Taylor William Fedun (born June 4, 1988) is a

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who is currently playing with the

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in the

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(AHL) while under contract to the

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of the

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(NHL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Fedun played one final season in the

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(AJHL), skating in 50 games for the

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. He led all team defenceman in scoring with ten goals and 43 points. The following season, Fedun joined the

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conference in the

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. In his first year with the club, he scored four goals and 14 points in 32 games. Fedun remained with the Tigers for an additional three seasons, where he became

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in his final year. On March 8, 2011, the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

signed Fedun to a two-year contract. Fedun impressed the Oilers at the 2011 Young Stars Tournament in

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, and continued to impress throughout the Oilers' pre-season games. He remained on the roster after other young high performers, such as

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and Curtis Hamilton, had been assigned to the team's

(AHL) affiliate, the

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. Prior to the 2011–12 season, when the Oilers' roster sat at 32 players, with nine more needing to be cut before the team's final roster was made, Fedun was tripped by the

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's forward,

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, and fractured his

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during a preseason game while attempting to retrieve the puck and force an icing. Fedun suffered a complex fracture to his right femur and missed the entire 2011–12 season after a rod was put in his leg. This was the second time the NHL's icing policy led to a fractured femur in the post-

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era, with the previous injury occurring to former Wild defenseman

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in 2007. The icing rule was changed for the 2013–14 season to reduce the risk for potentially damaging collisions. Fedun returned the following season, playing entirely with the Barons. In his first professional season, he recorded 27 points in 70 games. Fedun scored his first career NHL goal on November 5, 2013, against

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' goaltender

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. He appeared in an additional three games for the Oilers that

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, scoring another goal. However, Fedun primarily played for the Barons that season. With the Oilers not tendering Fedun a qualifying offer, he was released to free agency, and on July 1, 2014, signed a one-year contract with the

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. In his lone season with the organization, Fedun recorded four assists in seven games for the Sharks. He also appeared in 65 games for the team's AHL affiliate, the

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. On July 1, 2015, Fedun signed a one-year,

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as a free agent with the

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. He skated in one game for the Canucks, as well as 63 for their AHL affiliate, the

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. On July 1, 2016, Fedun left the Canucks organization and signed a one-year,

as a free agent with the

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...

. He split the 2016–17 season between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the

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. During the 2018–19 season, on November 10, 2018, while with the Rochester Americans, the Sabres traded Fedun to the

Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and were founde ...

in exchange for a

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conditional seventh-round pick. On November 23, 2018, in his Stars debut, Fedun scored his first NHL goal in five years and third of his career in a 6–4 win against the

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. He stayed on the Stars' roster for the remainder of the season, posting new career highs of 4 goals and 11 points in 54 regular season games. He was also recognized by the Stars as the team's nomination for the

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for his perseverance and dedication to hockey. On June 27, 2019, Fedun agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension to remain with Dallas. Following his third season within the Stars organization, Fedun left as a

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and was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 28, 2021.

Personal life

In June 2018, he married his wife, field hockey player

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Career statistics

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedun, Taylor 1988 births Buffalo Sabres players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Dallas Stars players Edmonton Oilers players Fort Saskatchewan Traders players Living people Oklahoma City Barons players Pittsburgh Penguins players Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey players Rochester Americans players San Jose Sharks players Ice hockey people from Edmonton Spruce Grove Saints players Texas Stars players Undrafted National Hockey League players Utica Comets players Vancouver Canucks players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players Worcester Sharks players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans