Vernon Fiddler

Vernon Fiddler

Fiddler in October 2014.
Born (1980-05-09) 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

Fiddler in 2009.

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
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

  1. ↑ "Cole scores pair as Stars beat Predators". Yahoo! Sports. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  2. ↑ "NHL Free Agent Tracker". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stars sign Vernon Fiddler; also sign Brendan Ranford to entry-level deal". Dallas News. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Fiddler signs one-year deal with the Devils". New Jersey Devils. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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