Playing Career
Roberts grew up playing minor hockey for the Whitby-Brooklin Wildcats of the OMHA until 1981. Roberts played his bantam season with the OHA's Oshawa Legionnaires Jr.A. team in the 1981-82 season.
In May 1982, Roberts was selected in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the OHL Priority Selection by the Ottawa 67's.
Roberts played junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Ottawa 67's beginning in 1982. In his second year, the 67's won the Memorial Cup. After the season, Roberts was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.
During his last season of junior, Roberts was traded by the 67's to the Guelph Platers in exchange for Guy Larose and Warren Rychel at the 1986 trade deadline. Roberts then went onto win the Memorial Cup a second time with the Guelph Platers in May 1986.
Roberts split the next season between the Calgary Flames of the NHL and their AHL affiliate, the Moncton Golden Flames. On November 11, 1986, Roberts converted a Paul Reinhart play into his first career NHL goal against the Vancouver Canucks and Wendell Young Roberts made his NHL stay permanent beginning with the 1987–88 season. In 1989 he helped the Flames win the Stanley Cup.
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