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#2 Brad Ference
Pos: Defense
D.O.B.: 04/2/79
From: Calgary, Alberta
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 218
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 1st rnd 1997 draft, 10th overall by Vancouver
Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent by Detroit 7/3/07
Personal:
Plus: Big, Physical Player... Willing and Punishing Hitter... Solid Defensively... Keeps Crease Clear... Not Afraid to Drop the Gloves...
Minus: Penchant for Taking Bad Penalties... Limited Hockey Sense... Little Offensive Upside...
Organizational Comments:
What GRC says: 2007-08:For a veteran defensive defenseman with NHL experience, Ference had a brutal start to the season. A fair part of that was being paired with a struggling Kindl, but not all of it. The feisty blueliner wasn't playing well at either end of the ice, and came out on the wrong side of a couple of lopsided fights, leading to a few nights as a healthy scratch. But credit Ference for working through his troubles and turning his defensive game around in the last stretch before being felled with a nasty wrist injury that eventually sidelined him for the season.
Fall 2007: Ference will fill the physical defenseman role vacated by Brad Norton.
Role: Defensive Defenseman
Projection: 7th Defenseman

Statistics:
Season Team Lge GP G A PTS PIM +/- GP G A PTS PIM +/-
1994-95 Calgary AAHA 60 19 47 66 220
1995-96 Calgary AMHL 22 7 21 28 140
Spokane Chiefs WHL 5 0 2 2 18 0
1996-97 Spokane Chiefs WHL 67 6 20 26 324 28 9 0 4 4 21
1997-98 Spokane Chiefs WHL 54 9 29 38 213 16 18 0 7 7 59
1998-99 Spokane Chiefs WHL 31 3 22 25 125
Tri-City Americans WHL 20 6 15 21 116 12 1 9 10 63
1999-00 Louisville Panthers AHL 58 2 7 9 231 14 2 0 0 0 2 0
Florida Panthers NHL 13 0 2 2 46 2
2000-01 Louisville Panthers AHL 52 3 21 24 200 -22
Florida Panthers NHL 14 0 1 1 14 -10
2001-02 Florida Panthers NHL 80 2 15 17 254 -13
2002-03 Florida Panthers NHL 60 2 6 8 118 2
Phoenix Coyotes NHL 15 0 1 1 28 -5
2003-04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 63 0 5 5 103 -19
2004-05 Morzine-Avoriaz France 17 2 10 12 138 4 1 4 5 10
2005-06 San Antonio Rampage AHL 19 2 9 11 39 -7
Albany River Rats AHL 43 3 8 11 96 -8
2006-07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 73 3 23 26 210 -4 6 0 0 0 6 -2
Calgary Flames NHL 5 0 0 0 2 -1
2007-08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 32 1 1 2 78 -5
Griffins Totals 32 11278-5

Transactions
7/3/07 Signed 1 yr contract with Detroit (NHL)
9/25/07 Assigned by Detroit (NHL)