Vernon Fiddler

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Vernon Fiddler
Born (1980-05-09) May 9, 1980
Edmonton, AB, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb)
Position Centre/Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams 		Dallas Stars
Nashville Predators
Phoenix Coyotes
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2001–present

Vernon "Vern" Fiddler (born May 9, 1980) is a professional ice hockey centre for the Dallas Stars of the NHL.

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,[1] and played 19 NHL games during the 2002–03 season. 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.[citation needed]

Fiddler signed with the Dallas Stars on July 1, 2011.[2]

Personal life

Vernon and his wife have 2 children. He also owns a summer house in British Columbia and has many family relatives and friends that live in Edmonton and Beaumont, Alberta.[3]

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
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 — — — — —
NHL totals 534 67 99 166 342 23 2 3 5 18

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cole-scores-pair-stars-beat-055312042--nhl.html
  2. ↑ "NHL Free Agent Tracker". The Sports Network. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Phoenix Coyotes 2010-11 Media Guide". Scribd.com. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 

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