Rob Niedermayer

Rob Niedermayer
Born (1974-12-28) December 28, 1974
Cassiar, BC, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Florida Panthers
Calgary Flames
Anaheim Ducks
New Jersey Devils
Buffalo Sabres
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 5th overall, 1993
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1993–2011

Robert Wade Niedermayer, Jr.[1] (born December 28, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 17 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres. He is the younger brother of former NHL defenceman Scott Niedermayer (the two were teammates for four seasons) and cousin of defenceman Jason Strudwick.

Although Rob was born in Cassiar, British Columbia, he and his brother Scott grew up living in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Playing career

National Hockey League

Niedermayer was drafted 5th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. At the time he was playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He started his NHL career right away, without playing a game in the minors. During the 1996 NHL season he set career highs in goals, assists, and points in the regular season. In the playoffs, the Panthers went on an improbable playoff drive to the Stanley Cup Finals, before being swept in four games by the Colorado Avalanche. Niedermayer was hurt by concussions in the next years and has never been able to achieve the same level of scoring ability again. His NHL role soon turned into a defensive forward.

On July 23, 2001, Niedermayer was traded from the Florida Panthers to the Calgary Flames with a draft pick for Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer. He did not last long in Calgary, and at the 2003 trading deadline he was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. That same year he helped the Anaheim Ducks make an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals, his second such run. But again, Niedermayer's team lost, although this time it was in seven games to his brother's team, the New Jersey Devils. Rob and Scott became the first set of brothers to play against each other in the Stanley Cup Final since Ken and Terry Reardon did it in 1946.

In the summer of 2005, Rob's brother Scott was signed by the Mighty Ducks, and for the first time in their NHL careers, the two brothers were playing on the same team.

Rob Niedermayer warming up during the 2007 playoffs

Rob Niedermayer and his brother Scott (by this point captain of the Ducks, with Rob as an alternate) won the Stanley Cup together as members of the Anaheim Ducks defeating the Ottawa Senators four games to one in 2007, becoming the first brothers to win the Stanley Cup together since Duane and Brent Sutter accomplished the feat twice with the New York Islanders in 1982 and 1983. After Scott took the first lap around the ice with the Stanley Cup, he handed it to Rob. This was a break with Stanley Cup tradition; normally the alternate captain who has waited longest to win the Cup (in the 2006-07 Ducks' case, Chris Pronger and Teemu Selanne) takes the next lap after the captain takes his lap.

On September 25, 2009, Niedermayer was signed by the New Jersey Devils, a team his brother Scott had previously played on for 14 NHL seasons.

On July 7, 2010, Niedermayer was signed by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract worth a reported 1.15 million dollars.[2]

National League A

After becoming a free agent following the 2011 season, Niedermayer signed with HC Lugano in Switzerland.

Personal life

On July 16, 2006 Rob married longtime girlfriend Jessica Bentall, daughter of Barney Bentall, whom he had been dating since March 2001. Together they have two daughters, Brooke (b April 25, 2008), and Reese (b October 25, 2010).[3][4]

Transactions

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 24 26 50 8 12 3 7 10 2
1991–92 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 32 46 78 77 4 2 3 5 2
1992–93 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 52 43 34 77 67 — — — — —
1993–94 Florida Panthers NHL 65 9 17 26 51 — — — — —
1994–95 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 13 9 15 24 14 — — — — —
1994–95 Florida Panthers NHL 48 4 6 10 36 — — — — —
1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 82 26 35 61 107 22 5 3 8 12
1996–97 Florida Panthers NHL 60 14 24 38 54 5 2 1 3 6
1997–98 Florida Panthers NHL 33 8 7 15 41 — — — — —
1998–99 Florida Panthers NHL 82 18 33 51 50 — — — — —
1999–00 Florida Panthers NHL 81 10 23 33 46 — — — — —
2000–01 Florida Panthers NHL 67 12 20 32 50 4 1 0 1 6
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 57 6 14 20 49 — — — — —
2002–03 Calgary Flames NHL 54 8 10 18 42 — — — — —
2002–03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 12 2 2 4 15 21 3 7 10 18
2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 55 12 16 28 34 — — — — —
2004–05 Ferencvárosi TC HUN 5 2 1 3 14 — — — — —
2005–06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 76 15 24 39 89 16 1 3 4 10
2006–07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 82 5 11 16 77 21 5 5 10 39
2007–08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 78 8 8 16 54 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 79 14 7 21 42 13 0 3 3 12
2009–10 New Jersey Devils NHL 71 10 12 22 45 5 0 0 0 6
2010–11 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 5 14 19 22 7 1 3 4 2
2011–12 HC Lugano NLA 14 2 4 6 12 — — — — —
NHL totals 1153 186 283 469 904 116 18 25 43 111

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rob Niedermayer". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5361244
  3. ↑ http://downloads.ducks.nhl.com/other/ANAplayoffguide09.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article232220.ece

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Preceded by
None		 Florida Panthers first round draft pick
1993 		Succeeded by
Ed Jovanovski
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