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Jeff Friesen

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: August 5, 1976 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:42AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #511. Ken Mosdell… #512. Ted Harris… #513. JEFF FRIESEN… #514. Mario Marois… #515. Troy Murray… 

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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 48 15 10 25 11 -8 14 9 5 1 2 86 17.4
1995-96 19 SJS NHL 79 15 31 46 17 -19 42 13 2 0 0 123 12.2
1996-97 20 SJS NHL 82 28 34 62 25 -8 75 20 6 2 5 200 14.0
1997-98 21 SJS NHL 79 31 32 63 26 8 40 18 7 6 7 186 16.7
1998-99 22 SJS NHL 78 22 35 57 21 3 42 11 10 1 3 215 10.2 1515 19:25
1999-00 23 SJS NHL 82 26 35 61 24 -2 47 12 11 3 7 191 13.6 1623 19:48
2000-01 24 TOT NHL 79 14 34 48 17 5 66 10 4 0 1 149 9.4 1528 19:21
2000-01 24 SJS NHL 64 12 24 36 13 7 56 10 2 0 1 120 10.0 1206 18:51
2000-01 24 MDA NHL 15 2 10 12 4 -2 10 0 2 0 0 29 6.9 322 21:28
2001-02 25 MDA NHL 81 17 26 43 16 -1 44 15 1 1 0 161 10.6 1457 17:59
2002-03 26 NJD NHL 81 23 28 51 20 23 26 20 3 0 4 179 12.8 1259 15:33
2003-04 27 NJD NHL 81 17 20 37 14 8 26 12 5 0 4 177 9.6 1226 15:08
2005-06 29 TOT NHL 51 4 7 11 4 -15 32 4 0 0 1 75 5.3 682 13:23
2005-06 29 WSH NHL 33 3 4 7 3 -11 24 3 0 0 0 64 4.7 487 14:45
2005-06 29 MDA NHL 18 1 3 4 1 -4 8 1 0 0 1 11 9.1 196 10:53
2006-07 30 CGY NHL 72 6 6 12 5 -2 34 5 0 1 0 55 10.9 877 12:11
Career NHL 893 218 298 516 200 -8 488 149 54 15 34 1797 12.1 10168 16:48

NHL Miscellaneous

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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

NHL Playoffs

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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 -9 4 1 0 0 0 21 4.8
1997-98 21 SJS NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1998-99 22 SJS NHL 6 2 2 4 -1 14 1 1 0 0 20 10.0 134 22:22
1999-00 23 SJS NHL 11 2 2 4 -4 10 2 0 0 0 22 9.1 191 17:21
2002-03 26 NJD NHL SC 24 10 4 14 10 6 9 1 0 4 46 21.7 385 16:02
2003-04 27 NJD NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 65 12:55
2005-06 29 MDA NHL 16 3 1 4 -1 6 3 0 0 0 15 20.0 180 11:14
2006-07 30 CGY NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 54 10:50
Career NHL 1 84 18 15 33 -9 48 16 2 0 4 145 12.4 1008 15:03

Other Standard

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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

Other Playoffs

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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

Similarity Scores

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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)
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
Brenden Morrow 89.3 9.8 7.1 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 1.2
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
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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Honors

1994-95 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2003 New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Games Played

1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1999-00 NHL 82 (2)

Short-Handed Goals

1997-98 NHL 6 (1)

Game-Winning Goals

1999-00 NHL 7 (8)
      

Transactions

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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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