{"id":3715,"date":"2025-05-10T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/?page_id=3715"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:18:13","slug":"randy-rota","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/hall-of-fame\/reds-in-other-hofs\/randy-rota\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Rota"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p><strong>Randolph \u201cRandy\u201d Rota<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Born August 16, 1950 in Creston, British Columbia, Canada<br \/>\nHeight: 5\u20198\u201d. Weight: 170 lbs<\/p>\n<p>Randy Rota\u2019s diminutive stature belied his exceptional speed and seemingly unlimited drive, which earned him a place in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Randy was selected by the California Golden Seals in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. He was optioned the Reds, then the AHL affiliate of the Seals for his first pro season. He became an instant fan favorite, finishing the season second in scoring and a team-leading 31 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He was traded to Montreal at season\u2019s end and continued his torrid scoring with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, again leading the team in goal scoring on the Voyageurs\u2019 way to the 1972 Calder Cup.<\/p>\n<p>His career would include 7 seasons in the NHL &amp; WHA with the Canadiens, Kings, Rockies, KC Scouts and Oilers, retiring after the 1979 season.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:15px;--awb-caption-margin-top:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:400;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:13px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" title=\"HOF Randy Rota\" src=\"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Randy-Rota-180x300.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Randy-Rota-200x333.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Randy-Rota.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:13px;--awb-line-height:18px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Randolph \u201cRandy\u201d Rota<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3715"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3723,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3715\/revisions\/3723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}