournament against the Boston College Eagles helping the Badgers win the NCAA Men's Hockey Championship. Robbie also scored twice against the University of Maine Black Bears in the Frozen Four semifinal. He was Toronto Maple Leafs’ fourth choice, in 2004 NHL Entry Draft. After the 2005-2006 NCAA season, he went professional and now is in the Leafs organization.
[edit] Badgers career
2004–05 / Sophomore Season: Second-Team All-WCHA ... team leader with 20 goals ... total ranked eighth in the WCHA ... 14 goals in league games ranked seventh ... tied for team lead with five-game-winning goals, sharing second in the WCHA ... second career hat trick came at Alaska Anchorage (Nov. 19) ... named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week that week, the first for the UW since the 2000–01 season ... tied for eighth in WCHA scoring with 44 points overall ... 31 points in WCHA games led team and shared eighth in the league ... third on the team at plus-17 ... began season with seven-game scoring streak (3-9=12) ... recorded career-long eight-game scoring streak (Jan. 14-Feb. 12), recording 7-3=10 ... scored game-tying goal in 3-3 come-from-behind tie at Denver (Feb. 12)
2003–04 / Freshman Season:All-WCHA Rookie Team ... led Badger rookies with 14-13=27 ... team leader with six power-play goals and tied for lead with three game-winners ... scored overtime game-winning goal to cap hat trick as UW erased 3-0 deficit to then-No. 1 North Dakota (Feb. 6) ... overtime goal vs. UND shown on ESPN’s SportsCenter ... hat trick was first for the UW at the Kohl Center since it opened in 1998 ... Insidecollegehockey.com’s National Player of the Week after scoring a second OT goal in sweep of UND ... WCHA Rookie of the Week
[edit] Background
Robert Wayne Earl was born on June 2, 1985. Not much has been found about his parents, but the Badgers official site lists his grandparents as Tom and Pat McCosker. He also has two sisters, Brianne and Erin. He attended Ann Arbor Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich as part of the USAHockey National Development Team. He is one of five Badgers from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program currently on the roster. Before that he spent ninth grade at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. He is majoring in consumer science at Wisconsin. Played two seasons as a forward with the USA Hockey National Development Under-18 and Under-17 Programs ... ranked third on the under-18 team in 2002–03 with 33 points and 20 goals in 53 games ... team finished fourth at the 2003 IIHF World Under-18 Championship in Yaroslavl, Russia ... game-winning goal scorer in the championship game of the 2002 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Stonewell, Manitoba ... was fourth in scoring for the NTDP Under-17 Team with 22 goals and 16 assists in 58 games during 2001–02 ... played for Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves at the NTDP....After saying he would return to the Badgers for his senior season at the school's rally for the men's and women's Frozen Four Champions, two days later he announced that he decided to join the Leafs instead. He sent down to the Toronto Marlies, the Leaf's AHL affiliate. Earl saw action in the team's first round North Division semifinal series against the Grand Rapids Griffins in for the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs.
