Darcy Werenka

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Flag of Canada and Austria.svg  Darcy Werenka Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 13, 1973
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 2nd lap, 37th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1988-1989 Sherwood Park Crusaders
1989-1992 Lethbridge Hurricanes
1992-1993 Brandon Wheat Kings
1993-1995 Binghamton Rangers
1995-1996 Chicago Wolves
Atlanta Knights
1996-1997 Quebec Rafales
Houston Eros
1997-1999 Viennese EV
1999-2000 Utah grizzlies
2000-2001 HPK Hämeenlinna
2001-2002 Schwenninger Wild Wings
2002-2003 Cologne Sharks
2003-2010 Vienna Capitals
2010-2011 EC Graz 99ers
2011–2012 Dragons de Rouen
2013 Kapfenberg Bulls

Darcy Werenka (* 13. May 1973 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player with Austrian citizenship , the more than 500 games in the Austrian Hockey League has completed, but also in other top European leagues and the American Hockey League was active .

Career

Werenka (front) in the Dragons de Rouen jersey .

Darcy Werenka began his career with the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League . From 1989 to 1993 he played in the Western Hockey League , one of the three major Canadian youth leagues , for the Lethbridge Hurricanes and finally for the Brandon Wheat Kings . After he was elected to the Second All-Star team of the Eastern Conference in 1991, chose him New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in the second round than a total of 37 players. The Rangers put him in the following years in their farm team Binghamton Rangers , for which he completed 143 games in the American Hockey League until 1995 . The following two years he played for various teams in the International Hockey League .

In 1997 the defender moved to Europe for the first time and played for two years at Wiener EV in the Austrian ice hockey league . He then played in the United States with the Utah Grizzlies again in the IHL. In 2000 he came back to Europe, first to Finland to Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho and then in 2001 to the Schwenninger Wild Wings . In 2002 he went to the Cologne Sharks for a year . From 2003 to 2010 he played again for the Vienna Capitals in the ÖEHL. In 2005 he was appointed captain of the Vienna team with which he had previously won the Austrian championship . In the championship season as well as in the 2006/07 season , the top scorer was among the defenders. For the 2010/11 season he moved to the EC Graz 99ers . He left this after a year and joined the Dragons de Rouen from the French Ligue Magnus for the 2011/12 season , with whom he won the IIHF Continental Cup and the French championship in 2012 . In January 2013 he joined the third highest Austrian league with the Kapfenberg Bulls and reached the playoff final of the National Amateur Hockey League with them , which was lost to EC Tarco Wölfe Klagenfurt . Then he ended his career.

International

In the junior division Werenka still played for Canada and won the gold medal with the U20 selection of his country at the 1993 World Cup .

On April 16, 2008 he received Austrian citizenship and on the same day, at the World Cup of Division I , he played his first game for the Austrian national team , where he was named the most valuable player of the evening. Also in 2010 he played in Division I. After both times he was promoted, he played in the top division in 2009 and 2011 , but had to accept immediate relegation. He also represented the Alpine nationals at the qualifying tournament for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 37 12 25th 37 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 63 1 18th 19th 16 19th 0 2 2 4th
1990/91 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 72 13 37 50 39 16 1 7th 8th 4th
1991/92 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 69 17th 58 75 56 5 2 1 3 0
1992/93 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 19th 4th 17th 21st 12 - - - - -
1992/93 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 36 4th 25th 29 19th 3 0 0 0 2
1992/93 Binghamton Rangers AHL 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Binghamton Rangers AHL 53 5 22nd 27 10 - - - - -
1994/95 Binghamton Rangers AHL 73 18th 29 47 12 11 4th 3 7th 2
1995/96 Chicago Wolves IHL 12 2 5 7th 10 - - - - -
1995/96 Atlanta Knights IHL 58 6th 20th 26th 22nd 3 0 2 2 0
1996/97 Rafales de Quebec IHL 5 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Houston Eros IHL 74 12 20th 32 31 13 2 1 3 2
1997/98 Vienna Ice Skating Club OIL 42 5 15th 20th 18th - - - - -
1998/99 Vienna Ice Skating Club OIL 47 11 22nd 33 16 - - - - -
1999/00 Utah grizzlies IHL 82 15th 24 39 34 5 0 0 0 0
2000/01 Jokerite SM-liiga 10 1 2 3 8th - - - - -
2000/01 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho SM-liiga 45 6th 9 15th 34 - - - - -
2001/02 SERC Wild Wings DEL 49 6th 23 29 24 7th 1 2 3 0
2002/03 Cologne Sharks DEL 44 3 9 12 32 9 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Vienna Capitals EBEL 48 9 15th 24 30th - - - - -
2004/05 Vienna Capitals EBEL 48 23 27 50 42 10 3 6th 9 6th
2005/06 Vienna Capitals EBEL 47 13 26th 39 24 5 0 1 1 4th
2006/07 Vienna Capitals EBEL 56 19th 42 61 62 3 1 1 2 4th
2007/08 Vienna Capitals EBEL 46 7th 25th 32 48 7th 1 2 3 6th
2008/09 Vienna Capitals EBEL 38 9 18th 27 36 12 1 10 11 20th
2009/10 Vienna Capitals EBEL 37 8th 22nd 30th 22nd - - - - -
2010/11 Graz99ers EBEL 54 10 20th 30th 40 4th 2 1 3 2
2011/12 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus 26th 4th 20th 24 18th 15th 0 7th 7th 8th
2012/13 KSV ice hockey NEAR 7th 2 7th 9 4th 7th 1 8th 9 6th
WHL overall 259 39 155 194 142 43 3 10 13 10
IHL total 231 36 70 106 99 21st 2 3 5 2
AHL total 129 23 52 75 24 14th 4th 3 7th 2
ÖEL / EBEL total 463 114 232 346 338 41 8th 21st 29 42
Liiga overall 55 7th 11 18th 42 - - - - -
DEL total 93 9 32 41 56 16 1 2 3 0

International

Represented Canada to:

Represented Austria at:

 

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 0 1 18th
2008 Austria WM Div. I. 1st place 3 0 1 1 4th
2009 Austria Olympic qualification 2nd place 3 0 0 0 2
2009 Austria WM 14th place 6th 0 0 0 10
2010 Austria WM Div. I. 1st place 5 2 4th 6th 0
2011 Austria WM 15th place 6th 0 1 1 6th
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 18th
Men overall 23 2 6th 8th 22nd

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Werenka, Darcy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Canada