Bret Hedican

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: August 10, 1970 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Draft: St. Louis, 10th round (198th overall), 1988 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
1991-92	21	STL	NHL	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
1992-93	22	STL	NHL	42	0	8	8	2	-2	30	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	40	0.0
1993-94	23	TOT	NHL	69	0	12	12	3	-7	64	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	88	0.0
1993-94	23	STL	NHL	61	0	11	11	3	-8	64	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	78	0.0
1993-94	23	VAN	NHL	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0.0
1994-95	24	VAN	NHL	45	2	11	13	4	-3	34	2	0	0	0	6	2	3	56	3.6
1995-96	25	VAN	NHL	77	6	23	29	10	8	83	5	1	0	0	12	4	7	113	5.3
1996-97	26	VAN	NHL	67	4	15	19	6	-3	51	2	2	0	1	11	1	3	93	4.3
1997-98	27	VAN	NHL	71	3	24	27	8	3	79	2	1	0	0	12	7	5	84	3.6
1998-99	28	TOT	NHL	67	5	18	23	8	5	51	3	0	2	1	14	1	3	90	5.6	1344	20:04
1998-99	28	VAN	NHL	42	2	11	13	4	7	34	0	0	2	0	8	0	3	52	3.8	784	18:40
1998-99	28	FLA	NHL	25	3	7	10	4	-2	17	3	0	0	1	6	1	0	38	7.9	560	22:24
1999-00	29	FLA	NHL	76	6	19	25	8	4	68	4	2	0	1	17	0	2	58	10.3	1489	19:36
2000-01	30	FLA	NHL	70	5	15	20	7	-7	72	1	4	0	1	11	2	2	104	4.8	1527	21:49
2001-02	31	TOT	NHL	57	5	11	16	6	-1	22	5	0	0	1	8	0	3	85	5.9	1355	23:46
2001-02	31	FLA	NHL	31	3	7	10	4	-4	12	3	0	0	0	5	0	2	46	6.5	758	24:27
2001-02	31	CAR	NHL	26	2	4	6	2	3	10	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	39	5.1	596	22:56
2002-03	32	CAR	NHL	72	3	14	17	5	-24	75	2	1	0	1	7	1	6	113	2.7	1658	23:02
2003-04	33	CAR	NHL	81	7	17	24	9	-10	64	5	2	0	3	10	2	5	112	6.3	1829	22:35
2005-06	35	CAR	NHL	74	5	22	27	9	11	58	2	2	1	1	15	2	5	73	6.8	1503	20:19
2006-07	36	CAR	NHL	50	0	10	10	3	-8	36	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	44	0.0	998	19:58
2007-08	37	CAR	NHL	66	2	15	17	5	17	70	2	0	0	0	14	0	1	80	2.5	1273	19:18
2008-09	38	ANA	NHL	51	1	5	6	2	-7	36	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	40	2.5	832	16:18
Career			NHL	1039	55	239	294	95	-23	893	37	15	3	10	163	22	54	1274	4.3	13808	20:48

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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
1991-92	21	STL	NHL	4	0.25	0.00	0.25	0.14	0.00	0.25	1	0	1	1	6	0	5	0	1	0.1	0.3	0.3
1992-93	22	STL	NHL	42	0.00	0.19	0.19	0.05	0.71	0.95	0	6	6	2	30	6	40	14	-2	-0.3	2.3	2.1
1993-94	23	TOT	NHL	69	0.00	0.17	0.17	0.05	0.93	1.28	0	11	11	3	49	6	62	12	-7	-0.4	2.9	2.5
1993-94	23	STL	NHL	61	0.00	0.18	0.18	0.05	1.05	1.28	0	10	10	3	45	5	59	11	-8	-0.4	2.5	2.1
1993-94	23	VAN	NHL	8	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.04	0.00	1.25	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	1	-0.1	0.4	0.4
1994-95	24	VAN	NHL	45	0.04	0.24	0.29	0.09	0.76	1.24	3	19	22	7	41	6	54	16	-3	0.4	1.9	2.3
1995-96	25	VAN	NHL	77	0.08	0.30	0.38	0.12	1.08	1.47	6	22	28	9	84	13	85	22	8	1.5	3.6	5.2
1996-97	26	VAN	NHL	67	0.06	0.22	0.28	0.09	0.76	1.39	4	16	20	7	66	12	78	21	-3	0.8	2.3	3.1
1997-98	27	VAN	NHL	71	0.04	0.34	0.38	0.12	1.11	1.18	3	27	30	9	68	10	79	24	3	1.7	2.6	4.3
1998-99	28	TOT	NHL	67	0.07	0.27	0.34	0.12	0.76	1.34	5	20	25	8	56	7	58	14	5	1.6	3.1	4.7
1998-99	28	VAN	NHL	42	0.05	0.26	0.31	0.10	0.81	1.24	2	12	14	4	39	7	29	4	7	0.8	2.2	3.0
1998-99	28	FLA	NHL	25	0.12	0.28	0.40	0.14	0.68	1.52	3	8	11	4	17	0	29	10	-2	0.8	0.9	1.7
1999-00	29	FLA	NHL	76	0.08	0.25	0.33	0.11	0.89	0.76	7	21	28	10	69	14	64	13	4	1.6	3.3	4.9
2000-01	30	FLA	NHL	70	0.07	0.21	0.29	0.10	1.03	1.49	5	16	21	7	65	13	82	23	-7	1.0	2.8	3.8
2001-02	31	TOT	NHL	57	0.09	0.19	0.28	0.10	0.39	1.49	5	13	18	6	46	10	53	16	-1	0.9	2.8	3.7
2001-02	31	FLA	NHL	31	0.10	0.23	0.32	0.11	0.39	1.48	3	8	11	4	23	6	31	10	-4	0.6	1.3	1.9
2001-02	31	CAR	NHL	26	0.08	0.15	0.23	0.08	0.38	1.50	2	5	7	2	23	4	22	6	3	0.2	1.6	1.8
2002-03	32	CAR	NHL	72	0.04	0.19	0.24	0.08	1.04	1.57	3	15	18	6	54	23	88	33	-24	0.4	2.4	2.8
2003-04	33	CAR	NHL	81	0.09	0.21	0.30	0.10	0.79	1.38	8	19	27	10	63	19	73	19	-10	1.4	3.5	5.0
2005-06	35	CAR	NHL	74	0.07	0.30	0.36	0.12	0.78	0.99	5	21	26	8	78	15	85	33	11	1.4	3.5	4.9
2006-07	36	CAR	NHL	50	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.05	0.72	0.88	0	10	10	3	38	8	51	13	-8	-0.1	1.5	1.4
2007-08	37	CAR	NHL	66	0.03	0.23	0.26	0.08	1.06	1.21	2	16	18	5	65	2	62	16	17	0.6	3.6	4.2
2008-09	38	ANA	NHL	51	0.02	0.10	0.12	0.04	0.71	0.78	1	5	6	2	36	5	42	4	-7	-0.3	1.1	0.9
Career			NHL	1039	0.05	0.23	0.28	0.09	0.86	1.23	58	257	315	102	914	169	1061	293	-23	12.3	43.5	55.9

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1991-92	21	STL	NHL		5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1992-93	22	STL	NHL		10	0	0	0	0	-4	14	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1993-94	23	VAN	NHL		24	1	6	7	2	13	16	1	0	0	0	22	4.5
1994-95	24	VAN	NHL		11	0	2	2	1	-5	6	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1995-96	25	VAN	NHL		6	0	1	1	0	-2	10	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1999-00	29	FLA	NHL		4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	83	20:42
2001-02	31	CAR	NHL		23	1	4	5	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	39	2.6	549	23:52
2005-06	35	CAR	NHL	SC	25	2	9	11	4	6	42	2	0	0	0	23	8.7	567	22:40
Career			NHL	1	108	4	22	26	8	10	108	4	0	0	0	108	3.7	1199	23:03

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	17	North St. Paul Dragons	High-MN	23	15	19	34			16
1988-89	18	St. Cloud State Huskies	NCAA-3	28	5	3	8			28
1989-90	19	St. Cloud State Huskies	NCAA-3	36	4	17	21			37
1990-91	20	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA	41	21	26	47			26
1991-92	21	United States	Nat-Tm	54	1	8	9			59
1991-92	21	United States	Olympics	8	0	0	0			4
1992-93	22	Peoria Rivermen	IHL	19	0	8	8			10
1996-97	26	United States	WC-A	8	0	5	5			10
1998-99	28	United States	WC-A	6	0	1	1			8	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
2000-01	30	United States	WC-A	9	2	2	4		5	0	2	0	0	0
2005-06	35	United States	Olympics	6	0	1	1		1	6	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	High-MN	23	15	19	34			16
Career		1 Season	IHL	19	0	8	8			10
Career		1 Season	Nat-Tm	54	1	8	9			59
Career		2 Seasons	NCAA-3	64	9	20	29			65
Career		2 Seasons	Olympics	14	0	1	1		1	10	0	0	0	0
Career		3 Seasons	WC-A	23	2	8	10		5	18	2	0	0	0	10	0.0
Career		1 Season	WCHA	41	21	26	47			26

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 17 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Bret Hedican		5.2	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.1	1.4	0.9	0.3
Bob Rouse	94.6	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.0
Keith Brown	92.5	5.9	5.6	5.5	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.4	1.8	0.6
Joe Reekie	92.0	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.3	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.0
Harold Snepsts	91.3	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.2	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.0
Leo Boivin	90.3	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.1	2.1	1.8	0.2
Don Awrey	89.9	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.6	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.3
Curt Giles	89.5	5.7	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.7	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.4
Mark Hardy	88.7	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.4	2.3	0.2	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	88.6	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Stephane Quintal	88.4	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.1	1.4	0.9

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Bret Hedican		5.2	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.1	1.4	0.9	0.3
Bob Rouse	94.6	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.0
Keith Brown	92.5	5.9	5.6	5.5	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.4	1.8	0.6
Joe Reekie	92.0	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.3	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.0
Harold Snepsts	91.3	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.2	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.0
Don Awrey	89.9	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.6	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.3
Curt Giles	89.5	5.7	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.7	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.4
Mark Hardy	88.7	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.4	2.3	0.2	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	88.6	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Stephane Quintal	88.4	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.1	1.4	0.9
Warren Godfrey	88.3	5.0	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.7	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.0

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Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2006 Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

Championships
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2006 Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 21, 1994: Traded to Vancouver by St. Louis with Jeff Brown and Nathan LaFayette for Craig Janney, March 21, 1994.

January 17, 1999: Traded to Florida by Vancouver with Pavel Bure, Brad Ference and Vancouver's 3rd round choice (Robert Fried) in 2000 Entry Draft for Ed Jovanovski, Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida's 1st round choice (Nathan Smith) in 2000 Entry Draft, January 17, 1999.

January 16, 2002: Traded to Carolina by Florida with Kevyn Adams and Tomas Malec for Sandis Ozolinsh and Byron Ritchie, January 16, 2002.

October 23, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, October 23, 2008.

September 16, 2009: Officially announced his retirement, September 16, 2009.

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