Seidenberg found himself on the bench during all five of Hannover's goals and finished with a +1 rating in this game, having been on the ice as former Washington Capital Stefan Ustorf scored the 1-1 Equalizer.
Otherwise, if Seidenberg is in an one-on-one situation behind the goal, he use his stick and his back to retrieve the puck, and that seems to work well.
All in all: Mannheim lost the game but Seidenberg didn't play as poorly as some of his teammates did and all three of his long passes from his own zone to the forwards 40-50 meters in front of him found his teammate.
The highlight of Seidenberg’s month with the Phantoms was an overtime winner versus Hartford on March 23rd in a stretch that had seen the Phantoms play seven times in 10 days.
Seidenberg also spent parts of three seasons with Adler Mannheim of the German Elite League, and won a championship with the 2001-02 Mannheim squad that featured former Phantom Michel Picard and a slew of former AHL names.
One of Seidenberg’s teammates that season with Mannheim was his brother, Yannic, now a 19-year-old forward with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers.
One could say that Seidenberg has been fragile having been sidelined with injuries for the most part of his NHL career, however I think he has much bigger upside then a older former scoring star with diminishing skills.
Seidenberg did put up a solid season with the Phantoms last year and may have just had a few bad breaks with injuries.
DennisSeidenberg was having an average year after being thoroughly unlucky with injuries.
DennisSeidenberg's introduction to the Coyotes was a morning skate with associate coach Barry Smith and three other players on Saturday at the team's auxiliary practice facility in Peoria.
Seidenberg is hopeful that changes here with increased ice time.
Seidenberg is from Germany, where he nearly became a professional tennis player.
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Seidenberg admits to being disappointed to find himself in the AHL but remains hopeful.
Seidenberg found a home on the Philadelphia power play, his big left-handed shot from the point helping to breathe life into a late-season run for a Calder Cup playoff berth.
How long Stevens will be able to turn to Seidenberg remains to be seen, but Stevens begins his fourth season as head coach planning to enjoy the luxury for now.
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Seidenberg, who has two goals and five assists in 29 games this season, had also been a healthy scratch, sitting the past three games, but said he was surprised by the trade.
Like Nedved, Seidenberg has had trouble staying healthy this season as he has been sidelined by a broken wrist, a knee injury and a concussion.
Seidenberg, who will play for Germany in the upcoming Olympics, will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
Seidenberg, who will be a restricted free agent this summer, will make the league minimum $450,000 this season while Nedved will make $2.2 million this season and $2.3 million next.
Seidenberg, who was a member of the 2002 German Olympic team and will be so again at next month's Winter Games, has six goals and 14 assists in 92 games over parts of three seasons with the Flyers.
Seidenberg said he is excited about the trade, although he added it was unexpected.
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Seidenberg then posted 2-8-10 and 19 PIM in 18 playoff games as the Phantoms won the title.
He registered 7-12-19 and 31 PIM for the Phantoms and was named to the AHL All-Star Team before missing the majority of the season recovering from a broken leg.
Seidenberg ranked 3rd on the Flyers in shots on goal with 123 that season and was also named to the NHL YoungStars Game as part of NHL All-Star Weekend in 2003.
PHILADELPHIA -- Goalie Robert Esche and defenseman DennisSeidenberg agreed to contracts with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
Esche, who was 21-11-7 with a 2.04 goals-against average for the Flyers during the 2003-04 season, agreed to a two-year contract.
He was drafted by Phoenix in the sixth round in 1996 and acquired by the Flyers, along with forward Michal Handzus, in a trade that sent goalie Brian Boucher to the Coyotes.
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Recchi, who had just three goals in his previous 24 games, and snapped the third deadlock of the game when he put defenseman DennisSeidenberg's rebound past goaltender Pasi Nurminen as he was falling to the ice for his 10th goal of the season.
Justin Williams, Seidenberg and rookie Radovan Somik scored the other goals for Philadelphia, which went 4-2-1 on the trip.
But Seidenberg tied it eight minutes later, slipping a soft backhander from the slot past the goalie.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Three seasons and 85 games into his NHL career, DennisSeidenberg might be no closer to a permanent position with the Flyers than the day he walked in the door.
Seidenberg, a sixth-round pick in the 2001 draft, made a fairly impressive debut his 2002-03 rookie season, playing 58 games and displaying some good offensive skills.
Seidenberg is one of only seven German-born players in the NHL (Washington's Olaf Kolzig, Boston's Marco Sturm, Buffalo's Jochen Hecht, San Jose's Marcel Goc and Christian Ehroff and Ottawa's Christoph Schubert the others).
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Seidenberg re-signed with the Coyotes on Thursday, inking a two-year pact, the Associated Press reports.
Seidenberg, who played for Team Germany at the Olympics, is expected at Thursday's practice at the Desert Schools Coyotes Center in Peoria, the Arizona Republic reports.
Seidenberg had his first two points as a Coyote in Sunday's overtime loss to Edmonton on Sunday night, getting two assists.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - Phoenix Coyotes Executive Vice President and General Manager Michael Barnett announced today that the Coyotes have acquired defenseman DennisSeidenberg from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for center Petr Nedved.
Seidenberg, 24, has played in 29 games this season with the Flyers, collecting 2-5-7 and 4 penalty minutes (PIM) while averaging 14:22 of ice time per game.
Seidenberg -- who was born in Schwenningen, West Germany -- will represent Germany next month at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes traded center Petr Nedved to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman DennisSeidenberg.
Friday's trade also gave the Flyers the option of swapping fourth-round draft choices with the Coyotes at this year's entry draft and third-round choices with the Coyotes in next year's entry draft.
Seidenberg has been in the NHL three years, all with the Flyers.
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CENTER LEFT WING RIGHT WING DEFENCE DEFENCE 1 Marc Savard Alexander Semin Rémi Lessard Ryan Whitney DennisSeidenberg 2 Matt Stajan Radek Dvorak Ville Nieminen Dan Hamhuis Denis Grebeshkov
CENTER WINGER DEFENCE DEFENCE 1 Marc Savard Martin Erat Dan Hamhuis Ryan Whitney 2 Ivan Khomutov Alexander Semin DennisSeidenberg Alexei Semenov