Jeff Friesen

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Jeff Friesen
Friesen with the Calgary Flames in 2007
Born (1976-08-05) August 5, 1976 (age 47)
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
New Jersey Devils
Washington Capitals
Calgary Flames
Eisbären Berlin
National team  
NHL Draft
 11th overall,
1994
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1994–2011

Jeffrey Daryl Friesen (born August 5, 1976) is a

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, and Calgary Flames. He won the Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2003
.

Playing career

Friesen played his junior years with the

1994 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks
. He played 14 season in the NHL as a winger, originally as a left winger but also as a right winger.

Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks, becoming their 3rd all-time leading scorer, but was traded to the

Eastern Conference Finals against the Ottawa Senators
that year, Friesen scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in regulation in Game 7. It was his third game-winning goal of the series. Then in Game 7 of the finals, he scored two goals against his former team, the Ducks en route to the Devils' third Stanley Cup championship.

On September 26, 2005, the

2006 draft pick. On March 9, 2006, he was moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the 2005–06
season sidelined with a groin injury.

Friesen was signed by the

Lake Erie Monsters
before January 29, 2008, when Friesen was released.

Friesen attended the San Jose Sharks' 2008 training camp on a tryout basis.[2] On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp.[3] On August 29, 2009, Friesen signed a one-year contract with the Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[4]

Friesen is tied with Jamie Baker for the Sharks single-season short-handed goals record with 6, set in the 1997–98 season.[5] On February 21, 2015 he returned to San Jose (Santa Clara) where he was introduced along with several other former Shark players before the outdoor Stadium Series game vs. the L.A. Kings at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

Personal life

Friesen and his ex-wife Rhonda have a daughter and son together.[6][7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Regina Pats WHL 4 3 1 4 2 — — — — —
1992–93 Regina Pats WHL 70 45 38 83 23 13 7 10 17 8
1993–94 Regina Pats WHL 66 51 67 118 48 4 3 2 5 2
1994–95 Regina Pats WHL 25 21 23 44 22 — — — — —
1994–95 San Jose Sharks NHL 48 15 10 25 14 11 1 5 6 4
1995–96 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 15 31 46 42 — — — — —
1996–97 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 34 62 75 — — — — —
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 31 32 63 40 6 0 1 1 2
1998–99 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 22 35 57 42 6 2 2 4 14
1999–2000 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 26 35 61 47 11 2 2 4 10
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 12 24 36 56 — — — — —
2000–01
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
 NHL 15 2 10 12 10 — — — — —
2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 81 17 26 43 44 — — — — —
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 23 28 51 26 24 10 4 14 6
2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 17 20 37 26 5 0 0 0 4
2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 33 3 4 7 24 — — — — —
2005–06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 18 1 3 4 8 16 3 1 4 6
2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 72 6 6 12 34 5 0 0 0 2
2007–08
Lake Erie Monsters
 AHL 5 1 4 5 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Eisbären Berlin DEL 53 15 30 45 130 5 1 1 2 0
2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL 30 5 9 14 12 11 1 4 5 2
NHL totals 893 218 298 516 488 84 18 15 33 48

International

Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Helsinki
Gold medal – first place 2004 Prague
Silver medal – second place 1996 Vienna
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Frydek-Mistek/Ostrava
Gold medal – first place 1995 Red Deer
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1994 Canada
WJC
 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
1995 Canada WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 5 2 7 4
1996
 Canada
WC
 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2 0 2 6
1997
 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 3 4 7 16
1999 Canada WC 4th 7 2 2 4 0
2001 Canada WC 5th 7 1 3 4 6
2004 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 12 5 4 9 4
Senior totals 42 8 10 18 32

Awards

CHL/WHL

NHL

References

  1. New York Times
    . 2002-07-07. Retrieved 2002-07-07.
  2. ^ "Friesen returns as tryout player". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  3. ^ "Friesen Released From Training Camp". Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  4. ^ "Jeff Friesen bleibt Eisbär". Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  5. ^ "Single-season short-handed goals". hockey-reference.com. 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  6. ^ "Hier umarmt Friesen seine Allerliebsten". 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  7. ^ "Seine Welt ist eine Scheibe". 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
1994
 Succeeded by
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