BIOGRAPHY

Andrew Ference was born March 17, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta. He started his hockey career in the Western Hockey League for the Portland Winter Hawks, and after three seasons was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1997. He made his NHL debut for Pittsburgh in 1999. Ference spent his 2001-02 season with the New Jersey Devils, and was traded to the Calgary Flames in 2003. He scored a career high of 16 points for Calgary and played in 26 playoff games, assisting his team to the Stanley Cup finals. In 2007 Ference was traded to the Boston Bruins. Ference is an active environmentalist, and created a carbon-neutral program for the NHL, which now includes over 500 players who purchase carbon offset credits to counteract the negative environmental impact of professional sports.