Peter Schaefer Peter Schaefer ( born July 12 , 1977 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently a Free Agent . He most recently played for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . He has played in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators , the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks . He is best known as a two - way forward . Playing career . Schaefer played major junior in the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) with the Brandon Wheat Kings . He recorded 59 points in his rookie season with Brandon and was subsequently drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 66th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft . The following season , in 1995 – 96 , he improved to 108 points , ninth overall in the league , then added 23 points in the playoffs , leading Brandon to a President ' s Cup championship and 1996 Memorial Cup appearance . Schaefer continued to improve in the WHL the following season , putting up a junior career - high 123 points , fourth overall in league scoring . On March 14 , 1997 , he tied a WHL record for most shorthanded goal s in a game with 3 in an 8 - 1 win against the Medicine Hat Tigers . Schaefer earned the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as league MVP as well as the WHL Plus - Minus Award with a league - high + 57 rating in his final WHL season . Graduating from major junior , Schaefer spent several seasons in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) with the Canucks ' minor league affiliate , the Syracuse Crunch . He cracked the Canucks ' lineup in 1998 – 99 , scoring 8 points in 25 games . He improved to 31 , then 36 points in the following two seasons before playing overseas for TPS of the SM - liiga in 2001 – 02 . Before the start of the 2002 – 03 season , Schaefer was traded to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenceman Sami Salo . In 2005 – 06 , he recorded a career - high 20 goals , 30 assists and 50 points with the Senators . The following season , he helped the Senators to the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals , but lost to the Anaheim Ducks in five games . In the off - season , he was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Shean Donovan on July 17 , 2007 . Bryan Murray , the team ' s general manager , revealed that Schaefer had requested a trade on a couple of occasions during the season and that Schaefer was under - performing . In his first season with the Bruins , in 2007 – 08 , his points total dipped to 26 points , his lowest output since 2002 – 03 . He began the season on the top line with Marc Savard , but was quickly demoted to the fourth line and was a healthy scratch on several occasions after returning from leg and foot injuries . The following season , he failed to make the team ' s roster out of training camp . He was placed on waivers and once he cleared , was assigned to the Providence Bruins , Boston ' s AHL affiliate . After the 2008 – 09 season , the final year remaining on Schaefer ' s contract was bought out by the Bruins on June 30 , 2009 . He did not play in the 2009 - 10 NHL season , training extensively to make an NHL comeback , while living in West Vancouver . After being invited to the Canucks ' 2010 training camp on a tryout basis , he was signed to a one - year , two - way , contract worth $ 600 , 000 on October , 7 , 2011 . After 16 games , however , he was put on waivers by Vancouver in November 2010 . Unwilling to play in the minors , the club put him on waivers a second time in order to release him . Schaefer ' s agent said both sides were amicable in the departure , agreeing to simply terminate the contract . Becoming an unrestricted free agent , he signed overseas with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in January 2011 . Family . Schaefer ' s younger brother , Nolan Schaefer , is a goaltender who signed with the Boston Bruins on July 5 , 2010 , a year after being bought out by the same club .