Andrey Pedan
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Birthday:
1993-07-03 |
Position:
D |
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Eligible for draft:
2011 |
Shoots:
Left |
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Drafted:
2011 |
Height:
6-4 |
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Acquired:
3rd round (63rd overall), 2011 |
Weight:
201 lbs. |
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
- D
History
2008-09: Born in Lithuania, Andrey Pedan continued to play for Soviet Wings’ 1993-team while also training in the Wings’ sports school.
2009-10: Pedan split the season between OHK Dynamo Moscow’s MHL and U-18 teams. In 25 MHL games, he scored 8 goals with 12 assists and had 109 PMs. In three games with the U-18 team, he scored 2 goals with 1 assist and had 12 PMs. Pedan represented Russia at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial U-18 tournament and in four games was +4 with 8 PMs and no points. The OHL Guelph Storm selected Pedan in the first round (32nd overall) of the CHL Import draft. He was also a first round territorial pick (18th overall) by OHK Dynamo Moscow in the KHL territorial draft.
2010-11: Pedan showed steady improvement in his first season in North America playing junior hockey for the Guelph Storm. In 51 OHL regular season games, he scored 2 goals with 10 assists and was –11 plus/minus with 89 PMs. Pedan played a big role for the Storm in their tight, six-game first-round playoff series loss to Saginaw (4 of the 6 games were decided by one goal). Pedan had team-best eight assists in the series and was +1. He played for bronze medal-winning Team Russia at the World Junior U-18 Championships and had 2 assists in six games. Pedan was ranked 85th among North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings and was selected by the Islanders in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.
2011-12: Pedan provided both toughness and offensive support on the blue line for the Guelph Storm in his second OHL season. He had a team-high 152 penalty minutes and was the second-leading scorer amongst Storm defensemen with 10 goals and 30 assists. Pedan was minus-eight in 63 games. Guelph reached the playoffs after finishing fourth in the Midwest Division. Pedan was minus-six with 1 goal and 2 assists in the six-game playoff series with Plymouth.
Talent Analysis
Pedan is a tall defenseman who skates well and relishes the physical side of the game. He possesses considerable technical and offensive skills but it is his combativeness that attracted the attention of scouts. Pedan can handle himself when challenged and is positionally sound in his own end. Pedan possesses a rare combination of skill, athleticism and abrasiveness.
Future
Pedan will return to Guelph for a third season and is a candidate for Russia’s U-20 squad at the 2013 World Junior Championship tournament. Long-term, he projects as a solid defense-first defenseman with a big shot and some offensive skills. The Islanders were one of the most energetic and gritty teams in the NHL during the second half of the 2011-12 season and Pedan plays with that same type of ill humor.
