Brad Ference
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Brad Ference (born April 2, 1979 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Hungarian-Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is considered a "stay-at-home" defenseman with a mean streak but little offensive ability; as of February 11, 2006, he had compiled 4 goals and 30 assists in 245 career games. He dated figure skater Michelle Kwan.
[edit] Playing career
Ference was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. He played junior hockey with the Spokane Chiefs, and Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League.
Before ever playing a game for the Canucks, Ference was traded on January 17, 1999 along with Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican and 3rd round selection in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to the Florida Panthers for Dave Gagner, Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and a 1st round selection in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
He spent nearly 4 years in the Panthers organization before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes on March 8, 2003 for Darcy Hordichuk and a 2nd round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
After a year and half with the Coyotes, and the lockout year of 2004-2005 spent in France, Ference was traded to the New Jersey Devils on November 25, 2005 for Pascal Rheaume, Ray Schultz and Steven Spencer. He was on the move again at the end of the season, signing a one-year contract as an unrestricted free agent on July 26, 2006 with the Calgary Flames.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995-96 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 67 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 324 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||
| 1997-98 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 54 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 213 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 59 | ||
| 1998-99 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 31 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 125 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 20 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 116 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 63 | ||
| 1999-00 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 58 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 231 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1999-00 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 52 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 200 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 80 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 254 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 118 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 103 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Hockey Club Morzine-Avoriaz | LM | 17 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2005-06 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 43 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 96 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 245 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 563 | |||||||||
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