Andrew Ference
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| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (89 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | March 17, 1979, Edmonton, AB, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 208th overall, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Pro Career | 1999 – present |
Andrew Ference (Born March 17, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a National Hockey League hockey defenceman. He has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Calgary Flames.
[edit] Playing career
Ference began his hockey career in the Western Hockey League for the Portland Winter Hawks, after 3 seasons with the team, Ference was drafted 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Ference played 2 more seasons with Portland and made a brief spell at the International Hockey League for the Kansas City Blades before joining Pittsburgh's main AHL affiliate the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On October 1, 1999 20-year-old Ferance made his NHL debut for Pittsburgh against the Dallas Stars, and the young Canadian scored his first ever NHL goal against the Nashville Predators on November 13, 1999. He finished that season with 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points in 30 games. The next season Ference shared his commitments with both Penguins teams. but Ference did play in his first ever NHL playoff run with Pittsburgh, playing 18 games and scored 3 goals and 7 assists for 10 points before going out to the New Jersey Devils. Ference played a career high 75 games in the 2001-02 NHL season, and a career high in penalty minutes with 73. Ference was traded to the Calgary Flames for future considerations on February 9, 2003.
Now a Flame, he posted 4 assists in 16 games during the remainder of the 2002-03 NHL season. The next season, he scored a career high 16 points with 4 goals and 12 assists in 72 games for Calgary and also played 26 playoff games posting 3 assists in a run that saw Calgary reach the Stanley Cup finals losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the 2004-05 NHL season wiped out by the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Ference played in the Czech Republic for HC Ceske Budejovice. Ference did return to the Flames when the NHL re-started the next season.
With the resumption of the 2005-06 Ference remained part of the Calgary Flames defence playing all 82 games of the year.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994-95 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 72 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 159 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1996-97 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 72 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 163 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1997-98 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 72 | 11 | 57 | 68 | 142 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 28 | ||
| 1998-99 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 40 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1998-99 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 44 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 43 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2000-01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 36 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2001-02 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 75 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 72 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2004-05 | HC Ceske Budejovice | CzEx | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2006-07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | ||||||||||||
| NHL totals | 333 | 19 | 68 | 87 | 301 | 51 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 53 | ||||
[edit] External links
Categories: 1979 births | Alberta sportspeople | Calgary Flames players | Canadian ice hockey players | People from Edmonton | Kansas City Blades players | Living people | Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks | Pittsburgh Penguins players | Portland Winter Hawks alumni | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players | Memorial Cup winners
