Jeff Friesen

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CanadaCanada  Jeff Friesen Ice hockey player
Jeff Friesen
Date of birth 5th August 1976
place of birth Meadow Lake , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Left wing
number # 39
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 1st lap, 11th position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1991-1994 Regina Pats
1994-2001 San Jose Sharks
2001-2002 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2002-2004 New Jersey Devils
2005-2006 Washington Capitals
2006 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2006-2007 Calgary Flames
2008 Lake Erie Monsters
2009-2011 Polar bears Berlin

Jeffrey Daryl "Jeff" Friesen (born August 5, 1976 in Meadow Lake , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 977 games for the San Jose Sharks , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , New Jersey Devils , Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames has played in the National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Friesen celebrated his greatest career success by winning the Stanley Cup in the service of the New Jersey Devils in 1995 and the world championship titles in 1997 and 2004 , which he won in the jersey of the Canadian national team . At the end of his career he played for two years with the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League , with which he became German champion and won the European Trophy .

Career

Friesen played as a youth with the Regina Pats of the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League . He was selected during the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as eleventh overall in the first round by the officials of the San Jose Sharks . The offensive player stayed another season with the Pats before moving to the National Hockey League in 1994 . In his last season he scored 44 points scorer in 25 league games.

Friesen was able to prevail in his first season in 1994/95 in the NHL and played all 48 games of this short season due to the strike. Together with Peter Forsberg and Paul Kariya , he was chosen in the attack of the NHL all-rookie team . He played with the Sharks for almost seven years and was one of the leading players there. Towards the end of the 2000/01 season , the San Jose Sharks brought Teemu Selänne from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Friesen had to go to Anaheim in return.

Frisians in the jersey of the Calgary Flames

Already after the 2001/02 season he was given to the New Jersey Devils . There he was able to win the Stanley Cup in the 2002/03 season. The new regulations that were introduced to end the players 'strike forced the Devils to reduce the amount of their players' salaries. This also affected Friesen, which was given to the Washington Capitals . A groin strain plagued him in Washington and only allowed him to play 33 games by March. Then he was given back to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

In the summer of 2006, the Calgary Flames took Friesen for the 2006/07 season under contract, but where he played his weakest season to date. After his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2007, a move to Sweden to Leksands IF in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan was under discussion, but this did not materialize. In January 2008, the Lake Erie Monsters from the American Hockey League added the free agent to their squad on the basis of a two-week trial contract. Although he was able to score a goal in five games and prepare four more, but in late January he was released by the Lake Erie Monsters.

Before the start of the 2008-09 season , he received an invitation to the San Jose Sharks training camp. There he could not recommend himself because of the strong competition in the squad and also found no other team that wanted to sign him. As a result, the Canadian underwent a groin operation, after which he paused the entire season. In August 2009, Friesen came to Berlin to complete a trial training session with the local polar bears from the German Ice Hockey League , from which he signed a contract for the 2009/10 season . The contact to the Berlin manager Peter-John Lee was made by his ex-team-mate Marco Sturm after Friesen had expressed interest in a commitment in Germany. In his second season in the polar bear jersey, the Canadian won the German championship with the Berliners. After the 2010/11 season , the striker ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Regina Pats WHL 4th 3 1 4th 2 - - - - -
1992/93 Regina Pats WHL 70 45 38 83 23 13 7th 10 17th 8th
1993/94 Regina Pats WHL 66 51 67 118 48 4th 3 2 5 2
1994/95 Regina Pats WHL 25th 21st 23 44 22nd - - - - -
1994/95 San Jose Sharks NHL 48 15th 10 25th 14th 11 1 5 6th 4th
1995/96 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 15th 31 46 42 - - - - -
1996/97 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 34 62 75 - - - - -
1997/98 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 31 32 63 40 6th 0 1 1 2
1998/99 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 22nd 35 57 42 6th 2 2 4th 14th
1999/00 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 26th 35 61 47 11 2 2 4th 10
2000/01 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 12 24 36 56 - - - - -
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 15th 2 10 12 10 - - - - -
2001/02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 81 17th 26th 43 44 - - - - -
2002/03 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 23 28 51 26th 24 10 4th 14th 6th
2003/04 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 17th 20th 37 26th 5 0 0 0 4th
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Washington Capitals NHL 33 3 4th 7th 24 - - - - -
2005/06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 18th 1 3 4th 8th 16 3 1 4th 6th
2006/07 Calgary Flames NHL 72 6th 6th 12 34 5 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 5 1 4th 5 0 - - - - -
2008/09 without a contract not played
2009/10 Polar bears Berlin DEL 53 15th 30th 45 130 5 1 1 2 0
2010/11 Polar bears Berlin DEL 30th 5 9 14th 12 11 1 4th 5 2
WHL overall 165 120 129 249 95 17th 10 12 22nd 10
NHL overall 893 218 298 516 488 84 18th 51 33 48
DEL total 83 20th 39 59 142 16 2 5 7th 2

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 5 0 2 2 0
1995 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 5 2 7th 4th
1996 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 2 0 2 6th
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 3 4th 7th 16
1999 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 2 2 4th 0
2001 Canada WM 5th place 7th 1 3 4th 6th
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 0 1 1 4th
Juniors overall 12 5 4th 9 4th
Men overall 42 8th 10 18th 32

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Friesen, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friesen, Jeffrey Daryl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Meadow Lake , Saskatchewan , Canada