Darcy Kuemper

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CanadaCanada  Darcy Kuemper Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 5th 1990
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 88 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 35
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 6th round, 161st position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2006-2007 Saskatoon Contacts
Spokane Chiefs
2007-2008 Saskatoon Blazers
2008-2011 Red Deer Rebels
2009-2010 Houston Eros
2011–2012 Ontario Reign
2012-2013 Houston Eros
Orlando Solar Bears
2012-2017 Minnesota Wild
2013-2017 Iowa Wild
2017-2018 Los Angeles Kings
since 2018 Arizona Coyotes

Darcy Kuemper (born May 5, 1990 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League since February 2018 .

Career

Kuemper started his career with Saskatoon Contacts in 2006 and reached the playoffs with his team. He played a playoff game for the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL . The following season he guarded the goal of the Saskatoon Blazers .

For the new season he moved to the Red Deer Rebels in the WHL. In January 2010 he was appointed goalkeeper week of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the umbrella organization of the Canadian junior leagues, and was appointed to the WHL (East) Second All-Star Team. In the 2009/10 season he made a brief stint in the AHL with the Houston Eros .

In 2009 he was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the NHL Entry Draft in the 6th round at the total of 161st position.

The 2010/11 season he was completely between the posts with the Rebels. This season was very successful for Kuemper, he finished the season with the lowest goals against goals (1.86) and the highest catch rate (93.3%) of all goalkeepers in the WHL. This was followed by the appointment to the WHL (East) First All-Star Team and several appointments as goalkeeper of the week of the CHL. At the end of the season, he received the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year and the Del Wilson Trophy for Goalkeeper of the Year of the WHL and was also named Goalkeeper of the Year for the CHL .

The following season, Kuemper moved to the Houston Eros and also played some games for the Ontario Reign in the ECHL . He was named the AHL Player of the Week and Rookie of the Month once in December.

On April 18, 2013 Kuemper made his debut in the NHL when the Wild away game with the San Jose Sharks . Since then he has acted as a backup and is regularly used by the game and their farm team , the Iowa Wild .

After six years in the organization of the Wild, his contract was not extended after the 2016/17 season, so that the Canadian joined the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent in July 2017 . There it was regularly used as a backup for Jonathan Quick before the Kings handed it over to the Arizona Coyotes in February 2018 and Tobias Rieder and Scott Wedgewood received in return . At the same time, Kuemper signed a new two-year contract in Arizona. After the season he made his debut in the 2018 World Cup for the Canadian national team , where he finished fourth with the team.

In the 2018/19 season, Kuemper rose to the Coyotes' regular goalkeeper due to an injury to Antti Raanta and played 55 games in which he recorded five shutouts and 27 wins, each of which was NHL best for him.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2006/07 Spokane Chiefs WHL - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 100.0
2008/09 Red Deer Rebels WHL 55 21st 25th 8th 3167 156 3 2.96 89.8 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Red Deer Rebels WHL 61 28 23 4th 3234 147 3 2.73 90.8 2 0 2 61 6th 0 5.86 80.6
2009/10 Houston Eros AHL 4th 2 1 0 199 8th 0 2.41 88.6 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Red Deer Rebels WHL 62 45 12 5 3685 114 13 1.86 93.3 7th 4th 3 403 19th 0 2.83 89.6
2011/12 Ontario Reign ECHL 8th 7th 1 0 484 14th 0 1.74 94.1 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Houston Eros AHL 19th 6th 6th 4th 1070 42 1 2.36 92.3 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Houston Eros AHL 21st 13 8th 0 1210 38 4th 1.88 93.4 2 1 1 119 3 1 1.51 95.7
2012/13 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 3 0 2 1 184 8th 0 2.61 92.9 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Minnesota Wild NHL 6th 1 2 0 288 10 0 2.08 91.6 2 0 0 73 4th 0 3.29 87.9
2013/14 Iowa Wild AHL 17th 7th 10 0 997 41 1 2.47 92.9 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Minnesota Wild NHL 26th 12 8th 4th 1480 60 2 2.43 91.5 6th 3 1 325 11 1 2.03 91.3
2014/15 Minnesota Wild NHL 31 14th 12 2 1569 68 3 2.60 90.5 1 0 0 23 0 0 0.00 100
2014/15 Iowa Wild AHL 5 2 3 0 279 15th 1 3.22 89.1 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Minnesota Wild NHL 21st 6th 7th 5 1064 43 2 2.43 91.5 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Minnesota Wild NHL 18th 8th 5 3 1054 55 0 3.13 90.2 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19th 10 1 3 1000 35 3 2.10 93.2 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Arizona Coyotes NHL 10 2 6th 2 597 32 1 3.22 89.9 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 55 27 20th 8th 3252 126 5 2.33 92.5 - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Arizona Coyotes NHL 29 16 11 2 1754 65 2 2.22 92.8 9 4th 5 502 29 0 3.47 91.3
2019/20 Tucson Roadrunners AHL 1 0 1 0 59 2 0 2.05 92.9 - - - - - - - -
WHL overall 178 94 61 17th 10086 417 19th 2.48 91.4 10 4th 5 464 25th 0 3.23 88.4
ECHL total 11 7th 3 1 668 22nd 0 1.98 93.8 - - - - - - - -
AHL total 67 30th 29 4th 3814 146 7th 2.30 92.5 2 1 1 119 3 1 1.51 95.7
NHL overall 215 96 72 29 12055 494 18th 2.46 91.8 18th 7th 6th 924 44 1 2.86 91.3

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2018 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 3 2 363 15th 1 2.48 86.7
Men overall 7th 3 2 363 15th 1 2.48 86.7

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Kuemper, Darcy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada