Denis Pederson

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Denis Pederson
Date of birth September 10, 1975
place of birth Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 187 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
number # 20
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st round, 13th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1991-1995 Prince Albert Raiders
1994-2000 New Jersey Devils
1999-2002 Vancouver Canucks
2002 Phoenix Coyotes
2002-2003 Nashville Predators
2003-2012 Polar bears Berlin

Denis Pederson (born September 10, 1975 in Prince Albert , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who last played for the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League . The number 20 on his back is no longer given to the polar bears.

Career

Pederson began his career in 1991 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Prince Albert Raiders , where he soon made a name for himself as an attacking striker. In his third season with the Raiders, the right-handed shooter was already one of the strikers with the highest points in the team and scored 98 points in 71 games. Consequently, some were NHL - Scouts attention to Pederson, who eventually during the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils was selected in the first round at a total of 13 positions.

Pederson in 2012

In the summer of 1994, Denis Pederson then moved to the NHL for the New Jersey Devils, who, however, mainly used him on their farm team , the Albany River Rats . In 1995, the attacker was finally in the Devils squad for the first time and played ten games in which he scored four points. However, Pederson failed to convince as a goalscorer and so he had to orient himself more and more towards the defensive. The Devils traded the Canadian in his fourth NHL season to the Vancouver Canucks , who soon passed him on to the Phoenix Coyotes . After all, Pederson played with the Nashville Predators . In total, he came in eight NHL seasons on 435 missions.

In the summer of 2003, the attacker moved to the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League . In 2005 , 2006 , 2008 and 2009 Pederson won the German championship with the polar bears . For the 2006/07 season he got another contract with the Berliners, but asked in the summer of 2006 to dissolve it in order to try his luck again in the NHL. In the following years, the Canadian was in negotiations with several NHL clubs, including the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Pederson eventually got a two-way contract with the St. Louis Blues , but was sent to their farm team Peoria Rivermen towards the end of the training camp . There he already announced his resignation after one game and returned to the polar bears. In the 2007/08 season he was able to bring the double to the capital for the first time with the Eisbären Berlin. In addition to the German championship, the German Ice Hockey Cup was also won.

After the 2009-10 season , Pederson announced that he would end his active ice hockey career and return to Canada. He should stay with the Eisbären Berlin as an ambassador in order to attract more Canadian players to the German capital in order to increase their international profile. Before the season started, however, he announced that he wanted to continue his career with the polar bears. Pederson knew how to convince again, even if he could not quite match the strong values ​​of previous years. Towards the end of the main round, the center of the first attack block of the polar bears suffered a serious knee injury in February 2011, which ended its season prematurely.

On December 27, 2015, Pederson's shirt number 20 was pulled under the roof of the polar bear venue in a ceremony. His number has not been assigned since then.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 10 0 0 0 6th 7th 0 1 1 13
1992/93 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 72 33 40 73 134 - - - - -
1993/94 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 71 53 45 98 157 - - - - -
1994/95 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 63 30th 38 68 122 15th 11 14th 25th 14th
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 2
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 68 28 43 71 104 4th 1 2 3 0
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 3 1 4th 7th - - - - -
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 3 1 3 4th 7th - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 12 20th 32 62 9 0 0 0 2
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 15th 13 28 97 6th 1 1 2 2
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 11 12 23 66 3 0 1 1 0
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 35 3 3 6th 16 - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 12 3 2 5 2 - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 4th 8th 12 65 4th 0 1 1 4th
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 29 1 5 6th 31 - - - - -
2001/02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 19th 1 1 2 20th 5 0 2 2 0
2002/03 Nashville Predators NHL 43 4th 6th 10 39 - - - - -
2003/04 Polar bears Berlin DEL 41 15th 21st 36 40 11 5 6th 11 8th
2004/05 Polar bears Berlin DEL 49 19th 19th 38 75 12 7th 4th 11 20th
2005/06 Polar bears Berlin DEL 49 17th 24 41 96 11 5 7th 12 16
2006/07 Polar bears Berlin DEL 29 13 15th 28 84 2 0 1 1 4th
2007/08 Polar bears Berlin DEL 25th 13 18th 31 55 12 5 5 10 12
2008/09 Polar bears Berlin DEL 52 19th 34 53 22nd 12 4th 5 9 12
2009/10 Polar bears Berlin DEL 54 19th 33 52 75 5 2 0 2 0
2010/11 Polar bears Berlin DEL 46 16 21st 37 68 - - - - -
2011/12 Polar bears Berlin DEL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
WHL overall 216 116 123 239 419 22nd 11 15th 26th 27
AHL total 71 29 46 75 111 7th 1 2 3 2
NHL overall 435 57 71 128 398 27 1 5 6th 8th
DEL total 348 131 186 317 527 65 28 28 56 72

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1995 Canada June World Cup 7th 2 2 4th 0
Juniors overall 7th 2 2 4th 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Polar bears honor Pederson - Wolf is DEL record shooter. In: kicker online. Retrieved March 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pederson, Denis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Prince Albert , Saskatchewan, Canada