Rob Klinkhammer

**Robert Klinkhammer** (born August 12, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, Arizona Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Edmonton Oilers. He also played for Dinamo Minsk, Ak Bars Kazan, Avangard Omsk, and Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

## Career

He signed as a free agent with the Rockford IceHogs NHL affiliate, the Chicago Blackhawks, to a two-year entry level contract on June 8, 2009. He was called up by the Blackhawks on December 10, 2010, to replace an injured Patrick Kane and debuted in a home game against the Dallas Stars which they won.

He was traded to the Ottawa Senators on December 2, 2011. He was signed by the Coyotes as a free agent on July 3, 2012, and played with their AHL farm team, the Portland Pirates during the 2012 NHL lockout.

On December 5, 2014, the Coyotes would trade Klinkhammer, along with a fifth-round pick, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Philip Samuelsson.

On January 2, 2015, the Penguins traded Klinkhammer along with a first-round pick to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for David Perron. He would sign a one-year, $650,000 contract on February 20 to stay with the Oilers.

On August 4, 2022, Klinkhammer would announce that he was retiring from playing professional ice hockey. After his retirement, he accepted a job to become an assistant coach for the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL).

### Regular season and playoffs

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002–03|Lethbridge Y Men AAA|AMHL|36|5|8|13|84|—|—|—|—|—|
|2003–04|Lethbridge Y Men AAA|AMHL|29|20|22|42|114|—|—|—|—|—|
|2003–04|Lethbridge Hurricanes|WHL|25|2|3|5|12|—|—|—|—|—|
|2004–05|Lethbridge Hurricanes|WHL|72|14|12|26|81|5|0|1|1|4|
|2005–06|Lethbridge Hurricanes|WHL|35|5|7|12|15|—|—|—|—|—|
|2005–06|Seattle Thunderbirds|WHL|32|3|5|8|37|7|0|1|1|6|
|2006–07|Seattle Thunderbirds|WHL|1|0|0|0|9|—|—|—|—|—|
|2006–07|Portland Winter Hawks|WHL|37|23|19|42|70|—|—|—|—|—|
|2006–07|Brandon Wheat Kings|WHL|28|10|21|31|29|11|4|4|8|22|
|2007–08|Norfolk Admirals|AHL|66|12|12|24|41|—|—|—|—|—|
|2008–09|Rockford IceHogs|AHL|76|15|18|33|32|4|0|1|1|0|
|2009–10|Rockford IceHogs|AHL|72|10|14|24|38|4|1|1|2|7|
|2010–11|Rockford IceHogs|AHL|76|17|29|46|63|—|—|—|—|—|
|2010–11|Chicago Blackhawks|NHL|1|0|0|0|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|2011–12|Rockford IceHogs|AHL|18|2|4|6|6|—|—|—|—|—|
|2011–12|Binghamton Senators|AHL|35|12|23|35|30|—|—|—|—|—|
|2011–12|Ottawa Senators|NHL|15|0|2|2|2|—|—|—|—|—|
|2012–13|Portland Pirates|AHL|53|14|30|44|36|—|—|—|—|—|
|2012–13|Phoenix Coyotes|NHL|22|5|6|11|10|—|—|—|—|—|
|2013–14|Phoenix Coyotes|NHL|72|11|9|20|19|—|—|—|—|—|
|2014–15|Arizona Coyotes|NHL|19|3|0|3|4|—|—|—|—|—|
|2014–15|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|10|1|2|3|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|2014–15|Edmonton Oilers|NHL|40|1|2|3|23|—|—|—|—|—|
|2015–16|Edmonton Oilers|NHL|14|1|0|1|6|—|—|—|—|—|
|2015–16|Bakersfield Condors|AHL|27|14|10|24|36|—|—|—|—|—|
|2016–17|Dinamo Minsk|KHL|47|21|21|42|65|5|1|1|2|0|
|2017–18|Dinamo Minsk|KHL|7|1|1|2|27|—|—|—|—|—|
|2017–18|Ak Bars Kazan|KHL|42|7|13|20|32|19|3|5|8|10|
|2018–19|Ak Bars Kazan|KHL|57|19|5|24|79|4|1|0|1|8|
|2019–20|Avangard Omsk|KHL|44|12|15|27|57|—|—|—|—|—|
|2020–21|Dinamo Minsk|KHL|31|15|11|26|38|5|0|0|0|8|
|2021–22|Dynamo Moscow|KHL|41|6|10|16|28|4|0|1|1|2|

### International

|Year|Team|Event|Result|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|Canada|OG||6|0|2|2|2|||

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Rob Klinkhammer - Edmonton Oilers.jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Klinkhammer in February 2015
- **birth place**: Lethbridge, Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 3
- **weight lb**: 216
- **position**: Winger (ice hockey), Left Wing
- **shoots**: Left
- **played for**: Chicago Blackhawks
Ottawa Senators
Arizona Coyotes
Pittsburgh Penguins
Edmonton Oilers
HC Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Minsk
Ak Bars Kazan
Avangard Omsk
HC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow
- **ntl team**: CAN
- **career start**: 2007
- **career end**: 2022