Rob Niedermayer Robert W . Niedermayer , Jr . ( born December 28 , 1974 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for HC Lugano of the National League A in Switzerland . He also played for the Florida Panthers , Calgary Flames , Anaheim Ducks , New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres . He is the younger brother of former NHL defenceman Scott Niedermayer ( the two were teammates for four seasons ) and cousin of Edmonton Oilers defenceman Jason Strudwick . Although Rob was born in Cassiar , British Columbia , he and his brother Scott grew up living in Cranbrook , British Columbia . Playing career . National Hockey League . Niedermayer was drafted 5th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft . At the time he was playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) . He started his NHL career right away , without playing a game in the minors . During the 1996 NHL season he set career highs in goals , assists , and points in the regular season . In the playoffs , the Panthers went on an improbable playoff drive to the Stanley Cup Finals , before being swept in four games by the Colorado Avalanche . Niedermayer was hurt by concussions in the next years and has never been able to achieve the same level of scoring ability again . His NHL role soon turned into a defensive forward . On July 23 , 2001 , Niedermayer was traded from the Florida Panthers to the Calgary Flames with a draft pick for Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer . He did not last long in Calgary , and at the 2003 trading deadline he was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . That same year he helped the Anaheim Ducks make an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals , his second such run . But again , Niedermayer ' s team lost , although this time it was in seven games to his brother ' s team , the New Jersey Devils . Rob and Scott became the first set of brothers to play against each other in the Stanley Cup Final since Ken and Terry Reardon did it in 1946 . In the summer of 2005 , Rob ' s brother Scott was signed by the Mighty Ducks , and for the first time in their NHL careers , the two brothers were playing on the same team . Rob Niedermayer and his brother Scott ( by this point captain of the Ducks , with Rob as an alternate ) won the Stanley Cup together as members of the Anaheim Ducks defeating the Ottawa Senators four games to one in 2007 , becoming the first brothers to win the Stanley Cup together since Duane and Brent Sutter accomplished the feat twice with the New York Islanders in 1982 and 1983 . After Scott took the first lap around the ice with the Stanley Cup , he handed it to Rob . This was a break with Stanley Cup tradition ; normally the alternate captain who has waited longest to win the Cup ( in the 2006 - 07 Ducks ' case , Chris Pronger and Teemu Selanne ) takes the next lap after the captain takes his lap . On September 25 , 2009 , Niedermayer was signed by the New Jersey Devils , a team his brother Scott had previously played on for 14 NHL seasons . On July 7 , 2010 , Niedermayer was signed by the Buffalo Sabres to a one - year contract worth a reported 1 . 15 million dollars . National League A . After becoming a free agent following the 2011 season , Niedermayer signed with HC Lugano in Switzerland . Personal life . On July 16 , 2006 Rob married longtime girlfriend Jessica Bentall , daughter of Barney Bentall , whom he had been dating since March 2001 . Together they have a daughter , Brooke ( b April 25 , 2008 ) , and a son , Matthew ( b February 12 , 2010 ) .