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Bruce Gardiner

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972)}}

{{Blprefimprove|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| played_for = Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Columbus Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils

| position = Centre

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 185

| shoots = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Barrie, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 131st overall

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| career_start = 1994

| career_end = 2005

}}

Bruce Allan Gardiner (born February 11, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a Barrie Police officer

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 1997. He also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Columbus Blue Jackets, and New Jersey Devils. He left the NHL after the 2002 season and moved to the Russian Super League with 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 United Hockey League before retiring in 2005.

Gardiner scored the first goal in Columbus Blue Jackets' franchise history.{{Cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=48071|title = Columbus Blue Jackets Franchise Timeline}}

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

ALIGN="center"

| 1988–89

| Barrie Colts Jr.B.

| OHA-B

| 41

| 17

| 28

| 45

| 29

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Barrie Colts Jr.B.

| OHA-B

| 40

| 19

| 26

| 45

| 89

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1990–91

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 27

| 4

| 9

| 13

| 72

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 23

| 7

| 8

| 15

| 77

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1992–93

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 33

| 17

| 12

| 29

| 64

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 33

| 23

| 23

| 46

| 70

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 1993–94

| Peoria Rivermen

| IHL

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Prince Edward Island Senators

| AHL

| 72

| 17

| 20

| 37

| 132

| 7

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 1995–96

| Prince Edward Island Senators

| AHL

| 38

| 11

| 13

| 24

| 87

| 5

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 4

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 67

| 11

| 10

| 21

| 49

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1997–98

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 55

| 7

| 11

| 18

| 50

| 11

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 59

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 43

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 1999–00

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 10

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 41

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 37

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2000–01

| Columbus Blue Jackets

| NHL

| 73

| 7

| 15

| 22

| 78

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Albany River Rats

| AHL

| 45

| 5

| 18

| 23

| 71

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2001–02

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 7

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Tolyatti Lada

| RSL

| 30

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 106

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 20

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| 2003–04

| Blues

| SM-l

| 22

| 6

| 5

| 11

| 60

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Adirondack Frostbite

| UHL

| 18

| 7

| 12

| 19

| 27

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 312

! 34

! 54

! 88

! 263

! 21

! 1

! 4

! 5

! 8

References

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External links

  • {{Ice hockey stats}}

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Category:1972 births

Category:Adirondack Frostbite players

Category:Albany River Rats players

Category:Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players

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Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

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Category:Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players

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Category:St. Louis Blues draft picks

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Category:Ice hockey people from Barrie

Category:Canadian ice hockey centres

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland