Playing career
Gardiner was drafted 131st overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and started his National Hockey League career with the Ottawa Senators in 1996–97 NHL season, 1997. He also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Columbus Blue Jackets, and New Jersey Devils. He left the NHL after the 2001–02 NHL season, 2002 season and moved to the Russian Super League with HC Lada Togliatti, Lada Togliatti and then to Finland's SM-liiga with the Espoo Blues. He then had one more year in North America, playing for the Adirondack Frostbite of the International Hockey League (2007-), United Hockey League before retiring in 2005. Gardiner scored the first goal in Columbus Blue Jackets' franchise history.Regular season and playoffs
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