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Jeff Taffe

LW | 6'3", 207 lbs. |

Birth Date:February 19, 1981 (32 years old)
Place of Birth:Hastings, MN
Shoots:L

Experience:9 years
Drafted:Drafted by St. Louis in 2000 (1/30).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
AHL	Second All-Star Team	2012-13
WCHA	Third All-Star Team	2001-02
HS - Minnesota	Player of the Year	1998-99

Movements & Injuries

2013
5/17/2013	Signed with Linkopings HC (Sweden).
2012
7/02/2012	Signed as a free agent by the Hershey Bears (AHL).
2/20/2012	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
2/15/2012	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
2011
12/23/2011	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
12/22/2011	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
12/11/2011	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
12/08/2011	Recalled from Houston (AHL).
9/25/2011	Assigned to Houston (AHL).
7/05/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Minnesota Wild to a one-year contract.
4/11/2011	Recalled from Rockford (AHL).
2/13/2011	Assigned to Rockford (AHL).
2/12/2011	Recalled from Rockford (AHL).
2010
9/27/2010	Assigned to Rockford (AHL).
9/25/2010	Placed on waivers by the Chicago Blackhawks.
7/22/2010	Acquired from the Florida Panthers.
4/06/2010	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
3/31/2010	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
3/02/2010	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
2/12/2010	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
1/20/2010	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
1/18/2010	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
2009
12/20/2009	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
12/02/2009	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
11/09/2009	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
10/30/2009	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
9/30/2009	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
7/04/2009	Signed as an unresrtricted free agent bythe Florida Panthers to a two-year contract.
5/17/2009	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
2008
12/24/2008	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/17/2008	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/13/2008	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/09/2008	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
10/09/2008	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) (cleared waivers).
7/21/2008	Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year contract.
2007
12/19/2007	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
10/01/2007	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
9/27/2007	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
9/22/2007	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
7/13/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a two-year contract.
4/05/2007	Missed 2 games (left foot injury).
3/30/2007	Left foot injury, day-to-day.
2/24/2007	Recalled from San Antonio (AHL).
2006
9/25/2006	Assigned to San Antonio (AHL).
7/21/2006	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Phoenix Coyotes.
1/24/2006	Acquired from the New York Rangers.
1/24/2006	Re-assigned to San Antonio (AHL).
2005
11/02/2005	Assigned to Hartford (AHL) for conditioning purposes.
10/18/2005	Acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes.
8/15/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Phoenix Coyotes to a one-year contract.
2004
9/13/2004	Assigned to Utah (AHL)
4/03/2004	Missed 4 games (wrist injury).
3/26/2004	Wrist injury, day-to-day.
2003
11/17/2003	Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
10/07/2003	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
3/27/2003	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
3/11/2003	Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
1/29/2003	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
1/09/2003	Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
2002
10/22/2002	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
10/14/2002	Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
10/06/2002	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
4/24/2002	Signed by the Phoenix Coyotes to a three-year contract.
2001
3/13/2001	Acquired from the St. Louis Blues.

Career Transactions

2011
7/05/2011	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Minnesota Wild.
2010
7/22/2010	Florida Panthers traded Jeff Taffe to the Chicago Blackhawks for Marty Reasoner.
2009
7/04/2009	Signed as an unresrtricted free agent bythe Florida Panthers.
2007
7/13/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2006
1/24/2006	New York Rangers traded Jeff Taffe to the Phoenix Coyotes for Martin Sonnenberg.
2005
10/18/2005	New York Rangers traded Jamie Lundmark to the Phoenix Coyotes for Jeff Taffe.
2001
3/13/2001	Phoenix Coyotes traded Keith Tkachuk to the St. Louis Blues for Ladislav Nagy, Michal Handzus and Jeff Taffe and a 1st round selection (Ben Eager) in 2001.
2000
6/24/2000	Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1st round (30th overall) in 2000.

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| 01/19/2013 9:00 PM

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Hershey	AHL	73	18	53	71	0	27	6	0	-	-	160	0.97
2011-12	Minnesota	NHL	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	12:54	7	0.40
	Houston	AHL	70	18	35	53	-13	16	7	0	-	-	198	0.76
2010-11	Chicago	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:05	0	0.00
	Rockford	AHL	74	30	37	67	10	22	11	1	-	-	217	0.91
2009-10	Florida	NHL	21	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	8:25	18	0.10
	Rochester	AHL	61	28	28	56	0	47	7	0	-	-	178	0.92
2008-09	Pittsburgh	NHL	8	0	2	2	-4	2	0	0	0	8:30	5	0.25
	WB/Scranton	AHL	74	25	50	75	14	65	7	1	-	-	-	1.01
2007-08	Pittsburgh	NHL	45	5	7	12	2	8	1	0	1	9:35	56	0.27
	WB/Scranton	AHL	27	11	10	21	-1	22	6	0	-	-	-	0.78
2006-07	Phoenix	NHL	17	4	2	6	-7	2	1	0	0	14:11	34	0.35
	San Antonio	AHL	59	20	20	40	-12	22	9	1	6	-	149	0.68
2005-06	NY Rangers	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3:48	1	0.00
	Phoenix	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:05	2	0.00
	Total Phx/NYR	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:27	3	0.00
	San Antonio	AHL	33	5	6	11	-13	29	3	0	0	-	-	0.33
	Hartford	AHL	36	6	16	22	-6	34	3	0	0	-	-	0.61
	Total Hfd/SA	AHL	69	11	22	33	-19	63	6	0	-	-	-	0.48
2004-05	Utah	AHL	27	9	10	19	-19	35	4	0	1	-	88	0.70
2003-04	Phoenix	NHL	59	8	10	18	-8	20	5	0	0	11:01	67	0.31
	Springfield	AHL	15	10	6	16	-3	19	3	0	4	-	49	1.07
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	20	3	1	4	-4	4	1	0	1	11:34	18	0.20
	Springfield	AHL	57	23	26	49	-13	44	11	0	6	-	134	0.86
2001-02	Minnesota	WCHA	43	34	24	58	-	86	14	1	8	-	-	1.35
2000-01	Minnesota	WCHA	38	12	23	35	-	56	4	0	5	-	-	0.92
	United States	WJC	7	6	2	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1.14
1999-00	Minnesota	WCHA	39	10	10	20	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	0.51
	United States	WJC	7	1	4	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.71
1998-99	Hastings	USHS	28	39	51	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.21
	United States	WJ18	6	3	2	5	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	0.83
1997-98	Hastings	USHS	28	37	29	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.36
1996-97	Hastings	USHS	25	21	37	58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.32
NHL	Total	NHL	180	21	25	46	-20	40	8	0	2	-	208	0.26
AHL	Total	AHL	606	203	297	500	-56	382	77	3	-	-	-	0.83
WCHA	Total	WCHA	120	56	57	113	-	164	-	-	-	-	-	0.94
USHS	Total	USHS	81	97	117	214	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.64
WJ18	Total	WJ18	6	3	2	5	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	0.83
WJC	Total	WJC	14	7	6	13	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.93

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Hershey	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2011-12	Minnesota	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Houston	AHL	4	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	-	-	3	0.00
2010-11	Chicago	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Rockford	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2009-10	Florida	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Rochester	AHL	7	1	6	7	2	9	0	0	-	-	17	1.00
2008-09	Pittsburgh	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	WB/Scranton	AHL	12	5	6	11	2	22	2	1	-	-	-	0.92
2007-08	Pittsburgh	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	WB/Scranton	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	San Antonio	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	NY Rangers	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	San Antonio	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Utah	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Springfield	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Springfield	AHL	5	0	3	3	-3	8	0	0	0	-	7	0.60
2001-02	Minnesota	WCHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Minnesota	WCHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	Minnesota	WCHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1998-99	Hastings	USHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1997-98	Hastings	USHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	Hastings	USHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
AHL	Total	AHL	28	6	15	21	-3	39	2	1	-	-	-	0.75

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	59	2003-04 (Phx)
Goals	8	2003-04 (Phx)
Assists	10	2003-04 (Phx)
Points	18	2003-04 (Phx)
Penalty Minutes	20	2003-04 (Phx)
Plus/Minus	+2	2 times-last: 2011-12 (Min)
Power Play Goals	5	2003-04 (Phx)
Shots	67	2003-04 (Phx)

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