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• Professional ice hockey right wing Wade Belak plays for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League. He was waived by the Florida Panthers on November 22, 2008.The Miami Herald: Florida Panthers waive enforcer Wade Belak Belak cleared waivers, then was traded to the Nashville Predators on November 28, 2008, for Nick Tarnasky.ESPN.com: Predators Send Tarnasky to Panthers for 32-year-old Belak

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: July 3, 1976
  2. Birthplace: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  3. Height: 6' 5"
  4. Weight: 221 lbs.
  5. Position: Right wing
  6. Shoots: Right
  7. High school: North Battleford Comprehensive High School
  8. Draft year: 1994
  9. Spouse: Jennifer Jordan Russell

• NHL Career

  Belak was drafted 12th overall in the 1994 NHL draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He played two seasons in the American Hockey League with the Cornwall Aces. The Nordiques relocated to become the Colorado Avalanche in 1995 and Belak made his NHL debut with the Avalanche in 1996. On February 28, 1999, Belak was traded to the Calgary Flames. After missing the majority of the next two seasons with a shoulder injury, he was waived by the Flames and picked up by the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 16, 2001. Belak played for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. He returned to the Maple Leafs for nearly three seasons before he was traded to the Florida Panthers on February 26, 2008.

• Career Highlights

  • 2005: EIHL All-Star Game
  • 2007: 400th career NHL game on October 20th

• Timeline

  • 1992-96: Saskatoon Blades, Western Hockey League
  • 1994: Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques
  • 1994-96: Cornwall Aces, AHL
  • 1996-99: Colorado Avalanche
  • 1999-00: Calgary Flames
  • 2000-04: Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 2004-05: Coventry Blaze, British EIHL
  • 2005-08: Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 2008: Florida Panthers
  • 2008-present: Nashville Predators

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