Robbie Ftorek

Robert Brian Ftorek (born January 2, 1952) is an American ice hockey player and coach who competed in both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, logging over 700 professional games and 750 points. In the 1976–77 season with the Phoenix Roadrunners, he scored 46 goals and added 71 assists, earning the Gordie Howe Trophy as the WHA's most valuable player — the first American to be named MVP of a professional hockey league. He represented the United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics, where the team won a silver medal. After retiring as a player, Ftorek coached in the minors and NHL, winning the Calder Cup with Albany in 1995. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.