Darcy Tucker

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Darcy Tucker
Date of birth March 15, 1975
place of birth Castor , Alberta , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 81 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 6th lap, 151st position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1991-1995 Kamloops Blazers
1995-1996 Fredericton Canadiens
1996-1998 Canadiens de Montréal
1998-2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
2000-2008 Toronto Maple Leafs
2008-2010 Colorado Avalanche

Darcy Tucker (born March 15, 1975 in Castor , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 947 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Tampa Bay Lightning , Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche in the course of his active career between 1995 and 2010 of the National Hockey League on the position of the right winger . Tucker's brother-in-law is former Canadian ice hockey player Shayne Corson , who was also active in the NHL.

Career

Tucker, along with Tyson Nash and Ryan Huska, is one of three players to appear on the ice in all three Memorial Cup victories of the Kamloops Blazers in 1992 , 1994 and 1995 . During his time with the franchise from the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League , the winger was elected twice to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team and the WHL West First All-Star Team. He was also elected in 1994 with the best players of the Canadian Hockey League umbrella organization in their First All-Star team and received the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the Memorial Cup. At the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 , the Montréal Canadiens secured the rights to the young player and finally used him for the first time in the 1995/96 season with their farm team Fredericton Canadiens in the American Hockey League .

This season, the Canadian was awarded the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the best rookie of the season, in addition, he received his first operating times with the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League . After two and a half years in the Canadian metropolis, where the attacker reached the play-off quarter-finals twice with the Canadiens, Tucker was transferred to league rivals Tampa Bay Lightning together with Stéphane Richer and David Wilkie in exchange for Patrick Poulin , Igor Ulanow and Mick Vukota . There the attacker played three seasons and was finally given up for Mike Johnson to the Toronto Maple Leafs .

In the Conference quarter-finals in 2002 , Tucker checked the Canadian Michael Peca , captain of the New York Islanders , in the fifth game in the series with the hip, so that he suffered a double cruciate ligament tear in his left knee and was out for several months. However, no punishment was pronounced against Tucker. In the summer of 2006, the Maple Leafs signed Peca as the new teammate of the offensive player.

On June 24, 2008, Tucker became a free agent after the Toronto Maple Leafs terminated his existing contract. A week later, the links Sagittarius signed a with 4.5 million US dollars doped contract with the Colorado Avalanche . After two seasons with the Denver team , in which he could not build on his points yield in Toronto, Darcy Tucker announced his retirement from active sport on October 1, 2010.

International

With the Canadian junior national team Darcy Tucker won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 1995 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1994 CHL First All-Star Team
  • 1995 WHL West First All-Star Team
  • 1995 President's Cup win with the Kamloops Blazers
  • 1995 Memorial Cup win with the Kamloops Blazers
  • 1995 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
  • 1996 Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 26th 3 10 13 32 9 0 1 1 16
1992 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 3 0 0 0 0
1992/93 Kamloops Blazers WHL 67 31 58 89 155 13 7th 6th 13 34
1993/94 Kamloops Blazers WHL 66 52 88 140 143 19th 9 18th 27 43
1994 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 4th 6th 3 9 6th
1994/95 Kamloops Blazers WHL 64 64 73 137 94 21st 16 15th 31 19th
1995 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 4th 2 4th 6th 4th
1995/96 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1995/96 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 74 29 64 93 174 7th 7th 3 10 14th
1996/97 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 73 7th 13 20th 110 4th 0 0 0 0
1997/98 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 39 1 5 6th 57 - - - - -
1997/98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 35 6th 8th 14th 89 - - - - -
1998/99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 21st 22nd 43 176 - - - - -
1999/00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 50 14th 20th 34 108 - - - - -
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 7th 10 17th 55 12 4th 2 6th 15th
2000/01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 16 21st 37 141 11 0 2 2 6th
2001/02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 24 35 59 92 17th 4th 4th 8th 38
2002/03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 10 26th 36 119 6th 0 3 3 6th
2003/04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 21st 11 32 68 12 2 0 2 14th
2004/05 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 28 33 61 100 - - - - -
2006/07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 24 19th 43 81 - - - - -
2007/08 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 18th 16 34 100 - - - - -
2008/09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 63 8th 8th 16 67 - - - - -
2009/10 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71 10 14th 24 47 6th 0 0 0 2
WHL overall 223 150 229 379 424 62 32 40 72 112
AHL total 74 29 64 93 174 7th 7th 3 10 14th
NHL overall 947 215 261 476 1410 68 10 11 21st 81

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1995 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 4th 4th 0
Juniors overall 7th 0 4th 4th 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cbc.ca Leafs, Isles go into Game 6 without captains
  2. ↑ cbc.ca, Avalanche sign ex-Leafs Tucker, Raycroft
  3. ↑ tsn.ca, Darcy Tucker announces his retirement
personal data
SURNAME Tucker, Darcy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Castor , Alberta