Andrew Ference

Andrew James Stewart Ference (born March 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). An alternate captain for the Bruins during home games, Ference has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames.
==Playing career==
===WHL and Pittsburgh Penguins===
Ference began his hockey career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Portland Winter Hawks. After two full seasons with the team, he was selected 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Ference played two more seasons with Portland and had a brief stint in the International Hockey League (IHL) with the Kansas City Blades before joining Pittsburgh in 1999.
After making his NHL debut on October 1, 1999, in a game against the Dallas Stars, Ference scored his first NHL goal a month later against the Nashville Predators on November 13, 1999. He split his rookie season between Pittsburgh and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, finishing with 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 30 NHL games and 28 points (8 goals, 20 assists) in 44 AHL games. 
The next season, Ference continued to share time between both Penguins teams. Ference played in his first NHL playoffs with Pittsburgh in 2001, playing 18 games and scoring 3 goals and 10 points before the Penguins were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils. In his third NHL season, Ference established himself as a full-time NHLer, scoring 11 points in 75 games.
===Calgary Flames and NHL Lockout===
On February 9, 2003, in the middle of the 2002–03 season, Ference was traded to the Calgary Flames for future considerations. He posted 4 assists in 16 games during the remainder of the season with Calgary. The next season, he registered 16 points with 4 goals and 12 assists in 72 games for Calgary and also played 26 playoff games posting 3 assists. Calgary reached the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the 2004–05 NHL season suspended due to a lockout, Ference played in the Czech Republic for HC Ceske Budejovice. Ference returned to the Flames when the NHL re-started the next season. He played all 82 games of the season for the first time in his career, scoring a career high 4 goals, 27 assists and 31 points. 
===Boston Bruins===
The following season, on February 10, 2007, he was traded, along with teammate Chuck Kobasew, to the Boston Bruins for defenceman Brad Stuart and center Wayne Primeau. Ference scored 1 goal, along with 15 assists, during the 2008-09 NHL season. On March 23, 2010, he agreed on a three-year contract extension with the Bruins worth an annual average salary of $2.25 million. 
On April 22, 2011, Ference was fined $2,500 for an obscene gesture to the crowd at the Bell Centre in game four of The Stanley Cup Playoffs first round series against the Montreal Canadiens, although Ference's comments after the incident make it unclear whether or not the gesture was intentional. In the Bruins 4-3 game 7 victory over the Montreal of the same series, Ference drew much ire for a questionable collision to the head of Canadiens' Jeff Halpern, but upon a disciplinary hearing it was ruled that the hit did not warrant any sort of disciplinary action.
On June 15, 2011, Ference and the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in game 7 of the Finals to win the Stanley Cup.http://bigbadblog.weei.com/sports/boston/hockey/bruins/2011/06/20/andrew-ference-bruins-make-their-cup-run-last-with-tattoos/
==Personal life==
===Family===
Ference and Krista Bradford married in 2002. They have two daughters: Ava Tye, born in June 2005, and Stella, born in March 2009.
===Environmentalism===
Ference's association with environmentalist David Suzuki while in Calgary led him to create a carbon-neutral program for the NHL, which now includes over 500 players who purchase carbon offset credits to counteract the negative environmental impact of professional sports.
===Stanley Cup Parade===
On September 5, 2011 following the Bruins Stanley Cup championship, Ference organized and led a parade and flash mob in Boston's North End, which is the area where he resides during the NHL season. After bringing the cup to and from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on a bike trailer, Ference brought the cup to an area of the North End outside the TD Garden. There, the cup was hoisted up on a platform carried by friends and family, and paraded through the North End, with many stops at local shops along the way. Ference and the other cup-carriers were accompanied by a marching band, members of The Boston Bruins Ice Girls, and the Boston Bruins mascot 'Blades.' Hundreds of fans also joined them for the parade, which was concluded with a dancing flash mob.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1994–95 	Portland Winter Hawks 	WHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Portland Winter Hawks 	WHL 	 	72 	9 	31 	40 	159 	 	7 	1 	3 	4 	12
1996–97 	Portland Winter Hawks 	WHL 	 	72 	12 	32 	44 	163 	 	6 	1 	2 	3 	12
1997–98 	Portland Winter Hawks 	WHL 	 	72 	11 	57 	68 	142 	 	16 	2 	18 	20 	28
1998–99 	Portland Winter Hawks 	WHL 	 	40 	11 	21 	32 	104 	 	4 	1 	4 	5 	10
1998–99 	Kansas City Blades 	IHL 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	4 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1999–00 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	44 	8 	20 	28 	58 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	30 	2 	4 	6 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	43 	6 	18 	24 	95 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	12
2000–01 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	36 	4 	11 	15 	28 	 	18 	3 	7 	10 	16
2001–02 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	75 	4 	7 	11 	73 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	22 	1 	3 	4 	36 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	16 	0 	4 	4 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	72 	4 	12 	16 	53 	 	26 	0 	3 	3 	25
2004–05 	HC Ceske Budejovice 	CzEx 	 	19 	5 	6 	11 	45 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	82 	4 	27 	31 	85 	 	7 	0 	4 	4 	12
2006–07 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	54 	2 	10 	12 	66 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	26 	1 	2 	3 	31 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	59 	1 	14 	15 	50 	 	7 	0 	4 	4 	6
2008–09 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	47 	1 	15 	16 	40 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4
2009–10 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	51 	0 	8 	8 	16 	 	13 	0 	1 	1 	18
2010–11 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	70 	3 	12 	15 	60 	 	25 	4 	6 	10 	37
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	640 	27 	129 	156 	564 	 	99 	7 	25 	32 	118
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
==External links==
*Stats on Bruins website
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