Playing career

Friesen played his junior years with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL) where he was Rookie of the Year in 1993. He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He played 14 season in the NHL as a winger, originally as a left winger but also as a right winger.

Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks, becoming their 3rd all-time leading scorer, but was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim near the end of the 2000-01 season. After playing the following season with the Ducks, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils for the 2002-03 season where he won the Stanley Cup. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Ottawa Senators that year, Friesen scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in regulation in Game 7. It was his third game-winning goal of the series. Then in Game 7 of the finals, he scored two goals.

On September 26, 2005, the salary cap troubled Devils traded Friesen to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a conditional 2006 draft pick. On March 9, 2006, he was moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the 2005-06 season sidelined with a groin injury.

Friesen was signed by the Calgary Flames on July 5, 2006 to a 1-year $1.6 million contract for the 2006-07 season. After a disappointing season that had Friesen producing six goals and six assists in seventy-two games, the Calgary Flames chose not to re-sign him. He played in the AHL as a left wing for the Lake Erie Monsters before January 29, 2008, when Friesen was released.

Friesen attended the San Jose Sharks' 2008 training camp on a tryout basis. On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp. On August 29, 2009, Friesen signed a one-year contract with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Jeff is tied with Jamie Baker for the Sharks single-season short-handed goals record with 6, set in the 1997-98 season. On February 21, 2015 he returned to San Jose (Santa Clara) where he was introduced along with several other former Shark players before the outdoor Stadium Series game vs. the L.A. Kings at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991-92	Regina Pats	WHL		4	3	1	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	Regina Pats	WHL		70	45	38	83	23		13	7	10	17	8
1993-94	Regina Pats	WHL		66	51	67	118	48		4	3	2	5	2
1994-95	Regina Pats	WHL		25	21	23	44	22		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	San Jose Sharks	NHL		48	15	10	25	14		11	1	5	6	4
1995-96	San Jose Sharks	NHL		79	15	31	46	42		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	San Jose Sharks	NHL		82	28	34	62	75		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	San Jose Sharks	NHL		79	31	32	63	40		6	0	1	1	2
1998-99	San Jose Sharks	NHL		78	22	35	57	42		6	2	2	4	14
1999-00	San Jose Sharks	NHL		82	26	35	61	47		11	2	2	4	10
2000-01	San Jose Sharks	NHL		64	12	24	36	56		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		15	2	10	12	10		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		81	17	26	43	44		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	New Jersey Devils	NHL		81	23	28	51	26		24	10	4	14	6
2003-04	New Jersey Devils	NHL		81	17	20	37	26		5	0	0	0	4
2005-06	Washington Capitals	NHL		33	3	4	7	24		—	—	—	—	—
2005-06	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		18	1	3	4	8		16	3	1	4	6
2006-07	Calgary Flames	NHL		72	6	6	12	34		5	0	0	0	2
2007-08	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL		5	1	4	5	0		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		53	15	30	45	130		5	1	1	2	0
2010-11	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		30	5	9	14	12		11	1	4	5	2
NHL totals				893	218	298	516	488		84	18	15	33	48

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Canada	WJC	01 !		5	0	2	2	0
1995	Canada	WJC	01 !		7	5	2	7	4
1996	Canada	WC	02 !		8	2	0	2	6
1997	Canada	WC	01 !		11	3	4	7	16
1999	Canada	WC	4th		7	2	2	4	0
2001	Canada	WC	5th		7	1	3	4	6
2004	Canada	WC	01 !		9	0	1	1	4
Junior totals					12	5	4	9	4
Senior totals					42	8	10	18	32

Personal

Friesen and his ex-wife Rhonda have a daughter, Kaylee (born in 2005), and a son, Benjamin.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]