Derian Hatcher

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United StatesUnited States  Derian Hatcher Ice hockey player
Date of birth 4th June 1972
place of birth Sterling Heights , Michigan , USA
size 196 cm
Weight 107 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 1st round, 8th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1989-1991 North Bay Centennials
1991-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-2003 Dallas Stars
2003-2004 Detroit Red Wings
2004-2005 Motor City Mechanics
2005-2008 Philadelphia Flyers

Derian John Hatcher (born June 4, 1972 in Sterling Heights , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach and official who played 1178 games for the Minnesota North Stars during his active career between 1989 and 2008 , Dallas Stars , Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . His greatest career success was celebrated by Hatcher, who was honored in 2010 when he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame for his services to ice hockey in the United States, in the service of the Dallas Stars by winning the Stanley Cup in 1999 . In addition, he won with the national team of the United States the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . His older brother Kevin was also active in the NHL.

Career

Derian Hatcher began his career in 1989 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League with the North Bay Centennials , where he convinced the talent scouts with his skills as a scoring defender. In the NHL Entry Draft 1990 he was selected by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League in the first round in eighth place.

After another year in the OHL, he joined the North Stars in the fall of 1991 and made his debut in the National Hockey League . In 1993 the team moved to Texas and called themselves Dallas Stars from then on . Hatcher remained loyal to the team and achieved a personal record with 31 points in the 1993/94 season , which he should achieve two more times in his career. For the 1995/96 season Hatcher was named team captain of the Dallas Stars and in 1997 he was invited to the NHL All-Star Game . The 1998/99 season was most successful when the Dallas Stars won their first Stanley Cup . He was the first native American to win the Stanley Cup as captain. In 2003, Hatcher was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team .

In the same year his contract in Dallas ended and after twelve years for the franchise - eight years of which as captain - he decided to move to the Detroit Red Wings . There he was awarded a $ 30 million five-year contract. Due to injuries, Hatcher completed only 15 games in the 2003/04 season . The 2004/05 NHL season had to be canceled because the league, the owners of the teams and the National Hockey League Players' Association NHLPA could not agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement , a kind of collective agreement. Hatcher played at the time in the lower class United Hockey League for the Motor City Mechanics .

In the summer of 2005, the three parties agreed on a new collective agreement, which, however, also stated that a salary cap per team of 39 million US dollars would be introduced. In order not to violate the agreement, the Detroit Red Wings had to give up players and, among other things, paid off Derian Hatcher's contract. He signed a new four-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in August 2005 , for which he received a total of 14 million US dollars. Hatcher was named captain of the Flyers in January 2006 after the actual captain, Keith Primeau , was absent for a long time due to an injury. In the 2006/07 season he was assistant captain of the team before ending his career a year later at the age of 36.

While Derian Hatcher stood out in the junior league OHL as an attacking defender and scored 114 points in 128 games, he became known in the NHL as a defender who played very physically and was a specialist in body checks, his height of 1.96 meters and his Weight of 107 kilograms was very helpful. In 2010, like his brother Kevin , he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

After his retirement, Hatcher worked for many years in the coaching and support staff of the Philadelphia Flyers before he acquired the Sarnia Sting franchise from the OHL in 2014 . Since the 2015/16 season he has also been the head coach of the junior team.

International

At the international level represented Hatcher, the national team of the United States at the World Championships in 1993 and 2002 , the Olympic Winter Games in 1998 in the Japanese Nagano and 2006 in the Italian Turin .

He celebrated his greatest international success by winning the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 North Bay Centennials OHL 64 14th 38 52 45 5 2 3 5 8th
1990/91 North Bay Centennials OHL 64 13 50 63 163 10 2 10 12 28
1991/92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 43 7th 5 12 88 5 0 2 2 8th
1991/92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 2 1 2 3 21st - - - - -
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 67 4th 15th 19th 178 - - - - -
1993/94 Dallas Stars NHL 83 12 19th 31 211 9 0 2 2 14th
1994/95 Dallas Stars NHL 43 5 11 16 105 - - - - -
1995/96 Dallas Stars NHL 79 8th 23 31 129 - - - - -
1996/97 Dallas Stars NHL 63 3 19th 22nd 97 7th 0 2 2 20th
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 70 6th 25th 31 132 17th 3 3 6th 39
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 80 9 21st 30th 102 18th 1 6th 7th 24
1999/00 Dallas Stars NHL 57 2 22nd 24 68 23 1 3 4th 29
2000/01 Dallas Stars NHL 80 2 21st 23 77 10 0 1 1 16
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 80 4th 21st 25th 87 - - - - -
2002/03 Dallas Stars NHL 82 8th 22nd 30th 106 11 1 2 3 33
2003/04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15th 0 4th 4th 8th 12 0 1 1 15th
2004/05 Motor City Mechanics UHL 24 5 12 17th 27 - - - - -
2005/06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 4th 13 17th 93 6th 0 2 2 10
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 3 6th 9 67 - - - - -
2007/08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 44 2 5 7th 33 15th 1 2 3 40
OHL total 128 27 88 115 208 15th 4th 13 17th 36
UHL overall 24 5 12 17th 27 - - - - -
IHL total 2 1 2 3 21st - - - - -
NHL overall 1045 80 251 331 1581 133 7th 26th 33 248

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 United States WM 6th place 6th 1 2 3 8th
1996 United States World cup gold 6th 3 2 5 10
1998 United States Olympia 6th place 4th 0 0 0 0
2002 United States WM 7th place 7th 0 1 1 0
2006 United States Olympia 8th place 6th 0 0 0 12
Men overall 29 4th 5 9 30th

( 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 Hatcher, Derian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatcher, Derian John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Sterling Heights , Michigan