Todd Marchant
Michael Todd Marchant ( born August 12, 1973 in Buffalo, New York ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played from 1994 to 2011 for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. His brother Terry was also a professional hockey player.
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Career
Marchant played high school hockey at the Williamsville East High School. From 1991 to 1993, he played two years in the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the Clarkson University.
NHL Entry Draft 1993, he was selected in the seventh round at 164 position of the New York Rangers. In his first pro season 1993/94 he played for the Rangers, their AHL team in Binghamton, the Oilers and their minor league team in Cape Breton. He arrived in March 1994 to the Oilers in exchange for Craig MacTavish, who was his coach in Edmonton in Marchant recent years. Marchant played between 1994 and 2003 nine full seasons with the jersey of the Oilers, the last alternative captain. Caused a stir the striker when he was in the seventh meeting of the first playoff round against the Dallas Stars in the extension scored the winning goal for the Oilers during the 1996/97 season. His point best season in the Oilers jersey he succeeded in the season 2002 /03 with 60 points in the regular season. This was also the same time its most successful season in terms of points during his playing career dar. In July 2003, signed Marchant as a free agent a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played the entire 2003/04 season for Columbus.
Marchant refused to give up his no -trade clause, which would allow the Blue Jackets to send it as part of a barter trade by Sergei Fyodorov attacker to Anaheim. After the transfer, the Blue Jackets trade Marchant took out of the squad to make some room in the salary cap ( Marchant earned $ 2.5 million per year). On 21 November 2005, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Marchant committed from the waiver.
From the season 2005/ 06 Marchant played for the Ducks and won with them in the 2006 /07 Stanley Cup. On 29 June 2011 he announced his retirement from hockey and will henceforth serve as the Director of Player Development for the Anaheim Ducks.
Marchant was considered defensively oriented forward, especially his skills in shorthanded situations were highlighted.
Internationally
Marchant represented the United States at the Junior World Championships in 1993 and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. In addition, he spent most of the 1993/94 season in the training operation of the U.S. Ice Hockey Federation USA Hockey to prepare for the Winter Olympics. He completed 59 games in which he reached 67 points.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Youth Championship 1993
- 1994 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 )