Blake Rob

Rob Blake was selected only in the 4th round of the 1988 NHL draft under the overall 70th number of the Los Angeles Kings club. Despite this, he soon became one of the leaders of the team. In 1993, “Kings” for the first time in their history reached the Stanley Cup final, where they lost to Montreal 1-4. And in 1996, he became captain of the Kings, replacing Wayne Gretzky himself , traded in St. Louis.

In the 2000-01 season , after which Blake received the status of a free agent and could leave the club for free, he was exchanged for Colorado . In February 2001, Blake went to Denver with Reinprecht in exchange for Adam Dedmarsh , Aaron Miller , Jared Olin and the right to choose a draft in the 1st round instead of Avalanche. Blake arrived on time and helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup that season.

After 4 full seasons at Colorado, the defender made a proposal for a contract that Avalanche could not accept, and became a free agent. In the summer of 2006, Blake returned to the Los Angeles Kings again, signing a two-year contract for $ 6 million a year. In September 2007 he was again elected captain of the Kings.

On July 3, 2008, Rob Blake entered into a $ 5 million annual agreement with Kings rivals San Jose Sharks .

Blake spent his most productive season in the NHL regular season in 1993-94 for Los Angeles, gaining 68 points (including 20 goals). After the 1997-98 season, he was awarded the James Norris Trophy as the best quarterback in the NHL.

Rob Blake has been called up many times in the national team of Canada. He performed at three Olympics (1998; 2002-gold; 2006), the World Cup 1996 (silver), 5 world championships (1991-silver, 1994-gold, 1997-gold, 1998, 1999). Having won the Olympics in 2002, Blake (along with 3 more players) became the first Canadian to get into the symbolic Triple Gold Club (those who won the Olympics, the World Cup and the Stanley Cup).

Since July 2013, he has been an assistant to the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings (as well as the general manager of their farm club, Manchester Monarks ); before that he worked in the NHL player safety department ^{[1] [2]} . He was the general manager of the Canadian national team at the 2014 World Cup .

On January 17, 2015, the Kings retired the 4th issue of Rob Blake. ^[3] .

Blake was born in 1969 in the small (16,000 inhabitants) town of Simco in the southwest of Ontario. That same year, his best friend in the NHL, goalkeeper Edmonton Oilers Dwayne Roloson , with whom they played for the high school team, was born. Blake is also a close relative of the famous Detroit and Toronto striker Red Kelly, who won 8 Stanley Cups (born in 1927 in Simcoe).

Rob Blake and his wife Brandi have two children.

• Stanley Cup Winner (2001), Colorado Avalanche
• Winner James Norris Trophy (1998)
• Included in the symbolic team of the best newcomers to the NHL (1991)
• Included in the first symbolic NHL national team (1998)
• Included in the second symbolic NHL national team (2000, 2001, 2002)
• Member of matches of all NHL stars (7 times: 1994 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 )
• Olympic champion (2002) in the national team of Canada
• World Champion (1994, 1997)
• Silver medalist of the World Cup (1991)
• Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (since 2014)

^* M - Final place of the national team in the tournament

• List of NHL hockey players who played 1000 or more matches

• Detailed Rob Blake statistics at hockey-reference.com
• Rob Blake - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database