Mitch Fadden

2004-05: Fadden spent his first full-time season in the WHL with Seattle after appearing in two games with the Chiefs in 2003-04. He scored 9 goals with 12 assists and was +4 with 30 PIM in 64 games. He saw limited ice time in the WHL playoffs, scoring 2 goals (one on the power play) and was -1 with 4 PIM in 12 games.

2005-06: Fadden began his second WHL season with Seattle before being traded to Lethbridge in mid-season. In 68 games with the two teams, he scored 20 goals with 28 assists and was -3 with 41 PIM. Four of his goals came on the power play. Fadden was a key player in the playoffs for Lethbridge, scoring 2 goals with 5 assists and was +3 with 14 PIM as the Hurricanes fell to Calgary in a six-game, first-round series.

2006-07: Fadden was the second-leading scorer for the Hurricanes in his first full season with Lethbridge. He scored 36 goals with 48 assists and was +9 with 54 PIM in 71 games for a Hurricanes team that finished last in the WHL’s tough Central Division. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs despite having a better record than three playoff teams. Fadden scored 12 power play goals and 4 game-winners as well as scoring short-handed twice. He was named WHL and CHL Player of the Week in February 2007 after registering 12 points, including back-to-back hat tricks, in four games.

2007-08: Fadden was the WHL’s sixth-leading scorer in his second full season with Lethbridge. Fadden scored 34 goals with 55 assists and was +23 with 72 PIM as the Hurricanes finished second behind Calgary in the Central division. Fadden scored 12 power play goals and 3 times on the penalty kill. He continued to score in the playoffs as the Hurricanes reached the WHL finals against Spokane. He he racked up 5 goals with 15 assists and was -3 with 19 PIM in 19 games. Fadden was named to the WHL East Second All-Star Team.

2008-09: Fadden returned to the WHL for an overage season after attending Lightning training camp. After opening the season with Lethrbridge, he was traded to Tri-City in November in a multi-player deal. Fadden scored 2 goals with 3 assists in nine games for Lethbridge before the trade. He finished the season with 37 goals and 39 assists and was +24 with 49 PIM and scored 14 power play goals in a combined 63 games between the two clubs. In the playoffs with Tri-City, he scored 3 goals with 13 assists and was +7 with 8 PIM in ten games.

2009-10: Fadden’s first pro season got off to a rocky start as he was injured during prospects camp and then missed most of the first two months of the season with a lower body injury. Had his best stretch of the season between January 22 and February 15 when he had 12 point in 14 games. He finished the season with 7 goals and 12 assists and was -9 with 8 PIM in 53 games for the Admirals. Three of his seven goals were scored on the power play.

2010-11: Fadden skated in 37 games for the ECHL’s Florida Everblades before being forced to stop playing due to a blood clot condition in mid-January. He scored 15 goals with 36 assists and was -2 with 34 PMs. The Lightning terminated Fadden’s contract in March 2011.