Background
Hedican, Bret was born on August 10, 1970 in St. Paul.
Hedican, Bret was born on August 10, 1970 in St. Paul.
Saint Cloud State University.
Hedican was drafted 198th overall by the Saint Louis Blues in the 1988 National Hockey League Entry Draft. A product of Saint Cloud State University, Hedican played with the 1992 United States Olympic Team before he made his National Hockey League debut in the 1991-1992 season with the Blues. Hedican established himself in the Canucks blueline and after five seasons was later traded to the Florida Panthers by Vancouver with Pavel Bure, Brad Ference and Vancouver"s 3rd round choice (Robert Fried) in the 2000 National Hockey League Entry Draft for Editor Jovanovski, Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida"s first round choice (Nathan Smith) in the 2000 Entry Draft, on January 17, 1999.
Hedican was then traded by the Panthers with Kevyn Adams and Tomas Malec to the Carolina Hurricanes for Sandis Ozolinsh and Byron Ritchie on January 16, 2002.
Foreign the 2008-2009 season, Hedican signed a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks. He played his 1000th career National Hockey League game on November 21, 2008 against the Saint Louis Blues.
On September 6, 2009, Hedican was interviewed live on the television sports talk show Chronicle Live, on Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Bay Area, and announced his retirement. Hedican led the league in short-handed assists during the 1997-1998 season, with seven.
Hedican joined Comcast SportsNet California shortly after retiring, serving as a pre-game and post-game analyst for the channel"s San Jose Sharks coverage.
In the fall of 2014, he joined the Sharks Radio Network team and will provide color commentary alongside Dan Rusanowsky. In 2014, Hedican partnered with another former Vancouver Canuck, Paul Reinhart, investing over $1 million in a sports team management start-up, RosterBot, based in Vancouver.
Married Kristi Yamaguchi. Children: Keara Kiyomi, Emma Yoshiko.