{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)}} {{pp-blp|small=yes}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Andrew Ference - Edmonton Oilers.jpg | caption = Ference with the Edmonton Oilers in February 2014 | played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins<br>Calgary Flames<br>HC České Budějovice<br>Boston Bruins<br>Edmonton Oilers | league = NHL | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 184 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|17}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | draft = 208th overall | draft_year = 1997 | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | career_start = 1999 | career_end = 2015 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{ihj|CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1999 Canada|}} }} '''Andrew James Stewart Ference''' (born March 17, 1979) 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.
==Playing career== ===WHL and Pittsburgh Penguins=== Ference began his hockey career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Portland Winterhawks. After two full seasons with the team, he was selected 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Ference was not ranked by Central Scouting for the draft. In response, Ference sent a letter to every NHL general manager indicating his belief he would play in the NHL and also enclosed testing results conducted by the University of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGaughey|first1=Paul|title=Oilers' Andrew Ference put NHL GMs on notice with 1997 letter|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/oilers-andrew-ference-put-nhl-gms-on-notice-with-1997-letter-1.3190536| website = cbc.ca|publisher=CBC|access-date=August 14, 2015}}</ref> 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 2004 Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the 2004–05 NHL season suspended due to a lock-out, Ference played in the Czech Republic for HC České Budějovice. Ference returned to the Flames when the NHL restarted the next season. 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.
===Boston Bruins=== [[File:Andrew Ference - Boston Bruins 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Ference with the Boston Bruins in January 2012.]]The following season, on February 10, 2007, he was traded, along with teammate Chuck Kobasew, to the Boston Bruins for defenceman Brad Stuart and centre 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 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. Ference's initial comments after the incident indicated it was an "equipment malfunction,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boston/nhl/news/story?id=6406516 |title=Andrew Ference fined for gesture |work=espn.com |date=April 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref> though he later confessed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csnne.com/blog/bruins-talk/ference-comes-clean-about-unintentional-bird |title=Andrew Ference Comes Clean About Unintentional Bird |publisher=csnne.com |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=2015-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802090108/http://www.csnne.com/blog/bruins-talk/ference-comes-clean-about-unintentional-bird |archive-date=August 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> it had been an intentional gesture following an emotional playoff goal. Some teammates credited this incident as a turning point in their eventual Stanley Cup Victory. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/7369/habs-bs-barnabymelrose-final-thoughts |title=Habs-B's: Barnaby/Melrose final thoughts – Cross Checks Blog – ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=363941 |title=League decides against suspension for Bruins' Ference |publisher=Tsn.ca |date=April 28, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-05}}</ref> On June 15, 2011, Ference and the Boston Bruins defeated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks 4–0 in Game 7 of the Final to win the Stanley Cup.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bigbadblog.weei.com/sports/boston/hockey/bruins/2011/06/20/andrew-ference-bruins-make-their-cup-run-last-with-tattoos/ | title = Andrew Ference Bruins make their cup run last with tattoos | publisher = bigbadblog.com | date = June 15, 2011 | access-date = 2011-06-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110623135206/http://bigbadblog.weei.com/sports/boston/hockey/bruins/2011/06/20/andrew-ference-bruins-make-their-cup-run-last-with-tattoos | archive-date = June 23, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In 2011–12, Ference scored six goals, a career high, and was named alternate captain during home games for the first half of the season, and during away games for the second half of the season.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/877626-bruins-vs-flyers-tv-info-preview-live-updates-analysis-reaction-and-more/entry/137318-bruins-vs-flyers-andrew-ference-and-chris-kelly-will-share-second-alternate-captain-role | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140416024316/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/877626-bruins-vs-flyers-tv-info-preview-live-updates-analysis-reaction-and-more/entry/137318-bruins-vs-flyers-andrew-ference-and-chris-kelly-will-share-second-alternate-captain-role | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 16, 2014 | title = Andrew Ference and Chris Kelly will share second alternate captain role | publisher = bleacherreport.com | date = October 1, 2012 | access-date=2012-10-02}}</ref>
===Edmonton Oilers=== On July 5, 2013, he signed a four-year deal as a free agent with his hometown team, the Edmonton Oilers.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=676694 | title = Ference returns to roots, signs deal with Oilers | publisher = National Hockey League | date = July 5, 2013 | access-date=2013-07-05}}</ref> On September 29, Ference was named the 14th captain in Oilers NHL franchise history, succeeding Shawn Horcoff, who had been traded to the Dallas Stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=684686|title=Ference named captain|website=NHL.com}}</ref> On October 7, 2015, after serving as the Oilers captain for the past two seasons, it was announced that Ference had relinquished his role as captain and was named as an alternate captain, along with Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=782179|title=PRESS RELEASE: Oilers name alternate captains for 2015-16 season|website=NHL.com}}</ref> After playing in just six games of the 2015–16 NHL season, Ference was placed on IR to undergo season-ending hip surgery.
On September 16, 2016, Ference announced his retirement after 16 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://causewaycrowd.com/2016/09/16/former-boston-bruins-andrew-ference-calls-career/ |title=Former Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Calls It A Career |website=causewaycrowd.com |date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=2016-09-16}}</ref> He however remained on the Oilers long-term injured list for the duration of the 2016–17 season, before formally ending his career at the conclusion of his contract on July 13, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhlpa.com/news/andrew-ference-announces-retirement | title = Andrew Ference announces retirement | publisher = National Hockey League Players' Association | date = 2017-07-13 | access-date = 2017-07-13}}</ref>
== Post-playing career ==
In 2018 Ference joined the NHL as its first Director of Social Impact, Growth and Fan Development. His focus will be on grass-roots growth, community development efforts, engaging minority fans and players, and better facilitating relations between players and the league.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wyshynski|first1=Greg|title=Andrew Ference says NHL must reach beyond 'middle-aged white dudes'|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22908289/nhl-andrew-ference-says-nhl-reach-middle-aged-white-dudes|access-date=March 27, 2018|publisher=ESPN|date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>
In 2023 he would be named one of the top 100 Bruins players of all time.<ref>Bruins Announce “Historic 100” Ahead of All-Centennial Team Reveal https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-announce-historic-100-ahead-of-all-centennial-team-reveal</ref>
==Personal life== === Family === Ference and Krista Bradford, a former professional snowboarder, were married from 2002 to 2025,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/04/30/renaissance_bruin/?page=2 |last=Shinzawa |first=Fluto |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Renaissance Bruin |publisher=The Boston Globe |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914044611/http://archive.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/04/30/renaissance_bruin/?page=2 |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP_v-FoDYz1/?igsh=bWo4MmZmcmVnOHd1 |year=2025 |title=@andrew.ference |website=Instagram |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref> having two daughters together between that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Football/CFL/Calgary/2005/07/04/pf-1116577.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102812/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Football/CFL/Calgary/2005/07/04/pf-1116577.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |last=Sportak |first=Randy |date=July 4, 2005 |title=Baby steps for Stamps |publisher=Canoe Network |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/04/29/zdeno-chara-welcomes-daughter-elliz-victoria/ |date=April 29, 2009 |title=Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara Welcomes Daughter Elliz Victoria |website=People |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref> thumb|left|Ference during the North End Stanley Cup parade in September 2011.
===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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wertheim |first=Jon |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1145122/3/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717214504/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1145122/3/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |title=Jon Wertheim: More athletes taking political stands – 09.09.08 – SI Vault |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=September 9, 2008 |access-date=2011-05-05 }}</ref>
In 2009, he spoke at the New Democratic Party's federal convention in Halifax.<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/the-ndps-ken-dryden/article788876/</ref>
In February 2012, National Geographic began a ten-episode Web series called "Beyond the Puck" highlighting Andrew's life as an NHL Player and "eco-warrior."<ref>{{cite web|title=Beyond the Puck |url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/beyond-the-puck/ |work=National Geographic Web Series |publisher=National Geographic |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316014111/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/beyond-the-puck |archive-date=March 16, 2012 }}</ref>
===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 resided during the NHL season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-05/sports/30116382_1_stanley-cup-boston-police-officers-bike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304202418/http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-05/sports/30116382_1_stanley-cup-boston-police-officers-bike |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |title=Andrew Ference brings Cup to Spaulding Hospital |publisher=Boston.com |date=September 5, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref> After bringing the Stanley 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/andrew-ference-parades-the-stanley-cup-through-the-north-end-20110905 |title=Andrew Ference parades the Stanley Cup through the North End |publisher=myfoxboston.com |date=September 5, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-31 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Other=== Ference is a fan of English Premier League football club Arsenal F.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.bruins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=977&id=112816&navid=DL%7cBOS%7chome |title=BlackBerry: Bruins "Coat" Feature Video – NHL VideoCenter – Boston Bruins |publisher=Video.bruins.nhl.com |date=March 5, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-05}}</ref>
Ference is also a member of the popular November Project workout tribe in Boston and Edmonton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew Ference Awarded 2014 King Clancy Memorial Trophy|url=http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723074| website = oilers.nhl.com|publisher=edmontonoilers.com staff|access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1994–95 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | HC České Budějovice | CZE | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 72 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |- | 2012–13 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 48 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |- | 2013–14 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 70 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 907 ! 43 ! 182 ! 225 ! 753 ! 120 ! 8 ! 30 ! 38 ! 122 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1999 | Canada | WJC | {{silver2}} | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 7 ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 6 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! Ref |- ! colspan="3"|WHL |- | Memorial Cup champion | 1998 | |- | First All-Star Team (West) | 1997–98 | <ref name="thehockeynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.php?1376|title=The Hockey News|website=The Hockey News}}</ref> |- | Plus-Minus Award | 1997–98 | <ref name="thehockeynews.com"/> |- | Second All-Star Team (West) | 1998–99 | <ref name="thehockeynews.com"/> |- | Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy | 1998–99 | <ref name="thehockeynews.com"/> |- | Inducted into Portland Winter Hawks Hall of Fame | 2018 | <ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Winterhawks to induct quartet of legendary alumni to team's Hall of Fame |url=http://whl.ca/article/winterhawks-to-induct-quartet-of-legendary-alumni-to-teams-hall-of-fame |access-date=March 11, 2018 |website=whl.ca}}</ref> |- ! colspan="3"|AHL |- | AHL All-Star Game | 2001 | <ref>{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005940 | title = Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10 | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2001-01-15 | access-date = 2019-02-01}}</ref> |- ! colspan="3"|NHL |- | Stanley Cup champion | 2011 | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=676694|title=Ference returns to roots, signs deal with Oilers|website=NHL.com}}</ref> |- | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | 2014 | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723057|title=Oilers' Ference wins King Clancy Memorial Trophy|website=NHL.com}}</ref> |}
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