Robb Stauber
Head Coach of the 2018 U.S. Women's Hockey Olympic Gold Medal Championship Team
High School: 1984-1986 Duluth Denfeld High School
Started every game from 1984-1986.
Voted Team MVP in his Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years.
1986 Lead Duluth Denfeld to its first ever State Tournament.
All-State Goalie in 1986.
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College: 1986-1989 University of Minnesota (3 Seasons)
1986-1987
Drafted by the LA Kings in June 1986
1986 Selected to USA World Junior Team
First appearance in the NCAA Final Four
1987-1988
First ever goalie to win the Hobey Baker Award
W.C.H.A. League Champions
Second appearance in the NCAA Final Four
Team MVP
W.C.H.A. Goalie and Player of the Year
Selected as an All-American Player
1988-1989
Hobey Baker Finalist (Runner-up)
W.C.H.A. League Champions
Third appearance in the NCAA Final Four
W.C.H.A. Player of the Year
Selected to USA World Championship Team
Turned professional in June of 1989 with the Los Angeles Kings
Professional Career Highlights: 1989-1999
1992-1993: Member of the LA Kings Stanley Cup Finalist Team (first in team history)
1995: Became third goalie in A.H.L. History to score a goal
1996: Traded to Buffalo Sabres
1996-1997: Voted to the A.H.L. All-Star Team while playing with the Portland Pirates
1997-1998: Voted to the A.H.L. All-Star Team while playing with the Hartford Wolf-Pack
1998-1999: Retired while playing for the Manitoba Moose of the I.H.L.
Coaching Career Highlights: 1999-2008: University of Minnesota Goalie Coach
2001-2002 NCAA Champions
2002-2003 NCAA Champions
2005-2006 W.C.H.A. League Champions
2006-2007 W.C.H.A. League Champions
2004-2008: University of Minnesota Duluth Women’s Goalie Coach
2006-2007 NCAA Runner Up
2007-2008 NCAA Champions
Robb’s goalies were voted: Most Improved Player in the country, finalists of the Patty Kazmaier Award,
as the Top Female Player in the country.
Post-Playing Awards:
1997: Inducted into the University of Minnesota Gopher Sports Hall of Fame.
2005:Named to the Top 50 Players of All Time by the W.C.H.A.
Goalcrease History: 1986-Present
In 1986 Robb worked for Warren Strelow and Paul Otsby, “Strelow/Otsby Goalie Camps”.
Warren-Strelow coached the University of Minnesota goalies to three NCAA titles.
Warren also coached the 1980 US Olympic Gold Medal Goalies.
From 1994-2001 Robb partnered with Paul Otsby and created the Stauber/Otsby Goalie Camps.
In 2002 Robb created Stauber’s Goalcrease.
Head Coach of the 2018 U.S. Women's Hockey Olympic Gold Medal Championship Team
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Robb's daughter Ruby ran track for LSU and his son Jaxson is a goalie with the NHL's Utah Hockey Club organization.
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