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)
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 in Castor, Alberta) is an ice hockey player with the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs.

1 Early career
2 Controversies
3 Career statistics
4 Personal
5 External links

[edit] Early career

The 5'10" winger was drafted in the 6th round (151st overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. In 1996, Tucker won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie of the American Hockey League, while playing for the Fredericton Canadiens. 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 3 seasons before being traded to the Maple Leafs in 2000 for Mike Johnson.

[edit] Controversies

Tucker became notorious on Long Island during the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs after he hip-checked Islanders captain Michael Peca's knees during Game Six of the first round. The check blew out Peca's MCL and ACL, ending his season and delaying his entry into the 2002-2003 campaign. The hit was considered legal and no penalty was assessed. Peca, in the offseason, signed a 1 year contract with the Maple Leafs and became a teammate of Tucker.

On April 3, 2006, Tucker was involved in a knee-on-knee collision with Buffalo Sabres winger Jochen Hecht, leaving Hecht with a minor knee injury. This incident occurred immediately after Tucker had been struck in the face with a high stick, leading some to wonder if he had seen the impending collision at all.

[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	28	16	9	25	48	-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals			702	166	210	376	1144	62	10	11	21	79

Stats as of November 12, 2006.

[edit] Personal

Married to wife, Shannon (ex-teamate Shane Corson's sister), who together, have 3 children - daughter Owen, son Cole as well as son Cam
Darcy Tucker likes to golf during offseason (Hamilton Golf and Country Club) and spend time at the bar, Philthy MacNastys - the owner Whitey is a good friend.
He, alone, in his house has over 600 bottles of red wine in his cellar