Todd Bidner

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| played_for = Washington Capitals
Fife Flyers
Peterborough Pirates
Nottingham Panthers
Bracknell Bees
Humberside Seahawks
Teesside Bombers
Durham Wasps
Humberside Hawks

| ntl_team = GBR

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|7|5|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Petrolia, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 110th overall

| draft_year = 1980

| draft_team = Washington Capitals

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 2002

}}

Richard Todd Bidner (born July 5, 1961) is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1981–82 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1981 to 2002, was mainly spent in the British Hockey League.

Biography

Bidner was born in Petrolia, Ontario. Drafted in 1980 by the Washington Capitals, Bidner played 12 games with the Capitals. He spent most of his playing career playing in Great Britain.

In August 2006 it was announced that Bidner would become the new assistant coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. On February 17, 2012, Bidner was hired to replace Sean Gillam as head coach of the SPHL's Fayetteville FireAntz.{{cite news|last=Pope|first=Thomas|title=Fayetteville FireAntz fire Coach Sean Gillam, bring in Todd Bidner|url=http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/02/16/1157903?sac=|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=The Fayetteville Observer|date=17 Feb 2012}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1978–79

| Toronto Marlboros

| OMJHL

| 64

10122264

| —

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| 1979–80

| Toronto Marlboros

| OMJHL

| 68

22264869

| —

1980–81

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHL

| 67

344377124

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1980–81

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 1

0000

| —

1981–82

| Washington Capitals

| NHL

| 12

2137

| —

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| 1981–82

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 30

6121828

| —

1981–82

| Wichita Wind

| CHL

| 15

291117

| 7

1239
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| 1982–83

| Moncton Alpines

| AHL

| 59

15122764

| —

1983–84

| Moncton Alpines

| AHL

| 60

17163375

| —

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| 1984–85

| Nova Scotia Oilers

| AHL

| 4

2244

| —

1984–85

| Adirondack Red Wings

| AHL

| 74

22355761

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Fife Flyers

| BHL

| 31

7152123116

| 5

7101710
1986–87

| Peterborough Pirates

| BD1

| 29

7911219195

| —

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| 1987–88

| Peterborough Pirates

| BHL

| 30

505210286

| —

1988–89

| Peterborough Pirates

| BHL

| 33

766714370

| —

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| 1989–90

| Peterborough Pirates

| BHL

| 13

21173816

| —

1989–90

| Telford Tigers

| BD1

| 13

23426532

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Telford Tigers

| BD1

| 16

25244942

| —

1990–91

| Nottingham Panthers

| BHL

| 20

20284867

| 6

44810
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| 1991–92

| Bracknell Bees

| BHL

| 19

20204070

| —

1991–92

| Humberside Seahawks

| BHL

| 17

21214250

| 4

43712
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| 1992–93

| Humberside Seahawks

| BHL

| 13

15183326

| —

1992–93

| Telford Tigers

| BD1

| 15

22264892

| —

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| 1993–94

| Teesside Bombers

| BHL

| 36

493180108

| —

1994–95

| Durham Wasps

| BHL

| 30

302757141

| 5

3254
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| 1995–96

| Durham Wasps

| BHL

| 21

9122172

| 1

0000
1995–96

| Humberside Hawks

| BHL

| 4

4484

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Guildford Flames

| EPIHL

| 5

2352

| —

1996–97

| Blackburn Hawks

| NPIHL

| 8

1417316

| 10

9172622
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| 1997–98

| Amarillo Rattlers

| WPHL

| 6

1237

| —

1999–00

| Peterborough Pirates

| BNL

| —

| 5

21339
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| 2001–02

| Petrolia Squires

| OHA Sr

| 14

65116

| —

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! colspan="3" | BHL totals

! 267 !! 386 !! 349 !! 735 !! 826

! 29 !! 32 !! 33 !! 65 !! 42

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 12 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 7

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

References

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