Darcy Werenka

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb)
EBHL Team	Vienna Capitals
Nationality	Canada
Born	May 13, 1973 (1973-05-13) (age 35), Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
NHL Draft	37th overall, 1991 New York Rangers
Pro career	1993 – present

Darcy Werenka (born May 13, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Hockey League. He has been a member of the Capitals since 2003 and helped guide the team to their first ever Austrian ice hockey championship in 2005.

Werenka was drafted 37th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, but never played in the NHL, instead spending three seasons in the American Hockey League with the Binghamton Rangers. After playing for for different IHL teams in two seasons, Werenka moved to Europe and joined Austrian side Vienna in 1997, spending two seasons with them. After a season back in the IHL with the Utah Grizzlies, Werenka returned to Europe and played in Finland's SM-liiga, spliting the year with Jokerit and HPK. He then played two seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga, playing for the Schwenningen Wild Wings and the Kölner Haie. In 2003 he returned to Vienna and has played for them since.