 derian john hatcher (born june 4, 1972) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the national hockey league (nhl) with the minnesota north stars, dallas stars, detroit red wings and philadelphia flyers. he is the younger brother of former nhl player kevin hatcher, with whom he was inducted into the united states hockey hall of fame on october 21, 2010. ==playing career== hatcher was known as a physical defenseman and a strong bodychecker and used his intimidating size to good effect. he was drafted in the 1st round as the 8th overall selection by the minnesota north stars in the 1990 nhl entry draft and scored in his nhl debut game on october 12, 1991. hatcher played for the north stars and went with them when they moved to dallas in 1993. he played another 10 years for the dallas stars, collecting 71 goals, 223 assists, 1,380 penalty minutes, and captained the stars to the stanley cup in 1999. in doing so, he became the first american-born captain to win the stanley cup. in july 2003, hatcher signed with the detroit red wings for a five-year, $30 million contract. in 2004, due to the cancellation of the nhl season, hatcher, along with fellow detroit red wings teammates chris chelios and kris draper, decided to play minor league hockey with the motor city mechanics based out of fraser, michigan. on august 2, 2005, hatcher signed with the philadelphia flyers after his contract with detroit was bought out due to the new salary cap. on january 29, 2006, hatcher was named interim captain of the philadelphia flyers. he served as captain for the rest of the 2005â06 season due to the absence of injured captain keith primeau. hatcher has also served as an alternate captain for the flyers. suffering from a right knee injury, he missed the entire [[2008â0
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