Darby Hendrickson

American ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican ice hockey player
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth28 August 1972, Richfield
Age52 years
The details

Biography

Darby Joseph Hendrickson (born August 28, 1972) is a retired American professional ice hockey center. He played in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild and the Colorado Avalanche, and is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild.

Playing career

He was drafted in the fourth round, seventy-third overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. After being named Minnesota Mr. Hockey in 1991 for his play at Richfield Senior High School, Hendrickson entered the University of Minnesota. He played for two seasons with the Golden Gophers before joining Toronto's American Hockey League affiliate, the St. John's Maple Leafs, in the 1993–94 season. After playing on the United States hockey team in the 1994 Winter Olympics, he made his NHL debut with Toronto during the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs, appearing in two games.

Other than a brief move to the New York Islanders during the 1995–96 season, Hendrickson remained with the Maple Leafs until midway through the 1998–99 season, when he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Chris McAllister on February 16, 1999. The Canucks left him unprotected in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was selected by the Minnesota Wild. After three-plus seasons with the Wild, Hendrickson was traded during the 2003–04 season on February 25, 2004, along with an 8th round draft pick (Brandon Yip), to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a 4th round pick, which in turn was traded to the Ottawa Senators (who used the pick to select Cody Bass) in exchange for center Todd White.

During 2004–05 NHL lockout Hendrickson, as a friend of Sergei Zholtok, played 7 games in Latvian hockey league club HK Riga 2000, but after the death of Zholtok he left the club. Hendrickson spent two seasons from 2005-07 playing for EC Salzburg in the Austrian EBEL before retiring.

He worked as a Wild commentator for FSN North, and on March 27, 2008, he was named Northwest Divisional Representative by the NHLPA.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1991–92U. of MinnesotaWCHA4425305563
1992–93U. of MinnesotaWCHA3112152735
1993–94St. John's Maple LeafsAHL6415431120
1993–94Toronto Maple LeafsNHL20000
1994–95St. John's Maple LeafsAHL5916203648
1994–95Toronto Maple LeafsNHL80114
1995–96Toronto Maple LeafsNHL46661247
1995–96New York IslandersNHL1614533
1996–97St. John's Maple LeafsAHL1254921
1996–97Toronto Maple LeafsNHL641161747
1997–98Toronto Maple LeafsNHL80841267
1998–99Toronto Maple LeafsNHL3523530
1998–99Vancouver CanucksNHL2722422
1999–00Syracuse CrunchAHL20581316
1999–00Vancouver CanucksNHL4054914
2000–01Minnesota WildNHL7218112936
2001–02Minnesota WildNHL689152450
2002–03Minnesota WildNHL281568172354
2003–04Houston AerosAHL3145919
2003–04Minnesota WildNHL141016
2003–04Colorado AvalancheNHL20134661012
2004–05HK Riga 2000LAT733626
2005–06EC SalzburgEBEL319101912
2006–07EC SalzburgEBEL5610283854701112
NHL totals5186564129370253366

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1994United StatesOG8th80006
1996United StatesWC03 !81124
1997United StatesWC6th80118
1999United StatesWC6th60220
2000United StatesWC5th711212
2001United StatesWC4th93364
Senior totals46581334

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Rookie Team1991–92

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