Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: August 5, 1976 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Draft: San Jose, 1st round (11th overall), 1994 NHL Entry
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1994-95 | 18 | SJS | NHL | 48 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 11 | -8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 17.4 | ||
| 1995-96 | 19 | SJS | NHL | 79 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 17 | -19 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 123 | 12.2 | ||
| 1996-97 | 20 | SJS | NHL | 82 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 25 | -8 | 75 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 200 | 14.0 | ||
| 1997-98 | 21 | SJS | NHL | 79 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 26 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 186 | 16.7 | ||
| 1998-99 | 22 | SJS | NHL | 78 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 21 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 215 | 10.2 | 1515 | 19:25 |
| 1999-00 | 23 | SJS | NHL | 82 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 24 | -2 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 191 | 13.6 | 1623 | 19:48 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | TOT | NHL | 79 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 66 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 149 | 9.4 | 1528 | 19:21 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | SJS | NHL | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 120 | 10.0 | 1206 | 18:51 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | MDA | NHL | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 6.9 | 322 | 21:28 |
| 2001-02 | 25 | MDA | NHL | 81 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 16 | -1 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 161 | 10.6 | 1457 | 17:59 |
| 2002-03 | 26 | NJD | NHL | 81 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 179 | 12.8 | 1259 | 15:33 |
| 2003-04 | 27 | NJD | NHL | 81 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 9.6 | 1226 | 15:08 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | TOT | NHL | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | -15 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 5.3 | 682 | 13:23 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | WSH | NHL | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | -11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 4.7 | 487 | 14:45 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | MDA | NHL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 196 | 10:53 |
| 2006-07 | 30 | CGY | NHL | 72 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | -2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 10.9 | 877 | 12:11 |
| Career | NHL | 893 | 218 | 298 | 516 | 200 | -8 | 488 | 149 | 54 | 15 | 34 | 190 | 15 | 93 | 1797 | 12.1 | 10168 | 16:48 | ||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | PIM | S | G | A | PTS | GC | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1994-95 | 18 | SJS | NHL | 48 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 1.79 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 58 | 21 | -8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| 1995-96 | 19 | SJS | NHL | 79 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 1.56 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 16 | 73 | 19 | 102 | 29 | -19 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| 1996-97 | 20 | SJS | NHL | 82 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.76 | 0.31 | 0.91 | 2.44 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 25 | 86 | 21 | 96 | 23 | -8 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| 1997-98 | 21 | SJS | NHL | 79 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 2.35 | 35 | 37 | 72 | 29 | 86 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| 1998-99 | 22 | SJS | NHL | 78 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 2.76 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 25 | 73 | 33 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| 1999-00 | 23 | SJS | NHL | 82 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.74 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 2.33 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 26 | 95 | 41 | 81 | 25 | -2 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | TOT | NHL | 79 | 0.18 | 0.43 | 0.61 | 0.21 | 0.84 | 1.89 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 18 | 83 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | SJS | NHL | 64 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.20 | 0.88 | 1.88 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 65 | 23 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 2000-01 | 24 | MDA | NHL | 15 | 0.13 | 0.67 | 0.80 | 0.25 | 0.67 | 1.93 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 5 | -2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| 2001-02 | 25 | MDA | NHL | 81 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 1.99 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 19 | 65 | 18 | 52 | 4 | -1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 2002-03 | 26 | NJD | NHL | 81 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.63 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 2.21 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 23 | 70 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| 2003-04 | 27 | NJD | NHL | 81 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 2.19 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 17 | 56 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | TOT | NHL | 51 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.63 | 1.47 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 0 | -15 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | WSH | NHL | 33 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.73 | 1.94 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 0 | -11 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| 2005-06 | 29 | MDA | NHL | 18 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.44 | 0.61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | -4 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 2006-07 | 30 | CGY | NHL | 72 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.47 | 0.76 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 9 | -2 | -0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Career | NHL | 893 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.58 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 2.01 | 249 | 330 | 579 | 226 | 776 | 247 | 687 | 150 | -8 | 35.4 | 15.8 | 51.2 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | |
| 1994-95 | 18 | SJS | NHL | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |||
| 1997-98 | 21 | SJS | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |||
| 1998-99 | 22 | SJS | NHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 134 | 22:22 | |
| 1999-00 | 23 | SJS | NHL | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 | 191 | 17:21 | |
| 2002-03 | 26 | NJD | NHL | SC | 24 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 21.7 | 385 | 16:02 |
| 2003-04 | 27 | NJD | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 65 | 12:55 | |
| 2005-06 | 29 | MDA | NHL | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 | 180 | 11:14 | |
| 2006-07 | 30 | CGY | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 54 | 10:50 | |
| Career | NHL | 1 | 84 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 14 | -9 | 48 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 12.4 | 1008 | 15:03 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1991-92 | 15 | Saskatoon Contacts | SMHL | 35 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 1991-92 | 15 | Regina Pats | WHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1992-93 | 16 | Regina Pats | WHL | 70 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 1992-93 | 16 | Canada | U-18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 17 | Regina Pats | WHL | 66 | 51 | 67 | 118 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 17 | Canada | WJC-A | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1994-95 | 18 | Regina Pats | WHL | 25 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1994-95 | 18 | Canada | WJC-A | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1995-96 | 19 | Canada | WC-A | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 20 | Canada | WC-A | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1998-99 | 22 | Canada | WC-A | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | 24 | Canada | WC-A | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 27 | Canada | WC-A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2007-08 | 31 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009-10 | 33 | Eisbaren Berlin | Germany | 53 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 130 | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 34 | Eisbaren Berlin | Germany | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | AHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Germany | 83 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | SMHL | 35 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | U-18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 5 Seasons | WC-A | 42 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | 4 Seasons | WHL | 165 | 120 | 129 | 249 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WJC-A | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1992-93 | 16 | Regina Pats | WHL | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 17 | Regina Pats | WHL | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 33 | Eisbaren Berlin | Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 34 | Eisbaren Berlin | Germany | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Germany | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WHL | 17 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Thru 12 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Jeff Friesen | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | -0.4 | |
| Bobby Rousseau | 93.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
| Shawn McEachern | 92.7 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | -0.1 |
| Syd Howe | 92.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 91.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Brunette | 91.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Don McKenney | 91.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Neal Broten | 91.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Paul MacLean | 90.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
| Wilf Paiement | 90.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| Ed Olczyk | 89.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Jeff Friesen | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | -0.4 | |||||
| Shawn McEachern | 91.0 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | ||
| Paul MacLean | 90.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Neil Colville | 89.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | ||||
| J.P. Dumont | 89.4 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||||
| Kenny Wharram | 88.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | ||
| Erik Cole | 88.7 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | |||||
| Adam Graves | 88.7 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 |
| Don McKenney | 88.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Larry Aurie | 88.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -0.6 | ||||
| Craig Janney | 88.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||||
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Honors
1994-95 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st) |
Championships
2003 New Jersey Devils (NHL)(Minimum 1 playoff game) |
Games Played 1996-97 NHL 82 (1) 1999-00 NHL 82 (2) |
Short-Handed Goals |
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Game-Winning Goals |
March 5, 2001: Traded to Anaheim by San Jose with Steve Shields and San Jose's 2nd round choice (later traded to Dallas - Dallas selected Vojtech Polak) in 2003 Entry Draft for Teemu Selanne, March 5, 2001.
July 6, 2002: Traded to New Jersey by Anaheim with Oleg Tverdovsky and Maxim Balmochnykh for Petr Sykora, Mike Commodore, Jean-Francois Damphousse and Igor Pohanka, July 6, 2002.
September 26, 2005: Traded to Washington by New Jersey for Washington's 3rd round choice (Kirill Tulupov) in 2006 Entry Draft, September 26, 2005.
March 9, 2006: Traded to Anaheim by Washington for Anaheim's 2nd round choice (Keith Seabrook) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 9, 2006.
July 5, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, July 5, 2006.
January 14, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Lake Erie (AHL), January 14, 2008.
August 30, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Eisbaren Berlin (Germany), August 30, 2009.
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