Taylor Fedun

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Taylor Fedun
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Fedun with the Utica Comets in 2015
Born (1988-06-04) June 4, 1988 (age 36)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams
Free agent
Edmonton Oilers
San Jose Sharks
Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres
Dallas Stars
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012present

Taylor William Fedun (born June 4, 1988) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Playing career

Undrafted, Fedun played one final season in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), skating in 50 games for the Spruce Grove Saints. He led all team defenceman in scoring with ten goals and 43 points.

The following season, Fedun joined the Princeton Tigers of ECAC Hockey conference in the NCAA Division I. In his first year with the club, he scored four goals and 14 points in 32 games. Fedun remained with the Tigers for an additional three seasons, where he became team captain in his final year.

On March 8, 2011, the Edmonton Oilers signed Fedun to a two-year contract. [1]

Fedun impressed the Oilers at the 2011 Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, British Columbia, and continued to impress throughout the Oilers' pre-season games. He remained on the roster after other young high performers, such as Tyler Pitlick and Curtis Hamilton, had been assigned to the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons. [2]

Prior to the 2011–12 season, when the Oilers' roster sat at 32 players, with nine more needing to be cut before the team's final roster was made, Fedun was tripped by the Minnesota Wild's forward, Eric Nystrom, and fractured his femur during a preseason game while attempting to retrieve the puck and force an icing. Fedun suffered a complex fracture to his right femur [3] and missed the entire 2011–12 season after a rod was put in his leg. This was the second time the NHL's icing policy led to a fractured femur in the post-lockout era, with the previous injury occurring to former Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster in 2007. The icing rule was changed for the 2013–14 season to reduce the risk for potentially damaging collisions. [4]

Fedun returned the following season, playing entirely with the Barons. In his first professional season, he recorded 27 points in 70 games.

Fedun scored his first career NHL goal on November 5, 2013, against Florida Panthers' goaltender Jacob Markstrom. [5] He appeared in an additional three games for the Oilers that season, scoring another goal. However, Fedun primarily played for the Barons that season.

With the Oilers not tendering Fedun a qualifying offer, he was released to free agency, and on July 1, 2014, signed a one-year contract with the San Jose Sharks. [6] In his lone season with the organization, Fedun recorded four assists in seven games for the Sharks. He also appeared in 65 games for the team's AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks.

On July 1, 2015, Fedun signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks. [7] He skated in one game for the Canucks, as well as 63 for their AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets.

On July 1, 2016, Fedun left the Canucks organization and signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres. [8] He split the 2016–17 season between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans.

During the 2018–19 season, on November 10, 2018, while with the Rochester Americans, the Sabres traded Fedun to the Dallas Stars in exchange for a 2020 conditional seventh-round pick. [9] On November 23, 2018, in his Stars debut, Fedun scored his first NHL goal in five years and third of his career in a 6–4 win against the Ottawa Senators. [10] He stayed on the Stars' roster for the remainder of the season, posting new career highs of 4 goals and 11 points in 54 regular season games. He was also recognized by the Stars as the team's nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy for his perseverance and dedication to hockey.

On June 27, 2019, Fedun agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension to remain with Dallas. [11]

Following his third season within the Stars organization, Fedun left as a free agent and was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 28, 2021. [12]

Personal life

In June 2018, he married field hockey player Katie Reinprecht.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2004–05 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 10110
2005–06Fort Saskatchewan TradersAJHL601318317231124
2006–07 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL501033431031035831
2007–08 Princeton University ECAC 324101432
2008–09 Princeton UniversityECAC353121550
2009–10 Princeton UniversityECAC313141734
2010–11 Princeton UniversityECAC2910122238
2012–13 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 708192730173366
2013–14 Oklahoma City BaronsAHL631126375130114
2013–14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 42020
2014–15 Worcester Sharks AHL65628343741016
2014–15 San Jose Sharks NHL70444
2015–16 Utica Comets AHL63825334840004
2015–16 Vancouver Canucks NHL10110
2016–17 Rochester Americans AHL295182329
2016–17 Buffalo Sabres NHL2707716
2017–18 Rochester AmericansAHL45313163230002
2017–18 Buffalo SabresNHL70112
2018–19 Rochester AmericansAHL90552
2018–19 Texas Stars AHL31234
2018–19 Dallas Stars NHL5447111470002
2019–20 Dallas StarsNHL272798110004
2019–20 Texas StarsAHL50228
2020–21 Texas StarsAHL20004
2021–22 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL445111618
2022–23 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsAHL58381122
2022–23 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL40000
2023–24 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsAHL43111124220000
NHL totals1318273544180006

Awards and honours

AwardYear
College
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2009–10
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2010–11 [13]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11

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