Profile of Robin Short

Biography

Robin Short is The Telegram's Sports Editor. One of the newspaper's senior citizens (despite his youthful appearance), he has worked at The Telegram for 24 years. He is a two-time winner of the Atlantic Journalism Award for sports reporting and is author of Rock Stars: Team Gushue's Road to Gold. You can reach Robin at rshort@thetelegram.com

All articles of Robin Short

• Coping with grief through hockey
  They are men of different backgrounds — one is a Mountie, the other a geoscientist — and both live in two very different places. Mike Ryan and ...
• Devereaux vaults onto Canadian team
  Erica Devereaux is not even of legal age, but she still jokingly refers to herself as the “grandmother” in her Cygnus Gymnastics Club. A ...
• Tackling a new sport
  Touch football has been a popular summertime sport in St. John’s for over 30 years, the local Coors Light league burgeoning to 11 teams last ...
• Aiming for healthy head space - Jason King hopes to...
  If St. John’s hockey fans were discouraged this winter watching the IceCaps stumble their way through the 2012-13 American Hockey League season, ...
• Youth movement coming for IceCaps
  Considering it’s been less than a week since the 2012-13 season came to an unceremonious end, Craig Heisinger says it’s still a bit too early to ...
• Extra time and an early end
  The St. John’s IceCaps ended their 2012-13 American Hockey League season just as they had started the campaign back in early October — with a ...
• The sad tunes of a chorus of clowns
  A couple of months ago, sports columnist Steve Kelley retired from the Seattle Times. He penned a nice final column, closing his last career ...
• Now, for the what ifs and whys
  The St. John’s IceCaps lost well over 400 man games to injuries, their top two defencemen were promoted to the Winnipeg Jets when the lockout ...
• It's official: IceCaps ousted from playoff contention
  By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins made it official what we’ve known for some time now: the St. John’s ...
• IceCaps give new meaning to working out:­ team no...
  The St. John’s IceCaps did not practice at Mile One Centre last week, and as the team prepares to close out its home portion of the 2012-13 ...
• Sophomore success
  There’s no asterisk — yet — adjacent to their name in the Eastern Conference standings indicating the St. John’s IceCaps are mathematically ...
• Marlies complete sweep of IceCaps
  By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor The Toronto Marlies staked the St. John’s IceCaps to an early 1-0 lead, but roared back with three ...
• Clowe could be a Flyer soon
  San Jose Sharks forward Ryane Clowe could be a Philadelphia Flyer by the end of the day Monday, sources say. Clowe, 30, is in the final year of a ...
• St. John’s playoff winning streak continues
  A well-rested St. John’s Hickman’s Automotive Group Junior Caps exploded for three second-period goals, and sealed the deal with a pair of ...
• New month, same story for IceCaps
  Team captain Jason Jaffray stopped short of saying some members of the St. John’s IceCaps have checked out early in this doomed 2012-13 American ...
• IceCaps swept at home again
  By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor The St. John’s IceCaps allowed a goal by Linden Vey on a two-on-one shorthanded play mid-way through the ...
• Monarchs score in last minute of third, then beat...
  The St. John’s IceCaps coughed up three two-goal leads, allowed the tying goal with 42 seconds left in regulation time and then watched as the ...
• Albert feeling good, but still not good to go
  To all those IceCaps fans, first the good news: John Albert skated Thursday in a white practice jersey, not the non-contact red variety. Which ...
• How much is the NHL dream worth? - More and more...
  It’s only natural for parents to want what is best for their children. It’s why we push them to do homework, to work hard in the classroom. It’s ...
• Hockey jersey fuss leads to resignation of entire...
  The Clarenville Area Minor Hockey Association is a rudderless ship today following a mass resignation of the group’s executive.The entire ...
• Newfoundlanders moving up in the worlds
  There will be seven Newfoundlanders wearing Canada’s colours at the 2013 world ball hockey championship on the men’s and women’s national teams, ...
• IceCaps flattened by Pirates
  In the same building that housed one of the most iconic fights in boxing history, the Portland Pirates polished off the St. John’s IceCaps with a ...
• IceCaps fire blanks, flunk big test
  In perhaps their most critical series so far in this 2012-13 American Hockey League season, the St. John’s IceCaps scored a grand total of two ...
• Now, that bites
  With the potential for playoff implications on the line, the St. John’s IceCaps appeared to have reeled in the big fish Tuesday night, but ...
• IceCaps begin big homestand with win - O’Dell...
  Eric O’Dell scored two goals and Kael Mouillierat had a goal and two assists as the St. John’s IceCaps doubled the Binghamton Senators in the ...
• Making every game count
  There’s still 32 games remaining in the IceCaps’ regular season, but St. John’s playoff hopes may hinge on the outcome of a six-game homestand ...
• Cut and probably hurting, but still extremely helpful
  Derek Meech probably wasn’t thrilled with the reassignment, but Keith McCambridge was happy to be getting the veteran defenceman back in the St. ...
• A half-dozen IceCaps pegged for Jets’ camp
  When National Hockey League teams open their respective mini training camps for the abbreviated 2013 season, likely Saturday or Sunday, don’t be ...
• IceCaps lose another game at home
  By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor The slumping St. John’s IceCaps dropped their sixth straight game on home ice Saturday night in a 3-2 ...
• IceCaps come up short again
  The Manchester Monarchs scored two quick goals on St. John's early Friday night, and the goal-challenged IceCaps couldn't catch up, dropping a ...