Career

A native of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Pederson played for the Carlton Park Mustangs and joined his hometown team Prince Albert Raiders when he was 16 years old.

He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 1993 NHL Draft (first round, 13th overall). He continued playing for the Raiders in the WHL and also spent time with AHL’s Albany River Rats, before making his NHL debut with the Devils during the 1995-96 season.

In 2000, he was traded along with Brendan Morrison from the New Jersey Devils to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Alexander Mogilny.

Until 2003, he played 435 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators.

From 2003 to 2012, Pederson played for Eisbären Berlin of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and won six German championships as well as the 2010 European Trophy with the team. He had his jersey number 20 retired by the Berlin club in December 2015.

Pederson was inducted into the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991-92	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		10	0	0	0	6		7	0	1	1	13
1992-93	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		72	33	40	73	134		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		71	53	45	98	157		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		63	30	38	68	122		15	11	14	25	14
1994-95	Albany River Rats	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		3	0	0	0	2
1995-96	Albany River Rats	AHL		68	28	43	71	104		4	1	2	3	0
1995-96	New Jersey Devils	NHL		10	3	1	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	Albany River Rats	AHL		3	1	3	4	7		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	New Jersey Devils	NHL		70	12	20	32	62		9	0	0	0	2
1997-98	New Jersey Devils	NHL		80	15	13	28	97		6	1	1	2	2
1998-99	New Jersey Devils	NHL		76	11	12	23	66		3	0	1	1	0
1999-00	New Jersey Devils	NHL		35	3	3	6	16		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		12	3	2	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		61	4	8	12	65		4	0	1	1	4
2001-02	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		29	1	5	6	31		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		19	1	1	2	20		5	0	2	2	0
2002-03	Nashville Predators	NHL		43	4	6	10	39		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		41	15	21	36	40		11	5	6	11	8
2004-05	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		49	19	19	38	75		12	7	4	11	20
2005-06	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		49	17	24	41	96		11	5	7	12	16
2006-07	Peoria Rivermen	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		29	13	15	28	84		2	0	1	1	4
2007-08	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		25	13	18	31	55		12	5	5	10	12
2008-09	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		52	19	34	53	32		12	4	5	9	12
2009-10	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		54	19	33	52	75		5	2	0	2	0
2010-11	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		46	16	21	37	68		—	—	—	—	—
2011-12	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		3	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				435	57	71	128	398		27	1	5	6	8
DEL totals				348	131	186	317	527		65	28	28	56	72

Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	1995 Red Deer

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Canada	WJC	7	2	2	4	0
Junior int'l totals			7	2	2	4	0

[ Source: Wikipedia ]