Joseph Tetarenko is a retired Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player.

Bio

Tetarenko was drafted by the Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...

 82nd overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft

1996 NHL Entry Draft

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. He made his National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 debut for the Panthers during the 2000–01 NHL season and went on to play 69 games over three seasons before he was traded to the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 for Simon Lajeunesse

Simon Lajeunesse

Simon Lajeunesse is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game for the Ottawa Senators during the 2001–02 NHL season.-Playing career:...

. After appearing in only two games with Ottawa in 2003 he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes

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, spending much of his tenure with their American Hockey League

American Hockey League

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 affiliate the Lowell Lock Monsters.

Tetarenko signed with the Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild

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 in 2004, but never played for the team, instead spending three seasons in the AHL with the Houston Aeros

Houston Aeros

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Tetarenko retired after the 2006–07 season and now works as a fish monger in the Houston area.

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