Trevor Daley (born October 9, 1983) is a
Canadian
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professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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for the
Florida Everblades
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of the
ECHL
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The E ...
and also serves as a hockey operations advisor for the
Pittsburgh Penguins
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of the
National Hockey League
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(NHL). He played sixteen seasons in the NHL for the
Dallas Stars
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,
Chicago Blackhawks
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,
Pittsburgh Penguins
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and
Detroit Red Wings
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. He won two
Stanley Cup
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s both with the Penguins in
2016
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, and
2017
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.
Playing career
![Trevor Daley 2014-04-27](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Trevor_Daley_2014-04-27.JPG)
Daley was drafted by the
Dallas Stars
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in the
2002 NHL Entry Draft
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, 43rd overall, in the second round from the
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
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of the
Ontario Hockey League
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.
In his final year with the Greyhounds and as captain, Daley found himself the victim of a racial slur by then Coach and General Manager, former NHL goaltender
John Vanbiesbrouck. Daley quit the team and upon the resignation of Vanbiesbrouck returned to the team three days later to finish out the
2002–03 season.
Daley made his NHL debut with the Stars in the
2003–04 season and established himself as a regular in the
2005–06 season when he played in a career-high 81 games and was named to the Canadian squad for the
2006 World Championships.
He played his 500th career NHL game on October 8, 2011, all with the Dallas Stars.
![Trevor Daley - Dallas Stars](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Trevor_Daley_-_Dallas_Stars.jpg)
On July 10, 2015, Daley and teammate
Ryan Garbutt
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Playing career
Undrafted, Garbutt attended Brown University, ...
were traded to the Blackhawks in exchange for
Patrick Sharp
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and
Stephen Johns.
On December 14, 2015, he was traded to the
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
in exchange for
Rob Scuderi
Robert John Scuderi (born December 30, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman, currently serving as an assistant coach for the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators.
Known as a stay-at-home defenseman, he played i ...
. Daley scored his first goal with the Penguins on December 18, 2015 against the
Boston Bruins
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. Daley was injured on May 20, 2016 and missed the remainder of the
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs, after suffering a broken left ankle in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final against the
Tampa Bay Lightning
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. Daley won his first
Stanley Cup
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when the Penguins defeated the Sharks in six games in the
2016 Stanley Cup Finals
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.
On February 23, 2017, Daley underwent arthroscopic knee surgery following an injury during a game against the
Carolina Hurricanes
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on February 21. Daley was expected to miss six weeks of play. He returned to the ice to play against the
New Jersey Devils
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on April 6. He won his second straight Stanley Cup on June 11, 2017 when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the
Nashville Predators
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.
On July 1, 2017, Daley signed a three-year contract with the
Detroit Red Wings
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worth $9.534 million. On December 23, 2018, Daley played in his 1,000th career NHL game, becoming the 330th player in league history to reach the milestone.
On June 8, 2020, Daley became an inaugural executive board member the
Hockey Diversity Alliance, whose goal is to address intolerance and racism in hockey.
After not playing ice hockey for more than a year and having accepted several executive roles in the sport, Daley signed with the
Florida Everblades
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (N ...
of the
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).
The E ...
on January 6, 2022.
Post-playing career
On October 26, 2020, Daley announced his retirement from professional hockey, and joined the Penguins' front office as a hockey operations advisor. In 2021, Daley was a member of an ownership group that purchased the
Soo Thunderbirds of the
Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
See also
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Black players in ice hockey
The history of black players in North American ice hockey has roots dating back to the late 19th century. The first black ice hockey star was Herb Carnegie during the Great Depression. Willie O'Ree broke the NHL's black color barrier with the B ...
References
External links
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1983 births
Black Canadian ice hockey players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Chicago Blackhawks players
Dallas Stars draft picks
Dallas Stars players
Detroit Red Wings players
Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Living people
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds players
Sportspeople from Toronto
Stanley Cup champions
Utah Grizzlies (AHL) players