Darcy Hordichuk Darcy Hordichuk ( born August 10 , 1980 , in Kamsack , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian professional hockey winger currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He has previously played for the Vancouver Canucks , Nashville Predators , Atlanta Thrashers and Phoenix Coyotes . Playing career . After playing midget hockey with the Yorkton Mallers of the SMHL , Hordichuk joined the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) for 3 games in the 1996 – 97 season . The next year would see Hordichuk playing with the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League ( MJHL ) , a Junior ' A ' league . In 58 games with the Kings , Hordichuk had 12 goals and 33 points , as well as 279 penalty minutes . He would spend the next two seasons in the WHL , playing with the Saskatoon Blades , where he had 515 penalty minutes in 129 games , including 73 fights . Hordichuk while a member of the Nashville Predators . At twenty - years - old , he was drafted in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers as the 180th overall pick in the 6th round . Hordichuk became well - known in the NHL for his physical play and fighting . Upon being drafted , he was assigned to the Thrashers ' minor league affiliate , the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ( IHL ) . He completed his first professional season also appearing in 11 games for the Thrashers as a call - up . He secured a roster spot with the club in his second year , but was dealt at the trade deadline to the Phoenix Coyotes along with a fifth - round draft pick in 2002 in exchange for prospects Kirill Safronov and Ruslan Zainullin . The following season , he was then dealt to the Florida Panthers along with a second - round draft pick in exchange for defenceman Brad Ference . As he was swapped between teams in his first three seasons , Hordichuk played mostly in the minor leagues . After the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Hordichuk joined the Nashville Predators and recorded career - highs with 7 goals , 6 assists and 13 points in his first season with the team . He re - signed with the club to a one - year contract on July 16 , 2007 . After his third season in Nashville , his rights were traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a 2008 fifth - round draft pick on June 19 , 2008 , as he was set to become a free agent . He did not , however , come to terms with the Hurricanes and instead signed with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1 . With Vancouver , Hordichuk scored his first NHL playoff goal in 2009 , beating Nikolai Khabibulin in game four of the second round against the Chicago Blackhawks , a 2 – 1 loss for the Canucks . Hordichuk with the Vancouver Canucks in 2008 – 09 . Hordichuk was fined $ 2 , 500 by the NHL early in the 2009 – 10 season after checking Columbus Blue Jackets winger Jared Boll ' s head into the boards during a game on October 5 , 2009 . The following month , Hordichuk received an automatic one - game suspension for instigating a fight with St . Louis Blues forward Cam Janssen in the final five minutes of a game on November 10 . Incidentally , he forfeited $ 4 , 015 . 54 in salary . On October 2nd , 2010 , the Vancouver Canucks placed Hordichuk on waivers . Instead of sending him down to the minors , Vancouver traded him to the Florida Panthers for Andrew Peters . Canucks ' GM Mike Gillis had previously pledged to try and find Hordichuk another NHL job . Off - ice . Hordichuk spent the summer of 2008 training with Chuck Liddell , a mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion . Hordichuk used the training to improve on his skills in on - ice fighting . Hordichuk and his wife Lisa are the parents of Braden Walker Hordichuk , born February 22 , 2009 .