Darcy Tucker
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| Position | Right Wing/Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg/12 st 10 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | March 15, 1975 , Castor, AB, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 151st overall, 1993 Montreal Canadiens |
| Pro career | 1995 – present |
Darcy Tucker (born March 15, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] 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.[1] 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 Stephane 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.[2] The check blew out Peca's MCL and ACL on his left knee, ending his season and delaying his entry into the 2002-2003 campaign. No penalty was assessed. In the offseason of 2006, the Leafs signed Peca for one season, making Tucker and Peca teammates.
[edit] 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.[3] Tucker and his wife have two sons, Cole and Cain, and a daughter, Owynn, and currently reside in Toronto.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL Totals | 813 | 197 | 239 | 436 | 1296 | 62 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 79 | ||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Tyson Nash. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
- ^ Split reference:
- "Game five" reference: "Leafs, Isles go into Game 6 without captains", CBC Sports, 2002-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- "Notorious hit" reference: "Tucker keeping quiet about Islanders", CBC Sports, 2003-03-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ Kennedy, Kostya. "Brotherly Love", Sports Illustrated, 2001-10-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
