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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = JeffFriesen.jpg
| image = JeffFriesen.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Friesen with the [[Calgary Flames]] in 2007
| team = Free Agent
| former_teams = [[Calgary Flames]] <br> [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] <br> [[Washington Capitals]] <br> [[New Jersey Devils]] <br> [[San Jose Sharks]]
| played_for = [[San Jose Sharks]] <br>[[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] <br>[[New Jersey Devils]] <br>[[Washington Capitals]] <br>[[Calgary Flames]] <br>[[Eisbären Berlin]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left Wing]]
| shoots = Left
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 212
| weight_lb = 200
| nickname =
| ntl_team = Canada
| nationality = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|5}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|5}}
| birth_place = [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]], [[Saskatchewan|SK]]
| birth_place = [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| draft = 11th overall
| draft = 11th overall
| draft_year = 1994
| draft_year = 1994
| draft_team = [[San Jose Sharks]]
| draft_team = [[San Jose Sharks]]
| career_start = 1994
| career_start = 1994
| career_end = 2011
}}
}}
'''Jeffrey Daryl Friesen''' (born August 5, 1976) is a [[Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played over 800 games in the [[National Hockey League]], spending roughly half his career with the [[San Jose Sharks]], who drafted him in the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]]. The rest of his career was spent with the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]], [[New Jersey Devils]], [[Washington Capitals]], and [[Calgary Flames]]. He won the [[Stanley Cup]] with the Devils in [[2003 Stanley Cup Finals|2003]].
'''Jeff Daryl Friesen''' (born [[August 5]], [[1976]] in [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]) is a professional [[ice hockey|hockey]] player, He is currently a free agent.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Friesen played his junior years with the [[Regina Pats]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL). He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[San Jose Sharks]].
Friesen played his junior years with the [[Regina Pats]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) where he was Rookie of the Year in 1993. He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the [[1994 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[San Jose Sharks]]. He played 14 season in the NHL as a winger, originally as a left winger but also as a right winger.


Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks until he was traded to the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] near the end of the [[2000-01 NHL season|2000-2001 season]]. After playing the following season with the Ducks, he was traded to the [[New Jersey Devils]] for the [[2002-03 NHL season|2002-2003 season]] where he won the [[Stanley Cup]]. On [[September 26]], [[2005]], the [[salary cap]] troubled Devils traded Friesen to the [[Washington Capitals]] in exchange for a conditional [[2006 NHL Entry Draft|2006]] draft pick. On [[March 9]], [[2006]], he moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06 regular season]] sidelined with a groin injury.
Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks, becoming their 3rd all-time leading scorer, but was traded to the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] near the end of the [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]] season. After playing the following season with the Ducks, he was traded to the [[New Jersey Devils]] for the [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]] season where he won the [[Stanley Cup]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/sports/hockey-devils-trade-sykora-to-ducks-for-3-players.html | title = Devils trade Sykora to Ducks for 3 players | newspaper = [[New York Times]] | date = 2002-07-07 | access-date = 2002-07-07}}</ref> In the [[NHL Conference Finals|Eastern Conference Finals]] against the [[Ottawa Senators]] that year, Friesen scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in regulation in Game 7. It was his third game-winning goal of the series. Then in Game 7 of the finals, he scored two goals against his former team, the Ducks en route to the Devils' third Stanley Cup championship.


On September 26, 2005, the [[salary cap]]-troubled Devils traded Friesen to the [[Washington Capitals]] in exchange for a conditional [[2006 NHL Entry Draft|2006]] draft pick. On March 9, 2006, he was moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] season sidelined with a groin injury.
Friesen was signed by the [[Calgary Flames]] on [[July 5]], [[2006]] to a 1-year $1.6 million dollar contract for the [[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07 season]]. After a disappointing season that had Friesen producing six goals and six assists in seventy-two games, the [[Calgary Flames]] chose not to re-sign Jeff Friesen. He was playing in the AHL as a Left Wing for the [[Lake Erie Monsters]].


Friesen was signed by the [[Calgary Flames]] on July 5, 2006 to a 1-year $1.6 million contract for the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]] season. After a disappointing season that had Friesen producing six goals and six assists in seventy-two games, the [[Calgary Flames]] chose not to re-sign him. He played in the AHL as a left wing for the [[Lake Erie Monsters]] before January 29, 2008, when Friesen was released.
On 1/29/08 Jeff Friesen was released by the Lake Erie Monsters.

He is likely to retire from the NHL in the coming days...
Friesen attended the San Jose Sharks' 2008 training camp on a tryout basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=380571 |title=Friesen returns as tryout player |access-date=2008-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830212440/http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=380571 |archive-date=2008-08-30 }}</ref> On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=385686 |title=Friesen Released From Training Camp |access-date=2008-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010163050/http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=385686 |archive-date=2008-10-10 }}</ref> On August 29, 2009, Friesen signed a one-year contract with the [[Eisbären Berlin]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (DEL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eisbaeren.de/content/13.php?action=detail&n_id=6468 |title=Jeff Friesen bleibt Eisbär |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902081401/http://www.eisbaeren.de/content/13.php?action=detail&n_id=6468 |archive-date=2009-09-02 }}</ref>

Friesen is tied with [[Jamie Baker (ice hockey)|Jamie Baker]] for the Sharks single-season short-handed goals record with 6, set in the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]] season.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/goals_sh_season.html | title = Single-season short-handed goals | website = hockey-reference.com | date = 2010-01-02 | access-date = 2010-01-02}}</ref> On February 21, 2015 he returned to San Jose (Santa Clara) where he was introduced along with several other former Shark players before the outdoor Stadium Series game vs. the L.A. Kings at [[Levi's Stadium]] in Santa Clara.

==Personal life==
Friesen and his ex-wife Rhonda have a daughter and son together.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/mehr-sport/2009/09/25/eishockey-eisbaeren-berlin/jeff-friesens-familie-in-berlin-tegel-angekommen.html |title= Hier umarmt Friesen seine Allerliebsten |date= 2009-09-25 |access-date= 2010-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faz.net/s/Rub9CD731D06F17450CB39BE001000DD173/Doc~EDECBCDC064D24845AFFF95D90BD29BE6~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html |title= Seine Welt ist eine Scheibe |date= 2009-11-02 |access-date= 2010-01-04}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
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| [[Regina Pats]]
| [[Regina Pats]]
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| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
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| 4
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| --
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| --
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| Regina Pats
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| WHL
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| 17
| 8
| 8
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| 1993-94
| Regina Pats
| Regina Pats
| WHL
| WHL
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| 5
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| 2
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| 1994-95
| Regina Pats
| Regina Pats
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| WHL
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| 44
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| 22
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| 1994-95
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
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| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
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| San Jose Sharks
| San Jose Sharks
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| NHL
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| 1
| 2
| 2
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| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| 1998-99
| San Jose Sharks
| San Jose Sharks
| NHL
| NHL
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| 14
| 14
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| 1999-00
| San Jose Sharks
| San Jose Sharks
| NHL
| NHL
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| 4
| 10
| 10
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| 2000-01
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== Personal ==
===International===
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{{MedalCountry | {{ih|CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1997 Helsinki]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 IIHF World Championship|2004 Prague]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1996 Vienna]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championship|World Junior Championships]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1994 Frydek-Mistek/Ostrava]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1995 Red Deer]]|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
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! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
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| [[1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1994]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| {{gold1}}
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1995]]
| Canada
| WJC
| {{gold1}}
| 7
| 5
| 2
| 7
| 4
|-
| [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| {{silver2}}
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6
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| WC
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| 11
| 3
| 4
| 7
| 16
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| [[1999 IIHF World Championship|1999]]
| Canada
| WC
| 4th
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 4
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| Canada
| WC
| 5th
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 6
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| [[2004 IIHF World Championship|2004]]
| Canada
| WC
| {{gold1}}
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| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
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! 5
! 4
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! 4
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! 8
! 10
! 18
! 32
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==Awards==
Friesen and his wife Rhonda have one daughter, Kaylee (born in 2005). {{Fact|date=July 2007}}
===CHL/WHL===
* [[Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy]] - 1993
* [[CHL Rookie of the Year]] - 1993
* CHL All-Rookie Team - 1993
===NHL===
*[[NHL All-Rookie Team]] - 1995
*[[Stanley Cup]] champion - [[2003 Stanley Cup Finals|2003]]


==External links==
==References==
*{{hockeydb|1786}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 25 June 2024

Jeff Friesen
Friesen with the Calgary Flames in 2007
Born (1976-08-05) August 5, 1976 (age 48)
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for San Jose Sharks
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
New Jersey Devils
Washington Capitals
Calgary Flames
Eisbären Berlin
National team  Canada
NHL draft 11th overall, 1994
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1994–2011

Jeffrey Daryl Friesen (born August 5, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played over 800 games in the National Hockey League, spending roughly half his career with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. The rest of his career was spent with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, and Calgary Flames. He won the Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2003.

Playing career

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Friesen played his junior years with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL) where he was Rookie of the Year in 1993. He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He played 14 season in the NHL as a winger, originally as a left winger but also as a right winger.

Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks, becoming their 3rd all-time leading scorer, but was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim near the end of the 2000–01 season. After playing the following season with the Ducks, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils for the 2002–03 season where he won the Stanley Cup.[1] In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Ottawa Senators that year, Friesen scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in regulation in Game 7. It was his third game-winning goal of the series. Then in Game 7 of the finals, he scored two goals against his former team, the Ducks en route to the Devils' third Stanley Cup championship.

On September 26, 2005, the salary cap-troubled Devils traded Friesen to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a conditional 2006 draft pick. On March 9, 2006, he was moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the 2005–06 season sidelined with a groin injury.

Friesen was signed by the Calgary Flames on July 5, 2006 to a 1-year $1.6 million contract for the 2006–07 season. After a disappointing season that had Friesen producing six goals and six assists in seventy-two games, the Calgary Flames chose not to re-sign him. He played in the AHL as a left wing for the Lake Erie Monsters before January 29, 2008, when Friesen was released.

Friesen attended the San Jose Sharks' 2008 training camp on a tryout basis.[2] On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp.[3] On August 29, 2009, Friesen signed a one-year contract with the Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[4]

Friesen is tied with Jamie Baker for the Sharks single-season short-handed goals record with 6, set in the 1997–98 season.[5] On February 21, 2015 he returned to San Jose (Santa Clara) where he was introduced along with several other former Shark players before the outdoor Stadium Series game vs. the L.A. Kings at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

Personal life

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Friesen and his ex-wife Rhonda have a daughter and son together.[6][7]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Regina Pats WHL 4 3 1 4 2 — — — — —
1992–93 Regina Pats WHL 70 45 38 83 23 13 7 10 17 8
1993–94 Regina Pats WHL 66 51 67 118 48 4 3 2 5 2
1994–95 Regina Pats WHL 25 21 23 44 22 — — — — —
1994–95 San Jose Sharks NHL 48 15 10 25 14 11 1 5 6 4
1995–96 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 15 31 46 42 — — — — —
1996–97 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 34 62 75 — — — — —
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 31 32 63 40 6 0 1 1 2
1998–99 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 22 35 57 42 6 2 2 4 14
1999–2000 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 26 35 61 47 11 2 2 4 10
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 12 24 36 56 — — — — —
2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 15 2 10 12 10 — — — — —
2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 81 17 26 43 44 — — — — —
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 23 28 51 26 24 10 4 14 6
2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 17 20 37 26 5 0 0 0 4
2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 33 3 4 7 24 — — — — —
2005–06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 18 1 3 4 8 16 3 1 4 6
2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 72 6 6 12 34 5 0 0 0 2
2007–08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 5 1 4 5 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Eisbären Berlin DEL 53 15 30 45 130 5 1 1 2 0
2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL 30 5 9 14 12 11 1 4 5 2
NHL totals 893 218 298 516 488 84 18 15 33 48

International

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Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Helsinki
Gold medal – first place 2004 Prague
Silver medal – second place 1996 Vienna
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Frydek-Mistek/Ostrava
Gold medal – first place 1995 Red Deer
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1994 Canada WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
1995 Canada WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 5 2 7 4
1996 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2 0 2 6
1997 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 3 4 7 16
1999 Canada WC 4th 7 2 2 4 0
2001 Canada WC 5th 7 1 3 4 6
2004 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 12 5 4 9 4
Senior totals 42 8 10 18 32

Awards

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CHL/WHL

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NHL

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References

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  1. ^ "Devils trade Sykora to Ducks for 3 players". New York Times. 2002-07-07. Retrieved 2002-07-07.
  2. ^ "Friesen returns as tryout player". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  3. ^ "Friesen Released From Training Camp". Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  4. ^ "Jeff Friesen bleibt Eisbär". Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  5. ^ "Single-season short-handed goals". hockey-reference.com. 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  6. ^ "Hier umarmt Friesen seine Allerliebsten". 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  7. ^ "Seine Welt ist eine Scheibe". 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by San Jose Sharks first round draft pick
1994 		Succeeded by
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