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.
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
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International
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Career statistics
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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:
( 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
- Jeff Friesen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Jeff Friesen at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Jeff Friesen at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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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 |