Barry Pederson

Barry Alan Pederson ( born March 13, 1961 in Big River, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( center ), who played from 1980 to 1992 for the Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League.

Career

As a junior, he played one of the few Americans, along with Grant Fuhr at Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League. With the team he played in the final tournament for the 1981 Memorial Cup. Already at the NHL Entry Draft in 1980, he was selected in the first round as 18 of the Boston Bruins.

After an appeal to the NHL following the Memorial Cup he was from the 1981/82 season firmly in the squad and played with the Bruins leading scorer Rick Middleton in a row. This season, he finished in the election to the Calder Memorial Trophy 2nd place behind Dale Hawerchuk. From the following season, he broke from Middleton to the top of the scorers list and made it twice in the top ten scorers in the NHL.

A tumor had been discovered in 1984 in his shoulder and he missed a large part of 1984 / 85th After he found in ordinary power after his recovery, he wanted a raise, but the general manager of the Bruins, Harry Sinden, decided to leave it to the Vancouver Canucks. As one with Cam Neely and Glen Wesley, you could get from the exchange with a first-round draft law, could bring two pillars of the future Bruins in return, Sinden was the right decision.

Also in Vancouver, he was much of his power from two seasons in the top scorers of the team, but in the third year and he brought it in to 41 points. Along with Tony Tanti he was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here he played in a team that was led by Mario Lemieux, only a subordinate role. Even if he only 46 missions came in the 1990/91 season in the regular season and took part in any playoff game, his name was engraved as a member of the squad which won the Stanley Cup, also the base of the Cup.

The following season was his last. He began at the Hartford Whalers, but after five games, he returned to the Boston Bruins. After 14 games in the American Hockey League with the Maine Mariners, he hung his skates on the nail.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Stanley Cup: 1991

Personal Awards

  • BCJHL Second All-Star Team: 1978
  • WHL First All -Star Team: 1981
  • WHL Second All-Star Team: 1980
  • Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1983 and 1984
1980 NHL Entry Draft Victoria Cougars (WHL) 1981–82 NHL season 1984–85 NHL season 1990–91 NHL season
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