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Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tucker
Position Right/Left Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
178 lb (81 kg)
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1975-03-15)March 15, 1975,
Castor, AB, CAN
NHL Draft 151st overall, 1993
Montreal Canadiens
Pro Career 1995 – 2010

Darcy Tucker (born March 15, 1975 in Castor, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career[]

Tucker is one of three players, along with Tyson Nash and Ryan Huska, that were a part of all three Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup wins in 1992, 1994 and 1995. In 1996, while playing for the Fredericton Canadiens, he won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Tucker was drafted in the sixth round (151st overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with Stéphane Richer and David Wilkie for Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov and Mick Vukota in 1998, where he played for three seasons before being traded to the Maple Leafs in 2000 for Mike Johnson.

Tucker became notorious on Long Island during the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs after he hip-checked the New York Islanders' captain Michael Peca during game five of the first round. The check blew out Peca's medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament on his left knee, ending his season and delaying his entry into the 2002–03 campaign. No penalty was assessed. In the offseason of 2006, the Leafs signed Peca for one season, making Tucker and Peca teammates.

On June 24, 2008, he became an unrestricted free agent after his former club the Toronto Maple Leafs bought out the remainder of his contract. On July 1, 2008, he signed a two-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche worth $4.5 million.

He played for two years with Colorado, untilhe officially announced his retirement on October 1, 2010.

Awards[]

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 26 3 10 13 42 9 0 1 1 16
1992–93 Kamloops Blazers WHL 67 31 58 89 155 13 7 6 13 34
1993–94 Kamloops Blazers WHL 66 52 88 140 143 19 9 18 27 43
1994–95 Kamloops Blazers WHL 64 64 73 137 94 21 16 15 31 19
1995–96 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 74 29 64 93 174 7 7 3 10 14
1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1996–97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 7 13 20 110 4 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 1 5 6 57 -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 35 6 8 14 89 -- -- -- -- --
1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 21 22 43 176 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 50 14 20 34 108 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 7 10 17 55 12 4 2 6 15
2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 16 21 37 141 11 0 2 2 6
2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 24 35 59 92 17 4 4 8 38
2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 10 26 36 119 6 0 3 3 6
2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 21 11 32 68 12 2 0 2 14
2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 28 33 61 100 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 24 19 43 81 -- -- -- -- --
2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 18 16 34 100 -- -- -- -- --
2008–09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 63 8 8 16 67 -- -- -- -- --
NHL totals 876 205 247 452 1363 62 10 11 21 79

Personal[]

In 1998, Tucker married Shannon Corson, the sister of former NHL player Shayne Corson. Shayne and Tucker were teammates on the Leafs for three seasons, and Tucker frequently helped him deal with his panic attacks. Tucker and his wife have two sons, Cole and Cain, and a daughter, Owynn.


External links[]

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