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Bret Hedican

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: August 10, 1970 in St. Paul, Minnesota

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 10th round (198th overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 21 STL NHL 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100.0
1992-93 22 STL NHL 42 0 8 8 2 -2 30 0 0 0 0 40 0.0
1993-94 23 TOT NHL 69 0 12 12 3 -7 64 0 0 0 0 88 0.0
1993-94 23 STL NHL 61 0 11 11 3 -8 64 0 0 0 0 78 0.0
1993-94 23 VAN NHL 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1994-95 24 VAN NHL 45 2 11 13 4 -3 34 2 0 0 0 56 3.6
1995-96 25 VAN NHL 77 6 23 29 10 8 83 5 1 0 0 113 5.3
1996-97 26 VAN NHL 67 4 15 19 6 -3 51 2 2 0 1 93 4.3
1997-98 27 VAN NHL 71 3 24 27 8 3 79 2 1 0 0 84 3.6
1998-99 28 TOT NHL 67 5 18 23 8 5 51 3 0 2 1 90 5.6 1344 20:04
1998-99 28 VAN NHL 42 2 11 13 4 7 34 0 0 2 0 52 3.8 784 18:40
1998-99 28 FLA NHL 25 3 7 10 4 -2 17 3 0 0 1 38 7.9 560 22:24
1999-00 29 FLA NHL 76 6 19 25 8 4 68 4 2 0 1 58 10.3 1489 19:36
2000-01 30 FLA NHL 70 5 15 20 7 -7 72 1 4 0 1 104 4.8 1527 21:49
2001-02 31 TOT NHL 57 5 11 16 6 -1 22 5 0 0 1 85 5.9 1355 23:46
2001-02 31 FLA NHL 31 3 7 10 4 -4 12 3 0 0 0 46 6.5 758 24:27
2001-02 31 CAR NHL 26 2 4 6 2 3 10 2 0 0 1 39 5.1 596 22:56
2002-03 32 CAR NHL 72 3 14 17 5 -24 75 2 1 0 1 113 2.7 1658 23:02
2003-04 33 CAR NHL 81 7 17 24 9 -10 64 5 2 0 3 112 6.3 1829 22:35
2005-06 35 CAR NHL 74 5 22 27 9 11 58 2 2 1 1 73 6.8 1503 20:19
2006-07 36 CAR NHL 50 0 10 10 3 -8 36 0 0 0 0 44 0.0 998 19:58
2007-08 37 CAR NHL 66 2 15 17 5 17 70 2 0 0 0 80 2.5 1273 19:18
2008-09 38 ANA NHL 51 1 5 6 2 -7 36 1 0 0 0 40 2.5 832 16:18
Career NHL 1039 55 239 294 95 -23 893 37 15 3 10 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

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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 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1992-93 22 STL NHL 10 0 0 0 -4 14 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1993-94 23 VAN NHL 24 1 6 7 13 16 1 0 0 0 22 4.5
1994-95 24 VAN NHL 11 0 2 2 -5 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1995-96 25 VAN NHL 6 0 1 1 -2 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1999-00 29 FLA NHL 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 83 20:42
2001-02 31 CAR NHL 23 1 4 5 0 20 1 0 0 0 39 2.6 549 23:52
2005-06 35 CAR NHL SC 25 2 9 11 6 42 2 0 0 0 23 8.7 567 22:40
Career NHL 1 108 4 22 26 10 108 4 0 0 0 108 3.7 1199 23:03

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
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

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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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2006 Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

Transactions

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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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