Darryl Sydor

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Darryl Sydor
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Sydor with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2008
Born (1972-05-13) May 13, 1972 (age 51)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
Columbus Blue Jackets
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
St. Louis Blues
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL Draft 7th overall, 1990
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1991–2010

Darryl Marion Sydor (born May 13, 1972) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He won two Stanley Cups during his career: with the Dallas Stars in 1999, and with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. He also reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1993 as a member of the Los Angeles Kings, in 2000 as a member of the Dallas Stars and in 2008 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. As a junior, Sydor won a Memorial Cup with the Kamloops Blazers and also represented Canada at the World Junior Championships. [1]

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Sydor with the Penguins, March 2008. Darryl Sydor 2008-03-30.JPG
Sydor with the Penguins, March 2008.

Playing career

The Los Angeles Kings selected Sydor seventh overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played four seasons with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and won a Memorial Cup championship in 1992. Sydor originally began his Memorial Cup championship season in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Kings, but was sent back to the WHL after 18 games.

In his first full season with the Kings, Sydor tallied 29 points and helped the club to their first ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Led by Wayne Gretzky, they were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens. Sydor developed with the Kings, but did not reach his prime until he was traded to the Dallas Stars in 1996. He recorded a career-high 40 assists and 48 points in 1996–97 with the Stars.

During his time with Dallas, Sydor became part of the team's "big four" defenceman, which included Derian Hatcher, Sergei Zubov and Richard Matvichuk. This quartet played a major role in capturing the Stanley Cup in 1999 against the Buffalo Sabres. In the regular season leading up to Sydor's first Stanley Cup championship, he matched his career-high 48 points and established a personal best 14 goals. The following year, Sydor helped the Stars to a second consecutive Finals appearance, but would suffer an injury against the New Jersey Devils. The Stars were kept from repeating as Stanley Cup champions, falling to the Devils in six games.

Sydor played in Dallas for seven-and-a-half seasons before being traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2003. [2] He played only 49 games with Columbus before being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for prospect Alexander Svitov midway through the season. [3] Bolstering the Lightning's lineup for their 2004 playoff run, Sydor won his second Stanley Cup championship as the Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames in seven games. Sydor remained with the Lightning for one more season and was then traded back to the Dallas Stars on July 2, 2006, for a 2008 fourth-round draft pick in a salary-dumping move. [4]

Returning to Dallas in 2006–07, he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2007. Due to a late-season acquisition for defenceman Mattias Norström, Sydor became the odd man out on the Stars' blueline and did not receive an offer from the club. [5] He instead signed a two-year, $5 million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. [5] In his second season with the Penguins, he was traded back to Dallas for his third stint with the club on November 16, 2008, in exchange for Phillippe Boucher. [6]

On September 3, 2009, Sydor was invited to the St. Louis Blues training camp for the 2009–10 season. [7] On September 25, Sydor signed a one-year contract with the Blues, serving primarily as a seventh defenceman. [8] He announced his retirement from the NHL as a player on July 13, 2010. [9]

Coaching career

Sydor spent the 2010–11 season as an assistant coach of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL) under head coach Mike Yeo. Under their leadership, the Aeros won the Western Conference title. On June 30, 2011, Sydor was announced as one of the new assistant coaches of the NHL's Minnesota Wild, [10] again serving under Yeo. When Yeo became the head coach of the St. Louis Blues, Sydor again followed, working with the Blues' AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves in 2016–17 and as a Blues' assistant coach in 2017–18. [11] He left the Blues in 2018 to spend more time with family. [12] On January 12, 2019, Sydor was hired as the assistant coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League.

Awards

Personal life

Sydor and his wife Sharlene have four sons: Parker, Braden, Dylan and Cooper. [13] At the end of 2006, Sydor was naturalized with his wife as US citizens at a Dallas elementary school. [14]

On August 21, 2015, Sydor was charged with drunken driving after police arrested him while he was driving his 12-year-old son to a hockey tournament. According to the criminal complaint filed in Anoka County District Court, Sydor's blood alcohol level tested at 0.30, more than three times the legal limit. [15]

Sydor voluntarily entered the NHL/NHL Players' Association Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health Program and admitted himself into an inpatient centre in Malibu, California, on August 22 to seek treatment for alcoholism, earning the respect of fellow Blazers' majority owner Tom Gaglardi. [16]

Sydor is a part owner of the Kamloops Blazers. [17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Edmonton Mets AJHL 3810112154—————
1988–89 Kamloops Blazers WHL 65121426861514519
1989–90 Kamloops BlazersWHL6729669512917291128
1989–90 Kamloops Blazers MC —————34042
1990–91 Kamloops BlazersWHL66277810588123222510
1991–92 Kamloops BlazersWHL299394833173151818
1991–92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1815622—————
1991–92 Kamloops BlazersMC—————50226
1992–93 Los Angeles KingsNHL80623296324381116
1993–94 Los Angeles KingsNHL848273594—————
1994–95 Los Angeles KingsNHL484192336—————
1995–96 Los Angeles KingsNHL581111234—————
1995–96 Dallas Stars NHL2626841—————
1996–97 Dallas StarsNHL82840485170220
1997–98 Dallas StarsNHL79113546511705514
1998–99 Dallas StarsNHL741434485023391216
1999–2000 Dallas StarsNHL748263432231676
2000–01 Dallas StarsNHL8210374734101340
2001–02 Dallas StarsNHL784293350—————
2002–03 Dallas StarsNHL815313640120666
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL492131526—————
2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL311676230669
2005–06 Tampa Bay LightningNHL80419233050110
2006–07 Dallas StarsNHL74516213671124
2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL74112132640002
2008–09 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL81122—————
2008–09Dallas StarsNHL652111316—————
2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL4708815—————
NHL totals1,291984095077551559475673

International

Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Italy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Austria
YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
1992 Canada WJC 6th73144
1994 Canada WC Gold medal icon.svg80114
1996 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg80110
2002 CanadaWC6th10000
Junior totals73144
Senior totals170224

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