Rob Niedermayer

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Position	Center/Winger
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Anaheim Ducks Florida Panthers Calgary Flames
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 28, 1974, Cassiar BC, CAN
NHL Draft	5th overall, 1993 Florida Panthers
Pro Career	1993 – present

Rob Niedermayer (b. December 28, 1974 in Cassiar, British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. He is the brother of fellow Duck Scott Niedermayer.

Niedermayer was drafted 5th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. At the time he was playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL. He started his NHL career right away, without playing a game in the minors. During the 1996 NHL season he set career highs in goals, assists, and points in the regular season. In the playoffs, the Panthers went on an improbable playoff drive to the Stanley Cup Finals, before being swept in four games by the Colorado Avalanche. Niedermayer was hurt by concussions in the next years and never was able to achieve the same level of scoring ability again. His NHL role soon turned into a defensive forward.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 July 2001, Niedermayer was traded from Florida to the Calgary Flames with a draft pick for Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer. He did not last long in Calgary, and at the 2003 trading deadline he was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. That same year he helped Anaheim make an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals, his second such run. But again, Niedermayer's team lost, although this time it was in seven games to his brother's team, the New Jersey Devils.

In the summer of 2005, Rob's brother Scott was signed by the Mighty Ducks, and for the first time in their NHL careers, the two brothers were playing on the same team.

[edit] Statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990-91	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	71	24	26	50	8	12	3	7	10	2
1991-92	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	71	32	46	78	77	4	2	3	5	2
1992-93	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	52	43	34	77	67	-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Florida Panthers	NHL	65	9	17	26	51	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	13	9	15	24	14	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Florida Panthers	NHL	48	4	6	10	36	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Florida Panthers	NHL	82	26	35	61	107	22	5	3	8	12
1996-97	Florida Panthers	NHL	60	14	24	38	54	5	2	1	3	6
1997-98	Florida Panthers	NHL	33	8	7	15	41	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Florida Panthers	NHL	82	18	33	51	50	-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Florida Panthers	NHL	81	10	23	33	46	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Florida Panthers	NHL	67	12	20	32	50	4	1	0	1	6
2001-02	Calgary Flames	NHL	57	6	14	20	49	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Calgary Flames	NHL	54	8	10	18	42	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL	12	2	2	4	15	21	3	7	10	18
2003-04	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL	55	12	16	28	34	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Ferencvaros TC	Hungary	5	2	1	3	14	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL	76	15	24	39	89	16	1	3	4	10
12 Seasons	NHL Career		772	144	231	375	664	68	12	14	26	52