Brent Fedyk
Brent Fedyk ( born March 3, 1967 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who was active in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars and New York Rangers.
Career
Brent Fedyk began his career in 1983 at the Regina Pats of the Canadian Junior Football League WHL. He played there a solid first season with 43 points in 63 games and moved with the team to the finals of the playoffs, where they were subject to the Kamloops Junior Oilers. In the following two years, Fedyk developed into a good two-way forward with skills in offense and defense, which is why he was eight selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round at position.
In his fourth season at the Junior 1986, he was transferred from the Regina Pats in the WHL with the Seattle Thunderbirds, who submitted him to only 13 games at the Portland Winter Hawks. In 1987 Fedyk made his debut in the pros and spent most of the season in the AHL with the Adirondack Red Wings, the former farm team from Detroit. In his second year in Adirondack he already belonged to the guide players, scored 40 goals in 66 games and was preparing another 28 matches ago. At the end of the season he won the Calder Cup with the team, where he scored a hat -trick in a decisive 10-7 victory over the New Haven Nighthawks.
After Fedyk had also played seven times for Detroit in the NHL in his first two years in addition to his appearances for the Adirondack Red Wings, he was allowed in the 1989/90 season more often for Detroit on the ice, spent half of the season but still in the AHL. 1990 finally he managed to jump into the trunk of the squad Detroit Red Wings and scored 35 points scorer in 67 games. In his second season in the NHL its productivity but left after he was transferred in the fall of 1992 to the Philadelphia Flyers.
In Philadelphia, he experienced a significant increase and played the best season of his NHL career with 21 goals and 38 assists. 1993/94 he was still able to partially build on the achievements, when he again the mark of 20 goals this season reached, but his points yield decreased in the following season on. In December 1995 he was sent to a transfer of business to the Dallas Stars, where he played the season to end. Although he managed to reach the 20 - goal mark for the third time in his career, but he received in the summer of 1996 no contract extension.
The other NHL teams wanted Fedyk not under contract and he played in the 1996/97 season in nine games for the Michigan K- Wings of the IHL second-rate. The following year he spent also in the IHL, where he played for the Detroit Vipers and the Cincinnati Cyclones. He could recommend again and received by the New York Rangers NHL contract by a good performance and 75 points scorer in 66 games.
The 1998/99 season should finally have been his last season in the NHL and he came in 67 games on four goals and six assists. In the summer of 1999, he moved to Europe in the DEL for the Kassel Huskies and finished his career in 2000.