Darcy Verot (born July 13, 1976) is a

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former professional

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forward.

Career

Verot, undrafted, is a former professional hockey player of the National Hockey League. A veteran and fan favorite of the American Hockey League, he is one of the few professional players to ever work his way up to the NHL from the WPHL (Western Pacific Hockey League). He ended his career in the Kontinental Hockey League, of Russia, retiring in 2013. Originally signed as a free agent, in 2000, by the

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, Verot made his NHL debut with the

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, playing 37 games during the

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, before the first NHL lockout, in '04. Notoriously tough, Verot led all players in penalty minutes for the last half of the season. In 2002, Verot played with the Calgary Flames organization before signing a two-way contract, in 2005, with the

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- where he played as a letterman for two seasons with their

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affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. In 2007, after sustaining, and recovering from, a serious shoulder injury Verot signed with

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of the highly competitive

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and amassed more than 1000 penalty minutes over five years, playing for Vityaz. In 2011, Verot signed with KHL's powerhouse team, the

HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ...

where he notably fought former teammate, and hockey star,

Jaromír Jágr Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for and the owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguin ...

. While with Russia he was involved in multiple incidents, particularly in games against rival Avangard Omsk. Notably he fought star

(who was briefly his teammate in Washington) on a couple of occasions, losing each time. When Verot tried out for

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club Oceláři Třinec in 2011, Jágr, who owns another club in the league, expressed outrage. Verot is married to the former Nicole Pizzolatto of

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and the couple have five children together.

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