Dennis Seidenberg

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Dennis Seidenberg
Dennis Seidenberg - Boston Bruins.jpg
Seidenberg with the Boston Bruins in 2012
Born (1981-07-18) 18 July 1981 (age 42)
Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Adler Mannheim
Philadelphia Flyers
Phoenix Coyotes
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Boston Bruins
New York Islanders
National teamFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
NHL Draft 172nd overall, 2001
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 1999–2018

Dennis Marvin Seidenberg (born 18 July 1981) is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, and Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2011. His younger brother Yannic played for EHC Red Bull München in the DEL.

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Playing career

As a youth, Seidenberg played in the 1994 and 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a team from Baden-Württemberg. [1]

Philadelphia Flyers

Seidenberg was drafted in the sixth round, 172nd overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After spending three years with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in his native Germany, he signed with the Flyers in 2002. Seidenberg spent the next two seasons bouncing between the NHL team and the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Philadelphia Phantoms, but played the entire 2004–05 season with the Phantoms during the lockout, winning the 2005 Calder Cup.[ citation needed ]

Phoenix Coyotes/Carolina Hurricanes

In both seasons after the lockout, Seidenberg was involved in a mid-season trade. On 20 January 2006, Seidenberg was sent to the Phoenix Coyotes for Petr Nedvěd; the following year, the Coyotes sent Seidenberg to the Carolina Hurricanes on 8 January in exchange for center Kevyn Adams.[ citation needed ]

Florida Panthers

On 14 September 2009, he signed a one-year $2.25 million contract with the Florida Panthers. [2]

Boston Bruins

Seidenberg in 2011 at a charity softball game Dennis Seidenberg2011.jpg
Seidenberg in 2011 at a charity softball game

On 3 March 2010, Seidenberg and Matt Bartkowski were traded to the Boston Bruins for Byron Bitz, Craig Weller, and a second round draft pick. In June 2010, Seidenberg was re-signed by Boston to a four-year contract worth $13 million. [3]

In 2010–11, Seidenberg had a career-high 32 points during the regular season. [4] He then had 11 points in the playoffs to help the Bruins win the Stanley Cup. Seidenberg drew attention for his outstanding play during the playoffs, at one point being cited as a potential Conn Smythe Trophy winner. [5] He is the second German-born player to win the Stanley Cup, [6] following his favorite player growing up, Uwe Krupp. [7]

During a 27 December 2013 away game against the Ottawa Senators, Seidenberg was taken down by an Ottawa skater that resulted with Seidenberg's ACL and MCL knee ligaments being injured, ending his play for the season with 6 to 8 months away from hockey following surgery to repair the ligaments. [8]

On 2 March 2016, he had been selected for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey where he represented Team Europe. [9]

At the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Seidenberg's seven-year tenure with the Bruins ended, as he was bought out from the remaining two years of his contract on 30 June 2016. [10]

New York Islanders

On 28 September 2016, Seidenberg signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders. He signed a new one-year deal with the team on 24 April 2017. [11]

After going most of the season unsigned, Seidenberg re-signed with the Islanders on a reported one-year, $700,000 contract on 26 February 2019. [12] [13] However, he did not play for the Islanders during the season. He announced his retirement on 23 October 2019. [14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1997–98Schwenninger ERC II GER-3 111012—————
1998–99European Bauer PioneersMidget———57——————
1999–00 Adler Mannheim DEL 30000—————
1999–00Mannheimer ERC IIGER-35212284028—————
2000–01 Adler MannheimDEL5525761201110
2000–01Mannheimer ERC II GER-4 9381120—————
2001–02 Adler MannheimDEL55713205680002
2002–03 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 19561117—————
2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58491320—————
2003–04 Philadelphia PhantomsAHL33712193192244
2003–04 Philadelphia FlyersNHL5000230000
2004–05 Philadelphia PhantomsAHL791328414718281019
2005–06 Philadelphia FlyersNHL292574—————
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL341101114—————
2006–07 Phoenix CoyotesNHL3211216—————
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL201562—————
2007–08 Carolina HurricanesNHL470151518—————
2008–09 Carolina HurricanesNHL7052530371615616
2009–10 Florida Panthers NHL622212333—————
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL172796—————
2010–11 Boston BruinsNHL817253241251101131
2011–12 Boston BruinsNHL80518233971232
2012–13 Adler MannheimDEL262182020—————
2012–13 Boston BruinsNHL464131710180114
2013–14 Boston BruinsNHL34191010—————
2014–15 Boston BruinsNHL823111434—————
2015–16 Boston BruinsNHL611111224—————
2016–17 New York Islanders NHL735172232—————
2017–18 New York IslandersNHL2805517—————
DEL totals139113647822001112
NHL totals85944207251359693182153

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1999 Germany WJC18 40002
2000 Germany WJC B 50000
2001 GermanyWJC D151342
2001 Germany WC 70112
2002 Germany OG 71124
2002 GermanyWC71238
2004 Germany WCH 40000
2006 GermanyOG50006
2008 GermanyWC600014
2010 GermanyOG41012
2016 GermanyOGQ30110
2016 Team Europe WCH50112
2017 GermanyWC81784
2018 GermanyWC70002
Junior totals141344
Senior totals604121644

Awards and honors

AwardYear
NHL
YoungStars Game 2003
Stanley Cup 2011
International
Best Defenceman 2017
WC All-Star Team2017

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