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Daniel Tkaczuk Born June 10, 1979
Toronto, ON, CANHeight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb) Position Centre Shoots Left EIHL team
Former teamsNottingham Panthers
Calgary Flames
ERC Ingolstadt
EV Duisburg Die FüchseNational team 
CanadaNHL Draft 6th overall, 1997
Calgary FlamesPlaying career 1999–present Daniel Tkaczuk (born June 10, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL. Tkaczuk is a Canadian who is of Polish origin.
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Playing career
Tkaczuk was selected 6th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He represented Canada at the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he won a silver medal and led the team in scoring. Tkaczuk was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team the following season. He thus earned some time in the NHL with the Calgary Flames during the 2001–02 campaign, but returned to the minors and never saw NHL action again.
Tkaczuk left the Flames system at the end of 2000–01 after winning the AHL Calder Cup, and played two more years in the AHL for the Worcester IceCats and Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Unhappy with his shaky status in the minors, he looked for better fortune in Europe, spending the 2003–04 season with Lukko of Finland's major league, the SM-liiga. His numbers were acceptable given Lukko's rather low profile, but not outstanding enough to grant him a perennial place in Finland.
Tkaczuk then turned to Milan, the highest paying club in the Italian league, where his several talents found more room to express themselves. In the middle of a rather dense Milan roster, Tkaczuk even outplayed some of the NHLers spending time in the Italian championship while the 2004–05 labor conflict was raging on. His led Milan in goals( 23), assists (33) and points (56), which was good enough for a 3rd place leaguewide both in regular season points and goals. Thanks to those solid numbers, Tkaczuk was one of 3 Milan players - the others being defenceman Marc Savard (no connection with the NHLer of the same name) and veteran forward Ryan Savoia - named to Team Canada's roster for the 2004 Loto Cup in Slovakia. Milan went on to win the national title, their 4th in a row despite extreme resistance from finalist Cortina.
In the late summer of 2005, Tkaczuk talked with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was also in talks with the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins and Lada Togliatti in the very selective Russian Super League before eventually opting to return to Milan.
In 2006, Tkaczuk moved to the DEL and signed for ERC Ingolstadt. In 2007 he moved to EV Duisburg Die Füchse and played there until the completion of the 2008–09 season. Tkaczuk was second in goals during the 2007–08 season (17)
After six year abroad, Tkaczuk returned to North America and signed with the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League on November 13, 2009.[1] He would later be loaned to the Rochester Americans on December 7, 2009. On January 6, 2010, the Hartford Wolf Pack signed Tkaczuk to a professional tryout (PTO) contract.[2] Tkaczuk finished the season with 45 points in 46 games for the Checkers.
In the following season, Tkaczuk signed a one year contract with the EC TREND-Dornbirn of the second-tier Austrian National League on September 16, 2010[3] After scoring 33 points in 26 games Tkaczuk left Trend and signed with the GMB Nottingham Panthers, a hockey team based in the UK in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) on January 19, 2011.[4]
Personal
Tkaczuk is the President of iHockeyTrainer.com, an online hockey school for training and skill development[5]. He is also a columnist for The Hockey News, often providing insight from a player's perspective[6]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Mississauga Reps GTHL 53 65 66 131 20 — — — — — 1995–96 Barrie Colts OHL 61 22 39 61 38 7 1 2 3 8 1996–97 Barrie Colts OHL 62 45 48 93 49 9 7 2 9 2 1997–98 Barrie Colts OHL 57 35 40 75 38 6 2 3 5 8 1998–99 Barrie Colts OHL 58 43 62 105 58 12 7 8 15 10 1999–00 Saint John Flames AHL 80 25 41 66 56 3 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Saint John Flames AHL 50 15 21 36 48 14 10 9 19 10 2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 19 4 7 11 14 — — — — — 2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 75 10 27 37 37 3 1 1 2 2 2002–03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 69 9 18 27 44 9 3 7 10 16 2003–04 Lukko SML 36 7 11 18 16 4 0 0 0 18 2004–05 HC Milano ITL 34 23 36 59 28 13 6 10 16 18 2005–06 HC Millano ITL 30 13 31 44 55 4 4 2 6 8 2006–07 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 48 9 23 32 36 6 1 4 5 16 2007–08 EV Duisburg DEL 44 17 16 33 54 — — — — — 2008–09 EV Duisburg DEL 37 3 8 11 34 — — — — — 2009–10 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 46 11 34 45 18 4 4 1 5 2 2009–10 Syracuse Crunch AHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Rochester Americans AHL 7 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 EC Trend Dornbirn ANL 26 16 17 33 65 — — — — — NHL totals 19 4 7 11 14 — — — — — International
Medal record Competitor for CanadaIce hockey World Junior Championships Silver 1999 Winnipeg Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Canada Int18 5 1 1 2 4 1998 Canada WJC 7 2 1 3 4 1999 Canada WJC 7 6 4 10 10 Junior int'l totals 19 9 6 15 18 References
- ^ "Checkers sign ex-NHLer and all-star goalie". ihockey.net. 2009-11-13. http://ihockey.blogspot.com/2009/11/checkers-sign-ex-nhler-and-all-star.html. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "Wolf Pack Sign Forward Daniel Tkaczuk to PTO". Hartford Wolfpack. 2010-01-06. http://www.hartfordwolfpack.com/default.asp?wolfpack=59&objId=538. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ "Tkaczuk Returns To Europe After Year In North America". www.ohlalumnicentral.com. 2010-09-16. http://www.ohlalumnicentral.com/daniel-tkaczuk-ec-dornbirn/. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Tkaczuk signs for Panthers". EIHL. 2011-01-19. http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/tkaczuk-signs-for-panthers-p168882. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ [http://ihockeytrainer.com/about-us iHockeyTrainer.com: About Us
- ^ TheHockeyNews.com: Daniel Tkaczuk's Blog
External links
Preceded by
Derek MorrisCalgary Flames' first round draft pick
1997Succeeded by
Rico FataCategories:- 1979 births
- Barrie Colts alumni
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
- Calgary Flames draft picks
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players
- ERC Ingolstadt players
- EV Duisburg Die Füchse players
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Living people
- Lukko players
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- Nottingham Panthers players
- People from Toronto
- Rochester Americans players
- Saint John Flames players
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Worcester IceCats players
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