Vernon Fiddler was born May 9, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta. A free-agent signing by the Nashville Predators in the spring of 2002, Fiddler is a graduate of the WHL's Kelowna Rockets where he spent four seasons with the team while splitting his fourth season with the Medicine Hat Tigers.
After finishing his junior career with Medicine Hat, the Edmonton, Alberta native joined the ECHL's Arkansas Riverblades before joining the ECHL's Roanoke Express the following year. Fiddler played 44 games with Roanoke scoring 27G and 55PTS before finishing the season in the AHL with the Norfolk Admirals.
Over the course the next two seasons, Fiddler spent the majority of his time in the AHL with Milwaukee, helping the club capture the 2004 Calder Cup title.
Fiddler would once again crack the Predator line up in 2005-06 as he would appear in 40 games.
In the summer of 2009, Fiddler would ink a deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. In two seasons with the Coyotes he would post seasons of eight and six goals respectively before signing a deal with the Dallas Stars on July 1, 2011 as an unrestricted free agent.
After five seasons with the Stars, which included seasons of 13 and 12 goals in 2015 and 2016, Fiddler found himself a free agent once again. On July 1, 2016, he signed a deal with the New Jersey Devils. Fiddler's stay in New Jersey would be short-lived however. After just 39 games for the Devils he was traded back to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a fourth round draft pick.
