Todd Marchant

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationality	United States
Born	August 12, 1973, Buffalo, New York, USA
NHL Draft	164th overall, 1993 New York Rangers
Pro Career	1994 – present

Todd Marchant (born August 12, 1973 in Buffalo, New York, USA) is a National Hockey League center who is currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. He has played 9 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers and one season with the Columbus Blue Jackets, as well as AHL games with the Binghamton Rangers and Cape Breton Oilers, and a single game with the New York Rangers.

Contents 1 Background and early career 2 Edmonton Oilers 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Notable achievements 5 Career Statistics 6 External links 7 See also

[edit] Background and early career

Marchant played high school hockey at Williamsville East High School. He then played two years in the NCAA with Clarkson University, from 1991-1993. He was drafted by the Rangers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round, 164th overall. In 1993-94, his first pro season, he played games with the Rangers, their AHL affiliate in Binghamton, and the Oilers and their own affiliate in Cape Breton. He was acquired by the Oilers in a trade for Craig MacTavish (and in his last couple of seasons with the Oilers, had the distinction of being one of the few NHL players to be coached by an ex-player for whom he was once traded).

[edit] Edmonton Oilers

Marchant played nine full seasons as an Oiler (1994-2003), serving as an alternate captain for his last few seasons in Edmonton. He is known as one of the fastest players in the League, and uses his speed mostly in a defensive capacity. He scored the overtime goal that eliminated the Dallas Stars from the 1997 playoffs, taking a pass from captain Doug Weight and speeding by a stumbling Stars defenceman to score on Andy Moog.

[edit] Columbus Blue Jackets

In the summer of 2003, Marchant was signed by the Blue Jackets after he gained early unrestricted free agency from the Oilers. He played the full 2003-04 season with Columbus, along with fellow ex-Oilers Tyler Wright and Luke Richardson.

Recently, Marchant refused to waive his no trade clause, which would have allowed Columbus to send him to Anaheim as part of the Sergei Fedorov trade. After trading for Fedorov, Columbus placed Marchant on waivers in order to free up some salary cap space (as Marchant makes $2.5 Million/Year). Anaheim picked Marchant up on waivers on November 21, 2005 to make him a Mighty Duck.

[edit] Notable achievements

Marchant represented the United States at the 1993 World Junior Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics. Also, Todd Marchant is known for getting many breakaway opportunities due to his speed, but he is not very adept at scoring on these chances, and is known to often miss the net entirely.

[edit] Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991-92	Clarkson	ECAC		32	20	12	32	32		-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Clarkson	ECAC		33	18	28	46	38		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Binghamton Rangers	AHL		8	2	7	9	6		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	New York Rangers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		3	1	4	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		3	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Cape Breton	AHL		38	22	25	47	25		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		45	13	14	27	32		-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		81	19	19	38	66		-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		79	14	19	33	44		12	4	2	6	12
1997-98	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		76	14	21	35	71		12	1	1	2	10
1998-99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	14	22	36	65		4	1	1	2	12
1999-00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	17	23	40	70		3	1	0	1	2
2000-01	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		71	13	26	39	51		6	0	0	0	4
2001-02	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	12	22	34	41		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		77	20	40	60	48		6	0	2	2	2
2003-04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		77	9	25	34	34		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		18	3	6	9	20		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL		61	6	19	25	46		16	3	10	13	14
ECAC Totals				65	38	40	78	70		-	-	-	-	-
AHL Totals				49	25	36	61	33		5	1	1	2	0
NHL Totals				835	154	257	411	590		59	10	16	26	56

Stats as of May 28, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Todd Marchant on Internet Hockey Database
• Todd Marchant-Speed Merchant

[edit] See also

• List of NHL players