Scott Niedermeyer

Scott Niedermayer
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2013
Niedermayer at the 2006 NHL Awards
Born	(1973-08-31) August 31, 1973 (age 43) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	New Jersey Devils Anaheim Ducks
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1991 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1991–2010

Scott Niedermayer (born August 31, 1973) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current Special Assignment Coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He played 18 seasons and over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks. Niedermayer is a four-time Stanley Cup champion and played in five NHL All-Star Games. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 2003–04 as the NHL's top defenceman and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2007 as the most valuable player of the playoffs. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Niedermayer was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

As a junior, Niedermayer was a member of a Kamloops Blazers team that won two Western Hockey League championships and was voted the most valuable player of the 1992 Memorial Cup, leading the Blazers to the Canadian Hockey League championship. The third overall selection at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by New Jersey, Niedermayer played the majority of his professional career with the Devils before moving to Anaheim in 2005.