Vernon Fiddler
| Vernon Fiddler | |||
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Fiddler in October 2014. | |||
| Born |
May 9, 1980 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre/Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
New Jersey Devils Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes Dallas Stars | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
Vernon "Vern" Fiddler (born May 9, 1980) is a professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars.
Playing career
Undrafted, Fiddler played in the Western Hockey League with the Kelowna Rockets and the Medicine Hat Tigers before turning pro in 2001. As a free agent, Fiddler played the 2001–02 season with the Roanoke Express of the ECHL and the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League.
On May 6, 2002, Fiddler was signed by the Nashville Predators and was assigned to affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. He later made his NHL debut with the Predators in November 2002, and played 19 NHL games during the 2002–03 season.[1] In the 2003–04 season Fiddler helped the Admirals win the Calder Cup. Fiddler spent the next 2 years playing between the Predators and the Admirals before playing his first full NHL season in 2006–07.
On July 1, 2009, after playing 305 games for the Predators, Fiddler signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes. He recorded his first career NHL hat trick on November 12, 2010, against Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames.
Fiddler signed with the Dallas Stars as a free agent to a three-year contract on July 1, 2011.[2]
On July 2, 2014, after testing free-agency, Fiddler re-signed with the Stars on a two-year contract.[3] During his tenure with the Stars, Fiddler immersed himself amongst the leadership group as an alternate captain.
On July 1, 2016, after five seasons with the Stars, Fiddler signed a one-year $1.25 million free agent contract with the New Jersey Devils.[4]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 65 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 68 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1999–00 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 64 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 54 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2002–03 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 47 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 72 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 36 | ||
| 2003–04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 73 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 2005–06 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 40 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 72 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 79 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 78 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 76 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 2010–11 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 71 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 46 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 76 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 2014–15 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 818 | 102 | 155 | 257 | 492 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 50 | ||||
Awards and achievements
References
- ↑ "Cole scores pair as Stars beat Predators". Yahoo! Sports. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ↑ "NHL Free Agent Tracker". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ↑ "Stars sign Vernon Fiddler; also sign Brendan Ranford to entry-level deal". Dallas News. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ "Fiddler signs one-year deal with the Devils". New Jersey Devils. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
External links
- Vernon Fiddler's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Vernon Fiddler's player profile at NHL.com