Darren Haydar
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Position | Right Wing |
Shoots | Right |
Height Weight |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) |
NHL Team (P) Cur. Team F. Teams |
Atlanta Thrashers Chicago (AHL) Nashville Predators |
Nationality | Canada |
Born | October 22, 1979, Toronto, ON |
NHL Draft | 248th overall, 1999 Nashville Predators |
Pro Career | 2003 – present |
Darren Haydar (born October 22, 1979 in Milton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who plays for the Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League. Prior to turning professional Haydar played four years (1998-2002) for the University of New Hampshire, scoring 219 points with 102 goals. In 2002 he was named a 1st Team All American and was Hockey East Player of the Year. He was drafted 248th overall by Nashville Predators in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He spent almost all of his Predators career at their farm team the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, only playing twice for the Predators, both in the 2002-03 NHL season. He was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers as a free-agent on July 4, 2006. On December 23rd 2006 he picked up a point in his 32nd consecutive game breaking the all time AHL point streak. The stick used by Haydar as well as the hockey puck involved in the record-breaking point are to be preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto[1].
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