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Dennis Seidenberg

#44 New York Islanders / NHL - 18/19

1-time World Championship Best Defenseman

Date of Birth

Jul 18, 1981

Position

Age

Height

6'0" / 184 cm

Place of Birth

Villingen-Schwenningen, GER

Weight

198 lbs / 90 kg

Nation

Germany

Shoots

Youth Team

Schwenninger ERC

Status

Retired

Drafted

2001 round 6 #172 overall by Philadelphia Flyers

Dennis Seidenberg was a defenseman. He was known for his all-around game, but was very sound as a shutdown player. A good hitter and great shot blocker, he also had a fine first pass.
- Ulf Andersson, Elite Prospects

Brother: Yannic Seidenberg Son: Breaker Seidenberg

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Dennis Seidenberg Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1995-96	Schwenninger ERC U15	Mini B2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1997-98	Schwenninger ERC II	Germany3	11*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-*	\|
1998-99	European Bauer Pioneers	Midget	-*	-*	-*	57*	-*	-*	\|
	Germany U18	WJC-18	4*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
	Germany U18 (all)	International-Jr	4*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
1999-00	Adler Mannheim	DEL	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Mannheimer ERC II	Germany3	52*	12*	28*	40*	28*	-*	\|
	Germany U20	WJC-20 B	5*	0*	0*	0*	0*	2*	\|
	Germany U20 (all)	International-Jr	5*	0*	0*	0*	0*	2*	\|
2000-01	Adler Mannheim	DEL	55*	2*	5*	7*	6*	10*	\|	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	10	0
	Mannheimer ERC II	Germany4	9*	3*	8*	11*	20*	-*	\|
	Germany U20 “C”	WJC-20 D1	5*	1*	3*	4*	2*	5*	\|
	Germany U20 (all)	International-Jr	5*	1*	3*	4*	2*	5*	\|
	Germany	WC	7*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-1*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	9*	0*	2*	2*	4*	-*	\|
2001-02	Adler Mannheim	DEL	55*	7*	13*	20*	56*	11*	\|	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	2	2
	Germany	OG	7*	1*	1*	2*	4*	2*	\|
	Germany	WC	7*	1*	2*	3*	8*	-1*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	24*	2*	4*	6*	41*	-*	\|
2002-03	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	58*	4*	9*	13*	20*	8*	\|
	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	19*	5*	6*	11*	17*	-7*	\|
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	5*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	1
	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	33*	7*	12*	19*	31*	11*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	4	-3
	Germany (all)	International	7*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
2004-05	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	79*	13*	28*	41*	47*	18*	\|	Playoffs	18	2	8	10	19	3
	Germany “A”	WCup	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2005-06	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	29*	2*	5*	7*	4*	-4*	\|
	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	34*	1*	10*	11*	14*	-9*	\|
	Germany	OG	5*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-2*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	5*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-2*	\|
2006-07	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	32*	1*	1*	2*	16*	-4*	\|
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	20*	1*	5*	6*	2*	-12*	\|
2007-08	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	47*	0*	15*	15*	18*	6*	\|
	Germany	WC	6*	0*	0*	0*	14*	-5*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	6*	0*	0*	0*	14*	-5*	\|
2008-09	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	70*	5*	25*	30*	37*	-9*	\|	Playoffs	16	1	5	6	16	-5
2009-10	Florida Panthers	NHL	62*	2*	21*	23*	33*	-3*	\|
	Boston Bruins	NHL	17*	2*	7*	9*	6*	9*	\|
	Germany “A”	OG	4*	1*	0*	1*	2*	0*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	4*	1*	0*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2010-11	Boston Bruins	NHL	81*	7*	25*	32*	41*	3*	\|	Playoffs	25	1	10	11	31	12
2011-12	Boston Bruins	NHL	80*	5*	18*	23*	39*	15*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	2	1
2012-13	Adler Mannheim	DEL	26*	2*	18*	20*	20*	15*	\|
	Boston Bruins	NHL	46*	4*	13*	17*	10*	18*	\|	Playoffs	18	0	1	1	4	1
2013-14	Boston Bruins	NHL	34*	1*	9*	10*	10*	11*	\|
2014-15	Boston Bruins	NHL	82*	3*	11*	14*	34*	-1*	\|
2015-16	Boston Bruins	NHL	61*	1*	11*	12*	24*	-1*	\|
2016-17	New York Islanders	NHL	73*	5*	17*	22*	32*	25*	\|
	Team Europe	WCup	5*	0*	1*	1*	2*	1*	\|
	Germany	OGQ	3*	0*	1*	1*	0*	3*	\|
	Germany “A”	WC	8*	1*	7*	8*	4*	1*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	12*	2*	8*	10*	4*	-*	\|
2017-18	New York Islanders	NHL	28*	0*	5*	5*	17*	-9*	\|
	Germany “C”	WC	7*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-2*	\|
	Germany (all)	International	7*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-2*	\|
2018-19	New York Islanders	NHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|

Dennis Seidenberg Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-94	Baden-Württemberg Peewee	QC Int PW	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1994-95	Baden-Württemberg Peewee	QC Int PW	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2001-02	Adler Mannheim	Spengler Cup	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Germany	Deutschland Cup	3*	0*	0*	0*	27*	-*	\|
2012-13	Adler Mannheim “A”	Spengler Cup	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|

Dennis Seidenberg Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	3	131*	25*	46*	71*	0.54*	95*	22*	\|	2	27	4 *	10 *	14 *	0.52 *	23 *	0 *
DEL	4	139*	11*	36*	47*	0.34*	82*	36*	\|	2	20	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.05 *	12 *	2 *
Deutschland Cup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	27*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Germany3	2	63*	13*	28*	41*	0.65*	30*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Germany4	1	9*	3*	8*	11*	1.22*	20*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	8	74*	5*	14*	19*	0.26*	77*	-9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	14*	1*	3*	4*	0.29*	4*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Midget	1	-*	-*	-*	57*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Mini B2	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	16	859*	44*	207*	251*	0.29*	359*	39*	\|	5	69	3 *	18 *	21 *	0.30 *	53 *	10 *
OG	3	16*	2*	1*	3*	0.19*	12*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OGQ	1	3*	0*	1*	1*	0.33*	0*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
QC Int PW	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	2	3*	1*	0*	1*	0.33*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	5	35*	2*	10*	12*	0.34*	30*	-8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	2	9*	0*	1*	1*	0.11*	2*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	4*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20 B	1	5*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20 D1	1	5*	1*	3*	4*	0.80*	2*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Dennis Seidenberg Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1999-2000
- U20 WJC (B) Silver Medal
2000-2001
- DEL Champion
- U20 WJC (D1) Silver Medal
2001-2002
- DEL All-Star Game
2002-2003
- NHL YoungStars Roster
2003-2004
- AHL All-Star Game
2004-2005
- AHL Calder Cup Champion
2010-2011
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2012-2013
- Spengler Cup All-Star Team
2016-2017

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
10/25/2019
10/25/2019	Confirmed	New York Islanders	Retired
02/25/2019
02/25/2019	Extension	New York Islanders	New York Islanders
09/08/2018
09/08/2018	Extension	New York Islanders	New York Islanders
04/24/2017
04/24/2017	Extension	New York Islanders	New York Islanders
09/28/2016
09/28/2016	Confirmed	Boston Bruins	New York Islanders
06/30/2016
06/30/2016	Confirmed	Boston Bruins	Unknown
10/03/2013
10/03/2013	Extension	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
10/02/2012
10/02/2012	Confirmed	Boston Bruins	Adler Mannheim
06/05/2010
06/05/2010	Extension	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
03/03/2010
03/03/2010	Confirmed	Florida Panthers	Boston Bruins
09/14/2009
09/14/2009	Confirmed	Carolina Hurricanes	Florida Panthers

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Adler Mannheim

Cult/Star player for Boston Bruins

Cult/Star player for Germany

Career transactions
- 2019-10-25 • Announced his retirement
- 2016-09-28 • Signed by the New York Islanders
- 2016-06-30 • Bought out by the Boston Bruins
- 2012-10-02 • (NHL lockout) Signed by the Adler Mannheim
- 2010-03-03 • Traded to the Boston Bruins with Matt Bartkowski for Craig Weller, Byron Bitz & a 2010 2nd round pick (Alex Petrovic)
- 2009-09-14 • Signed to by the Florida Panthers
- 2007-01-08 • Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for Kevyn Adams
- 2006-01-20 • Traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Petr Nedved & future considerations
- 2002-07-17 • Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers