Darren Dietz

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Flag of Kazakhstan and Canada.svg  Darren Dietz Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th July 1993
place of birth Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 5th lap, 138th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
2010-2013 Saskatoon Blades
2013-2015 Hamilton Bulldogs
2015-2016 St. John's IceCaps
2016-2017 Hershey Bears
2017 Texas Stars
since 2017 Barys Astana / Nur-Sultan

Darren Dietz (born July 17, 1993 in Medicine Hat , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player with Kazakh nationality who has been under contract with Barys Nur-Sultan from the Continental Hockey League since July 2017 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Dietz began his junior career during the 2009/10 season with the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Hockey League . Ultimately, he played there until the summer of 2013, during which time he took part in the prestigious Memorial Cup once with the team . After the defender was the most dangerous player in his position in the 2012/13 season , he was appointed to the First All-Star Team of the Eastern Conference. Already in the NHL Entry Draft 2011 Dietz was selected in the fifth round in 138th place by the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League .

In March 2013, the defender was finally signed by the Canadiens, who used him in their farm teams in the American Hockey League at the beginning of the 2013/14 season . Initially, the Canadian played exclusively for the Hamilton Bulldogs for two years , then in the third year he was part of the team of the new cooperation partner St. John's IceCaps . In the course of the 2015/16 season , the then 22-year-old finally made his debut in the NHL with the Habs . There he came to a total of 13 missions. Nevertheless, his contract was not extended in the summer of 2016, after which Dietz accepted a contract offer from Washington Capitals for a year as a free agent in July 2016 . There he also failed to make his breakthrough in the NHL and he spent the entire game year in the AHL. The defensive player was initially used by the Hershey Bears until the beginning of March 2017 and then on loan from league rivals Texas Stars until the end of the season .

Due to the lack of offers from North America in summer 2017, Dietz decided to move abroad. He signed a one-year contract with the Kazakh capital club Barys Astana from the Continental Hockey League . After a successful 2017/18 season , his contract was extended for another two years in April 2018. In the 2018/19 season , the Canadian, who acquired his Kazakh citizenship while working for Barys, was the KHL's defender with the highest points and most dangerous goals.

International

After his naturalization, Dietz played for the first time at the World Cup 2019 of Division IA for the national team of Kazakhstan at an international tournament. With the team, he was promoted to the top division. He himself was voted the tournament's best defender and was appointed to the All-Star Team. In five tournament games he scored five points scorer .

For his native Canada, Dietz had not come to the national team in either the junior or senior division.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2013 WHL East First All-Star Team
  • 2018 KHL Defender of the Month for September
  • 2018 KHL Defender of the Month for November
  • 2019 participation in the KHL All-Star Game

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2009/10 Saskatoon Blades WHL 8th 1 1 2 4th 3 0 0 0 2
2010/11 Saskatoon Blades WHL 68 8th 19th 27 66 - - - - -
2011/12 Saskatoon Blades WHL 72 15th 29 44 118 3 0 1 1 5
2012/13 Saskatoon Blades WHL 72 24 34 58 100 4th 1 1 2 2
2013 Saskatoon Blades Memorial Cup 3 1 0 1 6th
2013/14 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 34 0 5 5 49 - - - - -
2014/15 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 71 4th 13 17th 64 - - - - -
2015/16 St. John's IceCaps AHL 61 4th 12 16 61 - - - - -
2015/16 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 13 1 4th 5 13 - - - - -
2016/17 Hershey Bears AHL 39 6th 6th 12 53 - - - - -
2016/17 Texas Stars AHL 13 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
2017/18 Barys Astana KHL 44 7th 12 19th 51 - - - - -
2018/19 Barys Astana KHL 62 15th 38 53 59 11 3 1 4th 45
WHL overall 220 48 83 131 288 20th 2 6th 8th 24
AHL total 218 14th 38 52 235 - - - - -
KHL total 106 22nd 50 72 110 11 3 1 4th 45

International

Represented Kazakhstan at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2019 Kazakhstan WM Div. IA 1st place 5 1 4th 5 2
Men overall 5 1 4th 5 2

( 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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Squad of Barys Nur-Sultan in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Dietz, Darren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kazakh-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Medicine Hat , Alberta