Darren Helm
Darren Helm ( born January 21, 1987 in St. Andrews, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who stands at the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League contract.
Career
Darren Helm began his career in 2003 in the junior league Manitoba Junior Hockey League, where he led the second team of the Selkirk Steelers with 71 points in 34 games. For the season 2004 /05 he moved to the high-class junior league WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers and had a solid first year with ten goals and 14 assists, whereupon the Detroit Red Wings chose him in the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 in the fifth round at position 132.
In the season 2005/06 helmet could increase significantly and led the Tigers Hat as the best scorer with 79 points scorer in 70 games in the first place the WHL during the regular season. Helmet also came in eighth place in the scorer standings and was the fifth top scorer in the league. In the playoffs, the team was able to move up to the Conference Finals, but let Helms points yield during the final round after and it was eliminated by the Moose Jaw Warriors.
In September 2006, Helm signed a three - year contract with the Detroit Red Wings, but remained for the time being at the Medicine Hat Tigers, where he ran aground alternative captain. In December, he was appointed to the Executive of the Canadian U20 national team and won the next month the gold medal at the Junior World Cup. In the WHL he missed eleven games, which is why he was unable to match the performance of the preseason, but the team was still the second best team in the regular season. In the playoffs, he was then in addition to goalkeeper Matt Keetley, who was awarded the MVP of the finals, the best player of the team and led it with ten goals and twelve assists to win the President's Cup. In the Memorial Cup finals, where the best team of the three major junior leagues will be played, occupied the Medicine Hat Tigers in the group stage in first place and went so directly to the final, where they met with the Vancouver Giants. Although helmet had met in the final game in the meantime to make it 1-1, they lost the game at the end with 1-3. Darren Helm was elected after the end of the tournament in the All-Star team at the Memorial Cup.
In autumn 2007, Helm moved to the seniors and played for the Grand Rapids Griffins, the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings in the AHL and had a good debut season with 16 goals and 15 assists. After graduating in March 2008 with his two goals and two assists so far the best game for the Griffins and shortly afterwards three strikers in the Red Wings had failed due to an injury, he was first appointed to the NHL squad and played a total of seven games. Although he could not score in the period, but convincing his appearances in the third and fourth forward line with his defensive game. For the playoffs, he was re-appointed in the cadre of the Red Wings, replacing Mark Hartigan as the center of the fourth row attack from the fifth game of the Erstrundenserie against the Nashville Predators. Helmet established in the course of the playoffs as a regular force, scoring two goals and setting up two hits before, with one each a goal and assist in the final series against the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the Stanley Cup.
Also in the training camp of the Red Wings in the fall of 2008 showed helmet convincing performance, but could not due to the large number of strikers is recommended for a place in the NHL squad and started the 2008/09 season with the Grand Rapids Griffins. He used the time in the AHL and showed that he had improved especially on the offensive and was one of the best strikers in the team before he was appointed in February 2009 in the NHL and almost the entire month for the Red Wings to use came. In early March, he returned to the Griffins in the AHL, where he finished the regular season. At the start of the playoffs, he was back to the root squad in Detroit.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 WHL East First All- Star Team
- 2007 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2007 President's Cup win with the Medicine Hat Tigers
- 2007 WHL East Second All-Star Team
- 2007 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- 2008 Stanley Cup win with the Detroit Red Wings
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 2007
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )