Bob Jay

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1965)}} {{distinguish|Bob J}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | position = Defense | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 185 | played_for = Los Angeles Kings | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|18|mf=y}} | draft = ''Undrafted'' | birth_place = Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | career_start = 1993 | career_end = 2002 |}} '''Robert Gould Jay''' (born November 18, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player and coach. He appeared in three games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1993–94 season, and played nine seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL) between 1990 and 1999.

After his playing career ended, Jay turned to coaching, most notably as an assistant to Ted Donato at Harvard University from 2004 to 2007 and again from 2009 to 2011.<ref>[http://gocrimson.com/sports/mice/2009-10/releases/20090708jay_hired Bobby Jay Returns as Harvard Assistant Coach] ''GoCrimson.com'', July 8, 2009.</ref> He has been an assistant coach for the United States women's national ice hockey team through several campaigns<ref>[http://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/318035?referrer_id=844348. Witt, Jay and Stauber Named Olympic Women's Team Assistant Coaches]</ref> including the Sochi Olympics where the team won a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merrimack.edu/live/news/1498-bobby-jay-88-helps-lead-us-womens-ice-hockey-team. |title=Bobby Jay ’88 Helps Lead U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Team to Silver|date= March 5, 2014 |access-date=2017-03-27 |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216024359/https://www.merrimack.edu/live/news/1498-bobby-jay-88-helps-lead-us-womens-ice-hockey-team. |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jay was also head coach for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League from 2015 to 2017.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150909174942/http://nwhl.co/boston-pride-announce-bobby-jay-as-head-coach/ Boston Pride Announce Bobby Jay as Head Coach]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/42998/bobby-jay |title=Bobby Jay |website=Elite Prospects |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1984–85 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 23 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 30 || 6 || 18 || 24 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1986–87 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 36 || 4 || 21 || 25 || 42 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | Merrimack College | ECAC 2 | 27 || 4 || 19 || 23 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1988–89 | Halmstad HK | SWE-4 | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 40 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 24 | 14 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 16 |- | 1991–92 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 76 || 1 || 19 || 20 || 119 | 7 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 78 || 5 || 21 || 26 || 100 | 8 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 14 |- | 1993–94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 65 || 7 || 15 || 22 || 54 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1994–95 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 57 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 51 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 17 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 22 | 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 16 |- | 1996–97 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 71 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 44 | 21 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 66 || 5 || 12 || 17 || 88 | 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 8 |- | 1998–99 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 44 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 51 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 514 !! 28 !! 99 !! 127 !! 553 ! 69 !! 2 !! 12 !! 14 !! 89 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

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