Derian Hatcher
Derian Hatcher ( born June 4, 1972 in Sterling Heights, Michigan ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played 1991-2008 for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. His older brother, Kevin, was also active in the NHL.
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Career
Derian Hatcher began his career in 1989 in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League with the North Bay Centennials, where he impressed the scouts with his skills as a point forming defender. In 1990 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the first round in eighth place.
After another year in the OHL, he joined in the autumn of 1991 the North Stars, and made his debut in the National Hockey League. 1993 the team moved to Texas and changed his name to Dallas Stars. Hatcher remained loyal to the team and scored in the 1993/94 season with 31 points a personal record, he still should reach twice in his career.
1995 Hatcher became the team captain of the Dallas Stars and 1997, he was appointed to the NHL All-Star Game.
The most successful was the 1998/99 season, when the Dallas Stars won their first Stanley Cup. He was the first, and so far only, US-born, who won the Stanley Cup as captain. 2003 Hatcher was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team.
In the same year, his contract ended in Dallas and after twelve years of the franchise, including eight years as captain, he decided to the Detroit Red Wings to change. There he received a $ 30 million dollar five- year contract. Because of injuries Hatcher graduated in the 2003/04 season only 15 games.
The NHL season 2004/ 05 had to be canceled because the league, the owners of the teams and the players union could not NHLPA about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, a kind of collective agreement, some. Hatcher played in the time in the unterklassigen United Hockey League for the Motor City Mechanics.
In the summer of 2005, the three parties agreed to a new collective agreement, which, however, also said that a salary cap per team is introduced from 39 million U.S. dollars. In order not to violate the agreement, the Detroit Red Wings players had to get rid of and paid for, among others, the Treaty of Derian Hatcher from.
He signed a new four - year contract in August 2005 with the Philadelphia Flyers, for which he received a total of 14 million U.S. dollars. Hatcher was appointed in January 2006 to captain the Flyers after the actual captain, Keith Primeau, a long time because of injury was missing. In the season 2006/ 07 he was alternate captain of the team.
While Derian Hatcher still stood out as an attacking defender in the Junior League OHL and managed 114 points in 128 games, he was known in the NHL as a defender who plays very physical and specialist body checks is, while his his height of 1.96 meters and weight of 107 kg very comes to the rescue. In 2010, he was, like his brother, Kevin, was added to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 1993
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2002
- 2006 Winter Olympics
( 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 )