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Andrew Ference

#21 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Mar 17, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 5'11", 182 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 208th overall in 1997 by PIT (round 8)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2013-14

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kyle McLaren SJS · 8 P in 33 GP Fredrik Olausson ANA · 8 P in 44 GP Petr Buzek CGY · 8 P in 44 GP Bryan Allen VAN · 8 P in 48 GP Patrick Boileau DET · 8 P in 25 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020301999-00: 6 points699-002000-01: 15 points152001-02: 11 points1101-022002-03: 8 points82003-04: 16 points1603-042005-06: 31 points312006-07: 15 points1506-072007-08: 15 points152008-09: 16 points1608-092009-10: 8 points82010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 24 points242012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 18 points182014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 0 points0

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1999-00 PIT 30 2 4 6 3 20 26 61 0.20
2000-01 PIT 36 4 11 15 6 28 47 82 0.42
2001-02 PIT 75 4 7 11 -12 73 82 149 0.15
2002-03 PIT 22 1 3 4 -16 36 22 0 0.18
2002-03 CGY 16 0 4 4 1 6 17 17 0.25
2003-04 CGY 72 4 12 16 5 53 86 83 0.22
2005-06 CGY 82 4 27 31 -12 85 111 136 0.38 $750K
2006-07 CGY 54 2 10 12 7 66 51 78 0.22 $750K
2006-07 BOS 26 1 2 3 -2 31 29 36 0.12
2007-08 BOS 59 1 14 15 -14 50 71 79 0.25 $1.4M
2008-09 BOS 47 1 15 16 7 40 72 60 0.34 $1.4M
2009-10 BOS 51 0 8 8 -7 16 60 58 0.16 $1.4M
2010-11 BOS 70 3 12 15 22 60 78 74 0.21 $2.25M
2011-12 BOS 72 6 18 24 9 46 107 68 0.33 $2.25M
2012-13 BOS 48 4 9 13 9 35 66 89 0.27 $2.25M
2013-14 EDM 71 3 15 18 -18 63 77 135 0.25 $3.25M
2014-15 EDM 70 3 11 14 -17 39 58 156 0.20 $3.25M
2015-16 EDM 6 0 0 0 -4 6 4 10 0.00 $3.25M
16 seasons Career 907 43 182 225 -33 753 1064 1371 0.25

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 PIT 18 3 7 10 0 16 32 37 0.56
2003-04 CGY 19 0 2 2 5 19 28 19 0.11
2005-06 CGY 7 0 4 4 3 12 7 15 0.57
2007-08 BOS 7 0 4 4 1 6 10 9 0.57
2008-09 BOS 3 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 0.00
2009-10 BOS 13 0 1 1 -9 18 12 14 0.08
2010-11 BOS 25 4 6 10 10 37 38 32 0.40
2011-12 BOS 7 1 3 4 -2 0 18 15 0.57
2012-13 BOS 14 0 2 2 2 4 19 51 0.14
9 seasons Playoffs 113 8 29 37 11 116 167 195 0.33

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 1 7 8 -15 42 39 17 0.21 2.6 18:15

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2016-17 $3.25M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $3.25M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.25M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $2.25M
2007-08 to 2009-10 $1.4M
2005-06 to 2006-07 $750K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2002-03 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 2003 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:28
Mar 16, 2003 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:51
Mar 15, 2003 @ SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:16
Mar 13, 2003 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 20:28
Mar 11, 2003 vs EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18:36
Mar 8, 2003 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:35
Mar 7, 2003 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:57
Mar 5, 2003 vs NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:31
Mar 1, 2003 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:40
Feb 23, 2003 @ PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 15:52
Feb 20, 2003 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 18:13
Feb 19, 2003 @ DAL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:59
Feb 17, 2003 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:41
Feb 15, 2003 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:44
Feb 13, 2003 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:25
Feb 12, 2003 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 23:55
Feb 6, 2003 vs FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 10:47
Jan 28, 2003 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:55
Jan 25, 2003 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:08
Jan 9, 2003 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:49
Jan 7, 2003 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:01
Dec 31, 2002 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:44
Dec 30, 2002 vs ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:27
Dec 28, 2002 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:58
Dec 26, 2002 @ NYR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 17:38
Dec 23, 2002 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:56
Dec 21, 2002 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:58
Dec 19, 2002 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 22:24
Dec 17, 2002 @ PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:30
Dec 15, 2002 @ ANA L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 19:26
Dec 14, 2002 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23:50
Dec 12, 2002 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:43
Dec 10, 2002 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:53
Dec 7, 2002 vs NYI L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:05
Dec 6, 2002 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:53
Dec 3, 2002 vs WSH L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 18:38
Nov 30, 2002 vs BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 17 2 0 14:34
Nov 29, 2002 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:14