Derek Armstrong (ice hockey)
Derek Armstrong (born 23 April 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who oversees the Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League since summer 2012. During his playing career he was active among others between 1995 and 2010 for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League.
Career
Derek Armstrong began his career as a hockey player with the Sudbury Wolves, for which he was active from 1990 to 1993 in the Ontario Hockey League. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 in the sixth round as the 128th overall player of the New York Islanders, for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1993/94 season. However, this remained his only use this season because he played the rest of the time for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League. After he ran aground in the following year exclusively for the Denver Grizzlies of the IHL, Armstrong played in the following two seasons each for both the Islanders, as well as for the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League, as well as IHL Utah Grizzlies team. On 28 July 1997, the Ottawa Senators took the attacker under contract, for which he then scored two goals in nine games. The majority of the 1997/98 season spent the right shooter at the Detroit Vipers of the IHL, as well as Players out on loan at the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL.
On 10 August 1998, Armstrong was also undertaken as a free agent by the New York Rangers, for whom he as well as their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack, was active in the following three years. Then he played a game while in the Swiss National League A, before he was transferred from the New York Rangers to the Los Angeles Kings in the summer of 2002, for which he has since been regularly playing in the NHL. Only during the lockout in the 2004/ 05 NHL season was Armstrong in Switzerland for HC Servette Genève and the Rapperswil -Jona Lakers contract.
From September 2009, the Canadians played for the St. Louis Blues and signed a two year contract, who was considered for both the NHL and the AHL. After the 2009/10 season he became a free agent.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 AHL First All -Star Team
- 2001 John B. Sollenberger Trophy
- 2001 Les Cunningham Award
Career Stats
( 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 )