Robert Scott Niedermayer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Scott Niedermayer (born August 31, 1973) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current assistant 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.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. A 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, signifying he has won the Stanley Cup, the World Championship (2004) and an Olympic gold medal (2002, 2010). Niedermayer also played on gold medal-winning squads at the 1991 World Junior Championship and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, making him the only player in history to win every major North American and international championship available to a Canadian player.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 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2013. The New Jersey Devils and Kamloops Blazers have both retired his uniform number.
Played for the Kamloops (Briitish Columbia) Blazers of the Western Hockey League from 1989-1992
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Helped lead the Kamloops Blazers to their first Memorial Cup (Canadian Major-Junior hockey's top prize) in 1992 and was named Memorial Cup MVP
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Named to the World Cup roster for Team Canada, along with 13 other NHLers who also won gold in the 2002 Olympics, in Salt Lake City.
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2004 - Won gold in The World Championships in Prague along with his brother Rob. The Niedermayer brothers became the third set of brothers to represent Canada at the Worlds.
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In 2003, Scott and Rob Niedermayer became the first set of brothers since 1946 to square off against each other in the Stanley Cup Finals. Scott's New Jersey Devils beat Rob's Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 6 games. On 6 June 2007, the brothers won the Stanley Cup for Anaheim.
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Took the Stanley Cup to the top of British Columbia's Fisher Peak in 2000
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Suspended by the NHL for the rest of the season plus one playoff game for clubbing Florida Panthers' LW Peter Worrell on the head with his stick. The suspension cost Niedermayer more than $150,000 (22 March 2000)
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Drafted 3rd overall in the 1991 Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils
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Children: Logan John (b, 1998), Jackson Robert (b 1999), Joshua Leo (b 2001), and Luke Scott (b 2007).
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Canadian Major Junior Scholastic Player of the Year (1991)
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2002/03 salary: $4,000,000.00
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Year
Status
Character
Sel8nne
2013
Documentary
Himself
Rome Is Burning
2007-2010
TV Series
Himself
In the Crease
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
2006 NHL Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself
It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey