- Darren Turcotte
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Darren Turcotte Born March 2, 1968
Boston, MA, USAHeight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) Position Centre Shot Left Played for New York Rangers (1988–1993)
Hartford Whalers (1993–1995)
Winnipeg Jets (1995–1996)
San Jose Sharks (1996–1997)
St. Louis Blues (1997–1998)
Nashville Predators (1998–2000)NHL Draft 114th overall, 1986
New York RangersPlaying career 1988–2000 Darren Turcotte (born March 2, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He is the former head coach of the Team USA inline hockey team.
Turcotte was drafted in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He was selected in the sixth round number 114 overall.
Turcotte played with several teams in a NHL career that spanned twelve seasons.
After finishing his career with the Nashville Predators Turcotte stayed in middle Tennessee and founded the Southern Ice Lightning AAA Midget travelling team in Brentwood, TN.
Turcotte coached the Abitibi Eskimos (A Junier A Tier II team) of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2005–06.
For the 2006–07 season, Turcotte will be returning to where he played his junior Hockey in North Bay, Ontario and coach another NOJHL team the North Bay Skyhawks.
Darren Turcotte is also the current assistant coach of the Nipissing University Lakers Hockey Team in the OUA. Turcotte's experience as a coach and former NHLer has helped the Lakers in their in inaugural season in the OUA, to be a contending team ranked as high in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) rankings as 8th, especially spectacular considering the team is made up of largely first year players. He has 2 daughters Amanda and Kaylyn. He has a son Devan.
Legacy
- Ranked No. 86 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).
He now coaches a Midget AA girls team called the North Bay Ice Boltz.
External links
Darren Turcotte's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- American ice hockey players
- Colorado Rangers players
- Denver Rangers players
- Hartford Whalers players
- Nashville Predators players
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- New York Rangers players
- North Bay Centennials alumni
- People from Boston, Massachusetts
- San Jose Sharks players
- Winnipeg Jets (1979–96) players
- American ice hockey centre stubs
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