Scott Niedermayer

Scott Niedermayer
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2013
Niedermayer with Canada in 2010
Born (1973-08-31) August 31, 1973 (age 51)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
Anaheim Ducks
National team  Canada
NHL draft 3rd overall, 1991
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1991–2010
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Czech Republic
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 World Cup of Hockey
Silver medal – second place 1996 World Cup of Hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Canada

Scott Niedermayer (born August 31, 1973) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current special assignment coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He played 18 seasons and over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks. Niedermayer is a four-time Stanley Cup champion and played in five NHL All-Star Games. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 2003–04 as the NHL's top defenceman and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2007 as the most valuable player of the playoffs. In 2017, Niedermayer was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.[1]

As a junior, Niedermayer was a member of a Kamloops Blazers team that won two Western Hockey League championships and was voted the most valuable player of the 1992 Memorial Cup, leading the Blazers to the Canadian Hockey League championship. The third overall selection at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by New Jersey, Niedermayer played the majority of his professional career with the Devils before moving to Anaheim in 2005.

Internationally, Niedermayer played with Team Canada on several occasions. He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, having won the Stanley Cup as well as a World Championship (2004) and Olympic gold medals (2002, 2010). Niedermayer also played for the Memorial Cup champions, and championship teams at the 1991 World Junior Championships and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, making him and Corey Perry the only players in history to have ever won each of the six major North American and international competitions available to players. He was introduced in to the IIHF All-Time Canada Team in 2020.

Regarded as one of the greatest defencemen in NHL history, Niedermayer has earned numerous accolades throughout his career. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2013, and into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2015. The New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks, and Kamloops Blazers have all retired his uniform number.[2]

  1. ^ "100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)