Daniel Tkaczuk Daniel Tkaczuk ( born June 10 , 1979 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL . Playing career . Tkaczuk was selected 6th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames . He represented Canada at the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , where he won a silver medal and led the team in scoring . Tkaczuk was named to the AHL All - Rookie Team the following season . He thus earned some time in the NHL with the Calgary Flames during the 2000 – 01 campaign , but returned to the minors and never saw NHL action again . Tkaczuk left the Flames system at the end of 2000 – 01 after winning the AHL Calder Cup , and played two more years in the AHL for the Worcester IceCats and Bridgeport Sound Tigers . Unhappy with his shaky status in the minors , he looked for better fortune in Europe , spending the 2003 – 04 season with Lukko of Finland ' s major league , the SM - liiga . His numbers were acceptable given Lukko ' s rather low profile , but not outstanding enough to grant him a perennial place in Finland . Tkaczuk then turned to Milan , the highest paying club in the Italian league , where his several talents found more room to express themselves . In the middle of a rather dense Milan roster , Tkaczuk even outplayed some of the NHLers spending time in the Italian championship while the 2004 – 05 labor conflict was raging on . His led Milan in goals ( 23 ) , assists ( 33 ) and points ( 56 ) , which was good enough for a 3rd place leaguewide both in regular season points and goals . Thanks to those solid numbers , Tkaczuk was one of 3 Milan players - the others being defenceman Marc Savard ( no connection with the NHLer of the same name ) and veteran forward Ryan Savoia - named to Team Canada ' s roster for the 2004 Loto Cup in Slovakia . Milan went on to win the national title , their 4th in a row despite extreme resistance from finalist Cortina . In the late summer of 2005 , Tkaczuk talked with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga ( DEL ) . He was also in talks with the AHL ' s Grand Rapids Griffins and Lada Togliatti in the very selective Russian Super League before eventually opting to return to Milan . In 2006 , Tkaczuk moved to the DEL and signed for ERC Ingolstadt . In 2007 he moved to EV Duisburg Die Füchse and played there until the completion of the 2008 – 09 season . Tkaczuk was second in goals during the 2007 – 08 season ( 17 ) After six year abroad , Tkaczuk returned to North America and signed with the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League on November 13 , 2009 . He would later be loaned to the Rochester Americans on December 7 , 2009 . On January 6 , 2010 , the Hartford Wolf Pack signed Tkaczuk to a professional tryout ( PTO ) contract . Tkaczuk finished the season with 45 points in 46 games for the Checkers . In the following season , Tkaczuk signed a one year contract with the EC TREND - Dornbirn of the second - tier Austrian National League on September 16 , 2010 After scoring 33 points in 26 games Tkaczuk left Trend and signed with the GMB Nottingham Panthers , a hockey team based in the UK in the Elite Ice Hockey League ( EIHL ) on January 19 , 2011 . Personal . Tkaczuk is the President of iHockeyTrainer . com , an online hockey school for training and skill development . He is also a columnist for The Hockey News , often providing insight from a player ' s perspective