Mathieu Darche

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Mathieu Darche
Date of birth November 26, 1976
place of birth Saint-Laurent , Quebec , Canada
size 186 cm
Weight 99 kg
position Left wing
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1996-2000 McGill University
2000-2003 Syracuse crunch
2003-2004 Milwaukee Admirals
2004-2005 Hershey Bears
2005-2006 Foxes Duisburg
2006-2007 Worcester Sharks
2007-2008 Tampa Bay Lightning
2008-2009 Portland Pirates
2009–2012 Canadiens de Montréal

Mathieu Darche (born November 26, 1976 in Saint-Laurent , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 268 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets , Nashville Predators , San Jose Sharks , Tampa Bay during his active career between 1996 and 2012 Lightning and Canadiens de Montréal played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Darche first played from 1996 to 2000 at the Canadian McGill University , where he increased his offensive productivity from year to year. In his last year he scored 62 points in 26 games.

After he was not selected in the NHL Entry Draft , took him at the beginning of the 2000/01 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets , which went into their first NHL season, under contract. There he played the following three seasons mostly in the farm team , the Syracuse Crunch . During this time he played only 24 NHL games, with two points. At the beginning of the 2003/04 season , Darche moved to the Nashville Predators , for which he was allowed to appear in just one NHL game. Most of the time he spent with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL , with whom he could win the Calder Cup at the end of the playoffs . The Canadian spent the lockout season with the Hershey Bears before moving to the Füchsen Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League for the 2005/06 season.

After only one year in Germany, Darche signed a contract with the San Jose Sharks in July 2006 , who used him in their new farm team, the Worcester Sharks . As the team went into its first AHL season, Darche set some franchise records. He scored the first goal in franchise history, booked the first hat trick and set a record with five scorer points in one game. On February 16, 2007 he made his NHL debut for San Jose in the away game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He left the organization of the Sharks after the 2006/07 season and moved as a free agent to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a year , where he earned a regular place in the squad and played 73 games this season. Nevertheless, the Lightning, which were in a state of upheaval due to a change of ownership in the summer of 2008, did not extend his expiring contract. As a result, Darche signed a one-year contract with league competitor Buffalo Sabers , where he could not prevail in the NHL squad, but was sent to the AHL to the Portland Pirates . After just one season in Portland, the Canadiens de Montréal took him under contract. The 2009/10 season he spent both in the NHL squad of the Canadiens and in the farm team with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League. In the following season, Darche earned a regular place in Montréal.

After the end of the 2011/12 season, Darche ended his active career at the age of 36.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1998 OUAA East Second All-Star Team
  • 1999 OUAA East First All-Star Team
  • 2000 OUAA First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 McGill University CIAU 15th 0 1 1 25th
1997/98 McGill University CIAU 26th 21st 13 34 20th
1998/99 McGill University CIAU 23 12 21st 33 38
1999/00 McGill University CIAU 26th 27 35 62 22nd
2000/01 Syracuse crunch AHL 66 16 24 40 21st 5 0 1 1 4th
2000/01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 9 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Syracuse crunch AHL 63 22nd 23 45 26th 10 2 5 7th 2
2001/02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 14th 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Syracuse crunch AHL 76 32 32 64 38 - - - - -
2002/03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 76 28 31 59 41 22nd 6th 8th 14th 8th
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Hershey Bears AHL 79 29 25th 54 49 - - - - -
2005/06 Foxes Duisburg DEL 52 12 13 25th 88 - - - - -
2006/07 Worcester Sharks AHL 76 35 45 80 72 5 2 2 4th 2
2006/07 San Jose Sharks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Norfolk Admirals AHL 4th 3 7th 0 2 - - - - -
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 73 7th 15th 22nd 20th - - - - -
2008/09 Portland Pirates AHL 80 31 35 66 37 5 0 0 0 4th
2009/10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 32 16 9 25th 4th - - - - -
2009/10 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 29 5 5 10 4th 11 0 1 1 2
2010/11 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 59 12 14th 26th 10 7th 1 1 2 0
2011/12 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 61 5 7th 12 18th - - - - -
CIAU total 90 60 70 130 101
AHL total 552 212 231 443 290 47 10 16 26th 20th
NHL overall 250 30th 42 72 58 18th 1 2 3 2
DEL total 52 12 13 25th 88 - - - - -

( 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 Darche, Mathieu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Laurent , Quebec