Denis Pederson

Denis Pederson
Born (1975-09-10) September 10, 1975 (age 49)
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Centre/Right wing
Shot Right
Played for New Jersey Devils
Vancouver Canucks
Phoenix Coyotes
Nashville Predators
Eisbären Berlin
National team  Canada
NHL draft 13th overall, 1993
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1995–2012

Denis Erio Pederson (born September 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played a total of 435 games in the National Hockey League and then went on to great success playing for Eisbären Berlin in Germany.

Playing career

A native of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Pederson played for the Carlton Park Mustangs and joined his hometown team Prince Albert Raiders when he was 16 years old.[1]

He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 1993 NHL Draft (first round, 13th overall). He continued playing for the Raiders in the WHL and also spent time with AHL’s Albany River Rats, before making his NHL debut with the Devils during the 1995-96 season.

In 2000, he was traded along with Brendan Morrison from the New Jersey Devils to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Alexander Mogilny.

Until 2003, he played 435 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators.[2]

From 2003 to 2012, Pederson played for Eisbären Berlin of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and won six German championships as well as the 2010 European Trophy with the team. He had his jersey number 20 retired by the Berlin club in December 2015.[3]

Pederson was inducted into the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[4][5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Prince Albert Raiders AAA SMHL 30 25 17 42 84 — — — — —
1991–92 Prince Albert Raiders AAA SMHL 21 33 25 58 40 — — — — —
1991–92 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 10 0 0 0 6 7 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 30 38 68 122 15 11 14 25 14
1994–95 Albany River Rats AHL — — — — — 3 0 0 0 2
1995–96 Albany River Rats AHL 68 28 43 71 104 4 1 2 3 0
1995–96 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 3 1 4 0 — — — — —
1996–97 Albany River Rats AHL 3 1 3 4 7 — — — — —
1996–97 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 12 20 32 62 9 0 0 0 2
1997–98 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 15 13 28 97 6 1 1 2 2
1998–99 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 11 12 23 66 3 0 1 1 0
1999–2000 New Jersey Devils NHL 35 3 3 6 16 — — — — —
1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks NHL 12 3 2 5 2 — — — — —
2000–01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 4 8 12 65 4 0 1 1 4
2001–02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 29 1 5 6 31 — — — — —
2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 19 1 1 2 20 5 0 2 2 0
2002–03 Nashville Predators NHL 43 4 6 10 39 — — — — —
2003–04 Eisbären Berlin DEL 41 15 21 36 40 11 5 6 11 8
2004–05 Eisbären Berlin DEL 49 19 19 38 75 12 7 4 11 20
2005–06 Eisbären Berlin DEL 49 17 24 41 96 11 5 7 12 16
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Eisbären Berlin DEL 29 13 15 28 84 2 0 1 1 4
2007–08 Eisbären Berlin DEL 25 13 18 31 55 12 5 5 10 12
2008–09 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 19 34 53 32 12 4 5 9 12
2009–10 Eisbären Berlin DEL 54 19 33 52 75 5 2 0 2 0
2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL 46 16 21 37 68 — — — — —
2011–12 Eisbären Berlin DEL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
NHL totals 435 57 71 128 398 27 1 5 6 8
DEL totals 348 131 186 317 527 65 28 28 56 72

International

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Red Deer
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1995 Canada WJC 7 2 2 4 0
Junior totals 7 2 2 4 0

Awards

  • WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1994

References

  1. ^ "From Prince Albert to Berlin, ex-Raider captain had great career - Hockey - The Prince Albert Daily Herald". www.paherald.sk.ca. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Denis Pederson Stats & News". NHL.com. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "Eisbären ehren Pederson - Wolf ist DEL-Rekordschütze". kicker online. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "P.A. Sports Hall of Fame announces this year's inductions | paNOW". panow.com. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame – DENIS PEDERSON". www.pasportshalloffame.ca. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
Preceded by New Jersey Devils first round draft pick
1993 		Succeeded by