Mark Pederson
Mark Pederson ( born January 14, 1968 in Prelate, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings. He was active for the Hannover Scorpions, Krefeld Penguins and Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Career
The 1.83 m wide winger began his career with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League before he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1986 as 15th in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens.
First, the left gunner at the Sherbrooke Canadiens, a Montreal farm team was in the American Hockey League, used his first NHL bets graduated Pederson in the season 1989 / 90th During the following season the Canadians was transferred from the Canadiens to the Philadelphia Flyers, for whom he scored 20 goals and 30 assists in 84 games. During the 1992/93 season Pederson moved to the San Jose Sharks, which he, however, left in the direction of Detroit Red Wings at the end of the season. There, however, he was only twice in the NHL on the ice, most of the time spent, the striker at the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL.
In 1995, Pederson for EC VSV to Austria, via the Swedish first division Färjestad BK and the ZSC Lions from Switzerland, he came to the 1997/98 season at the Hannover Scorpions, with whom he reached the play-off quarter-finals. After this season Pederson spent two years playing for the Krefeld Penguins, of which he changed to DEL record champion Adler Mannheim 2000.
With the Eagles won Pederson 2001 championship. Once again, the Canadians played a season with the Hannover Scorpions and then moved back to North America where he finished his career in 2005 with the San Diego Gulls in the ECHL.
After end of his career as an active player Pederson was employed as an instructor and was initially from 2005 to 2009 at the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL active as assistant coach. Subsequently, he was promoted to the 2009/10 season for head coach of the Dutch first division team Tilburg Trappers. In the course of the same season of Canadians also in charge of the Serbian national team at the World Championship Division I, which, however, the end of the tournament descent into Division II. For the season 2010/ 11, the Nikko Ice Bucks him committed from the Asia League Ice Hockey in the role of assistant coach.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Youth Championship 1988
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )