Robin Big Snake

Robin Big Snake
Born (1984-04-10) April 10, 1984
Siksika Nation, AB
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position LW
Shot Left
team
Former teams		 free agent
Portland winterhawksMilwaukee Admirals
Muskegon Lumberjacks
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
Rockford Icehogs
Texas Brahmas
NHL Draft undrafted
Playing career 2005–2010

Robin Leslie Big Snake (born April 10, 1984) is a former professional hockey player.

Career

Big Snake started his hockey career in juniors with the Vancouver Giants in 2001. He played 19 games with the Giants before being traded to the Moose Jaw Warriors during the 2002-03 season. At the start of the 2003-04 season, Big Snake was traded from Moose Jaw to the Portland Winter Hawks for Portland's 10th, 11th, and 12th round choices in the 2003 WHL Bantam Draft.[1] Big Snake skated the 2003-04 season with WHL's Portland Winter Hawks, and reported back to the Winter Hawks after a brief appearance in the training camp of the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL.[2] While in Hartford's training camp, Big Snake opened the eyes of fans and scouts with a fight against veteran enforcer Trevor Gillies. Upon being returned to Portland, Big Snake was released from the team after two games on October 12, 2004.[3] Head Coach Mike Williamson would not discuss why he was released, but did say that it was a matter that could not be resolved and that it involved something "that went back a while". Williamson also did say that, when focused as a member of the team, Big Snake could be an asset to any team. Several days later, Big Snake signed with the OHL's Owen Sound Attack.

Big Snake made a brief appearance in Detroit Red Wings training camp at the start of the 2005-06 season and eventually joined the Rockford Icehogs. Aside from two brief recalls to the Milwaukee Admirals, Big Snake showed his ability to score as well as fight, posting career highs in goals (27), assists (19), points (46), and penalty minutes (423). He remained with the Icehogs during the 2006-07 UHL season, putting up 42 pts in 67 games and accumulating 330 penalty minutes. Big Snake left the Icehogs as the franchise's all-time penalty minutes leader.[4]

In 2007-08, Big Snake started the season with the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League. He scored eight points in twenty-five games before being traded to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for the rights to forward David Masse on January 8, 2008. At the time of the trade, Masse had been suspended by the Killer Bees.[5] Big Snake finished the season by scoring fifteen points as a member of the Killer Bees, giving him twenty-three points in fifty games played.[6]

Big Snake signed with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL in August 2008 but the team did not announce the signing until January 2, 2009.[7]

Big Snake was signed by the Muskegon Lumberjacks for the 2009-10 IHL season. He scored one goal and four points in eighteen games. During his time with the Lumberjacks, he was suspended for twelve games for leaving the penalty box to fight Fort Wayne Komets forward Brad MacMillan. MacMillan received a fifteen game suspension, the longest in the Komets' 58 year history, and Big Snake received 12 games, also the longest in Muskegon Lumberjacks history, and an undisclosed fine.[8] Big Snake was eligible to return from his suspension on December 3, 2009, almost a full month after he started his suspension.[9] In "early January", Big Snake announced he was leaving the team.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Winter Hawks' Big Snake on His Way Back to Portland". OurSportsCentral.com. August 6, 2004. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Rockford signs top young prospects Big Snake, Gens". OurSportsCentral.com. August 10, 2005. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ Paul Danzer (October 13, 2004). "Winter Hawks cut loose enforcer Big Snake from roster". findarticles.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.wifr.com/sports/headlines/106664013.html?storySection=story
  5. ↑ "Big Snake Becomes a Killer Bee, Brahmas Send the Big Snake South the Rio Grande Valley". Central Hockey League. December 2, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ Washington Times: Sports Transactions, January 9, 2008
  7. ↑ Elmira Jackals (January 2, 2009). "The Big Wait Is Over". OurSportsCentral.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ Blake Sebring (November 3, 2009). "Stiffest Suspension: 15 Games For Komet". news-sentinel.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ Ron Rop (December 2, 2009). "Big Snake returns, Lawmaster's status uncertain for Muskegon Lumberjacks' weekend games". mlive.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ Ron Rop (November 3, 2010). "Former Muskegon Lumberjack Robin Big Snake charged with impaired driving causing death". mlive.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
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