Dan Boyle Daniel Boyle ( born July 12 , 1976 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and an alternate captain of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He has previously played for the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning , with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2004 . Playing career . Undrafted after four years with the Miami RedHawks of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ( CCHA ) , Boyle was signed as a free agent by the Florida Panthers on March 30 , 1998 . He played his first two seasons in the Panthers ' farm system in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) , earning All - Rookie Team honours in 1999 , as well as Second Team All - Star honours in 1999 and 2000 . Boyle earned a full - time roster spot with the Panthers in 2000 – 01 , recording 4 goals and 22 points . The next season , his fourth in Florida , he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a fifth round draft choice ( Martin Tůma ) in 2003 on January 7 , 2002 . After completing the season with 20 points in 41 games after coming over from the Panthers , he was re - signed to a one - year contract by the Lightning on August 6 , 2002 . He recorded 13 goals and 53 points in his first full season with the Lightning in 2002 – 03 before helping the team to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship . Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Boyle went overseas to play for Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien . As NHL play resumed the next season , Boyle continued to produce with a 15 - goal , 53 - point season in 2005 – 06 . He recorded his first career NHL hat trick against the New York Rangers on December 23 , 2006 , adding an assist for a four - point game in a 4 – 3 win . The following season , Boyle elevated his game to career - high numbers of 20 goals , 43 assists and 63 points , good enough for Second Team All - Star honours . He suffered a major setback , however , in September 2007 , injuring himself in a freak accident after a pre - season game when a skate slipped off a hook in his locker and hit him in the left wrist , severing three tendons . Boyle underwent initial wrist surgery on September 23 ; he attempted to return on October 29 , but after playing his first four games of the 2007 – 08 season , Boyle underwent additional surgery on the injured wrist , missing another 36 games . He did not make a full comeback until January 24 , 2008 , scoring two goals in his return , and soon thereafter was re - signed to a six - year , $ 40 million contract extension on February 25 . He completed his injury - shortened campaign with 25 points in 37 games . Despite coming off a recent contract extension with the Lightning , on July 4 , 2008 , Boyle was traded along with Brad Lukowich to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Matt Carle , Ty Wishart , a first round draft pick in 2009 and a fourth round draft pick in 2010 . Boyle was pressured to waive his no - trade clause by Tampa Bay ' s new ownership , who said they would otherwise place him on waivers where he would likely be claimed by the Atlanta Thrashers . Already knowing Joe Thornton , Patrick Marleau and Evgeni Nabokov , Boyle agreed to be traded to the Sharks . In his first season with the Sharks , he tallied 16 goals and 57 points over 77 games , leading all team defencemen . The following season , on December 31 , 2009 , Boyle scored his 100th goal against the Phoenix Coyotes in a 3 – 2 shootout win . He finished the campaign with 15 goals and 58 points . In the opening series of the 2010 playoffs , Boyle ended game three against the Colorado Avalanche in overtime by inadvertently shooting the puck into his own net . Pressured by Avalanche forward Ryan O ' Reilly , Boyle attempted to ring the puck around the boards behind his net , but it was deflected by O ' Reilly into the Sharks ' net between Nabokov ' s pad and the post . Nonetheless , the Sharks won the series 4 - 2 , winning games 4 , 5 , and 6 . Boyle had a point in all three of these games . International play . Boyle made his international debut with Team Canada at the 2005 World Championships in Austria during the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout . He contributed 3 assists in 9 games as part of a silver - medal winning effort by Team Canada ; they were defeated 3 – 0 in the gold medal game by the Czech Republic . The next year , Boyle was named as a reserve in light of injuries to Scott Niedermayer and Ed Jovanovski for Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . He did not appear in a game as Team Canada was kept from the podium . On December 30 , 2009 , Steve Yzerman named Boyle to the 2010 Winter Olympics team as a full member . On February 28 , 2010 , the team defeated the United States to win Canada ' s eighth gold medal in Olympic men ' s hockey . Personal life . Growing up , Boyle attended French - speaking École élémentaire Ste - Anne and École Secondaire Publique De La Salle in Ottawa . During game one of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals with the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Calgary Flames , an electrical fire broke out in his Florida home , causing an estimated $ 300 , 000 worth of damage . He is not related to fellow NHL player Brian Boyle , although the two currently wear the same number ( 22 ) . Awards . " Reference : "