Richard Todd Bidner (born July 5, 1961) is a

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retired

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. Bidner was born in

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. Drafted in 1980 by the

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, Bidner played a dozen games with the Capitals. He spent most of his playing career playing in Great Britain and played for their national team at the 1994 World Championship, Pool A. In August 2006 it was announced that Bidner will become the new assistant coach of the

London Knights The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing in the Ontario Hockey League, one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. The Knights started out in 1965 as the London Nationals but changed to their cu ...

of the

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. On February 17, 2012, Bidner was hired to replace

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as head coach of the SPHL's

Fayetteville FireAntz The Fayetteville Marksmen are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) and play their home games in the Crown Coliseum. The team, orig ...

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