Robert Haig (born 12 October 1969) is a British professional

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player, and

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. Haig has had a long career both at club and international level.

International level

Haig played for the Great Britain Junior squad from the 1986–87 season through to the 1988–89 season.

Coaching career

Haig was head coach of the

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senior ice hockey team from 1998 until 2007. He was also the assistant coach to Mark Johnson who was the head coach of the Blackburn Thunderhawks, an EIHA under-19s ice hockey team which won the B-league playoffs in the 1997–98 season to gain promotion to the Northern A-league.

Medals

Haig won the

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League Division One title with the

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in the 1991–92 season. He also won the Heineken League Division One Play-Offs with the same team that season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haig, Robert 1969 births Living people British ice hockey coaches British ice hockey forwards Sportspeople from Kirkcaldy Ice hockey players from Fife