About Andrew Ference
Andrew James Stewart Ference is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a defenceman for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. In 2011, Ference helped the Bruins to their sixth Stanley Cup championship. Ference was born in Edmonton, but grew up in nearby Sherwood Park, Alberta. 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. He played all 82 games of the season for the first time in his career, scoring 4 goals, and 27 assists for a career high 31 points. 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. On April 22, 2011, Ference was fined $2,500 for giving the finger to the crowd at the Bell Centre in Game 4 of the playoffs first round series against the Montreal Canadiens after a scoring a goal.
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