Todd Bidner

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Todd Bidner
Born (1961-07-05) July 5, 1961 (age 62)
Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Washington Capitals
Fife Flyers
Peterborough Pirates
Nottingham Panthers
Bracknell Bees
Humberside Seahawks
Teesside Bombers
Durham Wasps
Humberside Hawks
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
NHL Draft 110th overall, 1980
Washington Capitals
Playing career 19812002

Richard Todd Bidner (born July 5, 1961) is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1981–82 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1981 to 2002, was mainly spent in the British Hockey League.

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Biography

Bidner was born in Petrolia, Ontario. Drafted in 1980 by the Washington Capitals, Bidner played 12 games with the Capitals. He spent most of his playing career playing in Great Britain.

In August 2006 it was announced that Bidner would become the new assistant coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. On February 17, 2012, Bidner was hired to replace Sean Gillam as head coach of the SPHL's Fayetteville FireAntz. [1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1978–79 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 6410122264
1979–80 Toronto MarlborosOMJHL6822264869
1980–81 Toronto Marlboros OHL 67344377124
1980–81 Hershey Bears AHL 10000
1981–82 Washington Capitals NHL 122137
1981–82 Hershey BearsAHL306121828
1981–82 Wichita Wind CHL 1529111771239
1982–83 Moncton Alpines AHL5915122764
1983–84 Moncton AlpinesAHL6017163375
1984–85 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL42244
1984–85 Adirondack Red Wings AHL7422355761
1985–86 Fife Flyers BHL 31715212311657101710
1986–87 Peterborough Pirates BD1 297911219195
1987–88 Peterborough PiratesBHL30505210286
1988–89 Peterborough PiratesBHL33766714370
1989–90 Peterborough PiratesBHL1321173816
1989–90 Telford Tigers BD11323426532
1990–91Telford TigersBD11625244942
1990–91 Nottingham Panthers BHL2020284867644810
1991–92 Bracknell Bees BHL1920204070
1991–92 Humberside Seahawks BHL1721214250443712
1992–93 Humberside SeahawksBHL1315183326
1992–93Telford TigersBD11522264892
1993–94 Teesside Bombers BHL36493180108
1994–95 Durham Wasps BHL3030275714153254
1995–96 Durham WaspsBHL21912217210000
1995–96 Humberside Hawks BHL44484
1996–97 Guildford Flames EPIHL 52352
1996–97 Blackburn Hawks NPIHL81417316109172622
1997–98 Amarillo Rattlers WPHL 61237
1999–00 Peterborough Pirates BNL 521339
2001–02 Petrolia Squires OHA Sr1465116
BHL totals2673863497358262932336542
NHL totals122137

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References

  1. Pope, Thomas (17 February 2012). "Fayetteville FireAntz fire Coach Sean Gillam, bring in Todd Bidner". The Fayetteville Observer . Retrieved 28 May 2012.