Dean Fedorchuk

Dean Fedorchuk (born July 28, 1970, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey centre.

Dean Fedorchuk
Born (1970-07-28) July 28, 1970
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Kalamazoo Wings
Dayton Bombers
EHC Neuwied
Heilbronner EC
SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
SønderjyskE Ishockey
Odense Bulldogs
Playing career 1994–2008

Playing career

After playing for the Winnipeg South Blues in the MJHL, Fedorchuk enrolled at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 1990. During his four-year career with the Nanooks, he served as a team captain his sophomore, junior and senior season. He left school in 1994 as the leading goal scorer in program's history and second all-time in career points. Fedorchuk played a total of 144 games for Alaska-Fairbanks, tallying 113 goals and 102 assists.[1] He was named to the All-America First Team his senior year. In 2014, he was inducted into the Nanook Hall of Fame.[2]

He turned pro in 1994 and would spend most of his professional in Europe. The 1994–95 season saw him skate for the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL and the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL. In 1995, Fedorchuk embarked on a five-year stint with German second-division team EHC Neuwied, where he continued his scoring prowess. In 95-96 and 97–98, he led the league in goals scored, while guiding Neuwied to back-to-back championship titles in 96 and 97. For his efforts, he received 2. Bundesliga Player of the Year honors following the 95-96 campaign. Statistically his best season in Germany came in 1996–97, when he tallied 47 goals and 49 assists in 56 games.

After stints with two other German second-division teams, Heilbronner EC and SC Bietingheim-Bissingen, Fedorchuk took his game to Denmark in 2001.[3] He spent five years with SønderjyskE Ishockey and another two with the Odense Bulldogs. Fedorchuk led the Danish league in goal scoring in the 2002–03 and 2006–07 season and was named MVP of the 2006 playoffs, en route to the Danish championship with SønderjyskE. He called it a career after the 2007–08 season.

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 University of Alaska Fairbanks NCAA 3514203450 —————
1991–92 University of Alaska Fairbanks NCAA 3529144345 —————
1992–93 University of Alaska Fairbanks NCAA 3628366448 —————
1993–94 University of Alaska Fairbanks NCAA 3842327488 —————
1994–95 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 2849138 —————
1994–95 Dayton Bombers ECHL 158111912 95276
1995–96 EHC Neuwied Germany2 4534488278 —————
1996–97 EHC Neuwied Germany2 5647499673 —————
1997–98 EHC Neuwied Germany2 6842266876 —————
1998–99 EHC Neuwied Germany2 5531285961 —————
1999–00 EHC Neuwied Germany2 2012112318 —————
1999–00 Heilbronner EC Germany2 104048 —————
2000–01 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen Germany2 4415142928 42020
2001–02 Vojens Lions Denmark 4236195590 —————
2002–03 Vojens Lions Denmark 3026113714 —————
2003–04 IK Sønderjylland Denmark 3620143475 53142
2004–05 SønderjyskE Denmark 3517183553 41122
2005–06 SønderjyskE Denmark 3620123247 188111916
2006–07 Odense Bulldogs Denmark 3628113950 63146
2007–08 Odense Bulldogs Denmark 4112172926 114482
Germany2 totals 298 185 176 361 342 4 2 0 2 0
Denmark totals 256 159 102 261 355 44 19 18 37 28

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Fedorchuk was immediately named head coach of the Odense Bulldogs of the Danish top-flight.[4] He led the Bulldogs to a Danish Cup title as a first-year head coach. In January 2010, Fedorchuk was removed from the head coaching position after a run of bad results.[5]

He then was supposed to serve as head coach of the Kassel Huskies in Germany,[6] but the team folded before the start of the 2010–11 season. In January 2011, Fedorchuk took over head coaching duties at Straubing Tigers of the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the remainder of the season, replacing Jürgen Rumrich who had been sacked.[7]

From 2011 to 2013, he worked for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) as a scout.[8] In June 2013, Fedorchuk was named assistant coach of KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He remained in that job until the end of the 2014–15 season.

In June 2017, he was named assistant coach to Mark French at HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss top flight National League.[9]

References
  1. "Alaska Nanooks - Hall of Fame". www.alaskananooks.com. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. "Four Selected for 2014 Nanook Hall of Fame Induction". Alaska Nanook Athletics. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  3. TODONNELL@NEWSMINER.COM, Tim O’Donnell. "Former Nanook Dean Fedorchuk enjoyed years as coach in Europe". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  4. "Fedorchuk ny træner i Odense". www.b.dk. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  5. "Bulldogs suspenderer Fedorchuk". www.fyens.dk. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  6. "Dean Fedorchuk stellt sich offiziell vor". www.hna.de. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  7. EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Straubing Tigers: Dean Fedorchuk übernimmt die Tigers - Bernie Englbrecht bleibt Co-Trainer". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  8. "(no title)". absolutehockeyacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-03-26. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  9. "DEAN FEDORCHUK NOUVEL ASSISTANT COACH DES DRAGONS | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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