Darren Van Impe
Darren Van Impe ( born May 18, 1973 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (defender). In the National Hockey League, he was active for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets.
Career
Van Impe played as a teenager first three years for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, one of the best junior leagues in North America. In 1992 he moved to the Red Deer Rebels, where he played two more years Junior Hockey. In the NHL Entry Draft 1993, he was drafted by the New York Islanders in the seventh round to 170 place. But his first race for an NHL team, he was at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the season 1994 / 95th There was playing the left shooting defender to 1998, before he was transferred to the Boston Bruins. The breakthrough where he succeeded at first -team regular and he celebrated in the season 1998/99 by then his biggest success with the the second playoff round reached.
In the 2001 / 02 season, Van Impe has often been transferred. First, the Bruins at New York Rangers gave him off, eventually he got over the Florida Panthers back to New York at the Islanders. After the end of the season, he joined the club and started again the next at the Columbus Blue Jackets. However, he was released after a few games for the farm team to Syracuse in the American Hockey League.
For the season 2003/ 04 he then decided to a change in the German Hockey League to the Hamburg Freezers. He immediately reached the semi-finals with the team the following year would retire in the quarterfinals of. Van Impe was in both years to the service providers and was invited to the All- Star Game DEL 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he played two years for the DEG Metro Stars, with whom he twice reached the semi-finals. After the season 2007 /08 he announced the end of his active career.