Darby Joseph Hendrickson (born August 28, 1972) is an American former professional

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. He played in the

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with the

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Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Bruce B ...

Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and play their home games at the Xcel Ener ...

and the

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, and is currently an assistant coach with the

Playing career

He was drafted in the fourth round, seventy-third overall, by the

in the

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. After being named

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in 1991 for his play at Richfield Senior High School, Hendrickson entered the

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. He played for two seasons with the Golden Gophers before joining Toronto's

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affiliate, the

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, in the 1993–94 season. After playing on the United States hockey team in the

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, he made his

debut with Toronto during the

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, appearing in two games. Other than a brief move to the

during the 1995–96 season, Hendrickson remained with the Maple Leafs until midway through the 1998–99 season, when he was traded to the

in exchange for

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on February 16, 1999. The Canucks left him unprotected in the

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, and he was selected by the

. 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

in exchange for a fourth round pick, which in turn was traded to the

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(who used the pick to select

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) in exchange for center Todd White. During

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Hendrickson, as a friend of

Sergei Zholtok Sergei Zholtok, who was also known as Sergejs Žoltoks (December 2, 1972 – November 3, 2004) was a Latvians, Latvian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston B ...

, played seven games in

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club

HK Riga 2000 HK Riga 2000 was an ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. The team had played in the LHL since it was founded. In 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons the club also iced a team in the Belarusian Hockey League, and in 2005-06 finished 3rd. HK Riga 2000 ...

, but after the death of Zholtok he left the club. Hendrickson spent two seasons from 2005–07 playing for

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in the

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before retiring. Hendrickson worked as a Wild commentator for

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, and on March 27, 2008, he was named ''Northwest Divisional Representative'' by the NHLPA.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrickson, Darby 1972 births Living people American expatriate ice hockey players in Austria American expatriate ice hockey players in Latvia American men's ice hockey centers Colorado Avalanche players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players Minnesota Wild coaches Minnesota Wild players New York Islanders players Olympic ice hockey players of the United States People from Richfield, Minnesota EC Red Bull Salzburg players HK Riga 2000 players St. John's Maple Leafs players Syracuse Crunch players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Maple Leafs players Vancouver Canucks players