Vernon Fiddler
 Vernon Fiddler 
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| Date of birth | May 9, 1980 |
| place of birth | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1997-2000 | Kelowna Rockets |
| 2000-2001 | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| 2001-2002 |
Roanoke Express Norfolk Admirals |
| 2002-2009 | Nashville Predators |
| 2009-2011 | Phoenix Coyotes |
| 2011-2016 | Dallas Stars |
| 2016-2017 | New Jersey Devils |
| 2017 | Nashville Predators |
Vernon Fiddler (born May 9, 1980 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 928 games for the Nashville Predators , Phoenix Coyotes , Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils in the National between 1997 and 2017 Hockey League on the position of the center .
Career
Vernon Fiddler began his career as a hockey player with the Kelowna Rockets from the Western Hockey League , for which he played from 1997 to 2000. He then moved to their league rivals Medicine Hat Tigers for a year . On May 31, 2001, the Arkansas RiverBlades from the East Coast Hockey League committed the attacker, but gave him on August 11 in exchange for Calvin Elfring to Roanoke Express . In the 2001/02 season, the Canadian was also used in the American Hockey League for the Norfolk Admirals and was elected to the ECHL All-Rookie Team .
On May 6, 2002, the Nashville Predators hired from the National Hockey League Fiddler as a free agent , without this had ever been drafted . Since then he has played regularly in the NHL for the Predators. He also came to the AHL for their farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals, until 2006 . During the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , Fiddler was only on the ice for the Admirals.
On July 1, 2009, he signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent . Two years later, Fiddler received a three-year contract with the Dallas Stars . This was extended for two more years in summer 2014, before Fiddler joined the New Jersey Devils as a free agent in July 2016 . With the Devils, the attacker spent almost half of the 2016/17 season before returning to the Nashville Predators in February 2017, who in return sent a four-round vote for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft to New Jersey. With the Predators, Fiddler reached the Stanley Cup final, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins .
In September 2017, at the age of 37, he finally announced the end of his career in professional sports.
Achievements and Awards
- 2002 ECHL All-Rookie Team
- 2004 Calder Cup win with the Milwaukee Admirals
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1997/98 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 65 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 31 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
| 1998/99 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 68 | 22nd | 21st | 43 | 82 | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8th | ||
| 1999/00 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 64 | 20th | 28 | 48 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 4th | ||
| 2000/01 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 67 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Arkansas RiverBlades | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2001/02 | Roanoke Express | ECHL | 44 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001/02 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 38 | 8th | 5 | 13 | 28 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | ||
| 2002/03 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 54 | 8th | 16 | 24 | 70 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14th | ||
| 2002/03 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 19th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 47 | 9 | 15th | 24 | 72 | 22nd | 5 | 3 | 8th | 36 | ||
| 2003/04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 17th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 73 | 20th | 22nd | 42 | 70 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th | ||
| 2005/06 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 11 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 40 | 8th | 4th | 12 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006/07 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 72 | 11 | 15th | 26th | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
| 2007/08 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 79 | 11 | 21st | 32 | 47 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008/09 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 78 | 11 | 6th | 17th | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 76 | 8th | 22nd | 30th | 46 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14th | ||
| 2010/11 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 71 | 6th | 16 | 22nd | 46 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011/12 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 8th | 13 | 21st | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 46 | 4th | 13 | 17th | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 76 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 37 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 2014/15 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 12 | 10 | 22nd | 31 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8th | ||
| 2016/17 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 39 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 20th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25th | ||
| WHL overall | 267 | 85 | 100 | 185 | 273 | 18th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 16 | ||||
| ECHL total | 47 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 73 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| AHL total | 223 | 46 | 64 | 110 | 260 | 39 | 7th | 8th | 15th | 70 | ||||
| NHL overall | 877 | 104 | 157 | 261 | 558 | 51 | 5 | 8th | 13 | 75 | ||||
( 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
- Vernon Fiddler at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Vernon Fiddler at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fiddler, Vernon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fiddler, Vern |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |