Darryl Sydor Darryl Marion Sydor ( born May 13 , 1972 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman . He has won two Stanley Cup s during his career ; with the Dallas Stars in 1999 and with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004 . He also reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1993 as a member of the Los Angeles Kings . As a junior , Sydor won a Memorial Cup with the Kamloops Blazers and also represented Canada at the World Junior Championships . He is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League . Playing career . The Los Angeles Kings selected Sydor seventh overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft . He played four seasons with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) and won a Memorial Cup championship in 1992 . Sydor originally began his Memorial Cup championship season in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the Kings , but was sent back to the WHL after 18 games . In his first full season with the Kings , Sydor tallied 29 points and helped the club to their first ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance . Led by Wayne Gretzky , they were , however , defeated by the Montreal Canadiens . Sydor developed with the Kings , but did not reach his prime until he was traded to the Dallas Stars in 1996 . He recorded a career - high 40 assists and 48 points in 1996 – 97 with the Stars . During his time with Dallas , Sydor became part of the team ' s big four defenceman , which included Derian Hatcher , Sergei Zubov and Richard Matvichuk . This quartet played a major role in capturing the Stanley Cup in 1999 against the Buffalo Sabres . In the regular season leading up to Sydor ' s first Stanley Cup championship , he matched his career - high 48 points and established a personal best 14 goals . The following year , Sydor helped the Stars to a second consecutive Finals appearance , but would suffer an injury against the New Jersey Devils . The Stars were kept from repeating as Stanley Cup champions , falling to the Devils in six games . Sydor played in Dallas for seven and a half seasons before being traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2003 . He played only 49 games with Columbus before being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for prospect Alexander Svitov midway through the season . Bolstering the Lightning ' s lineup for their 2004 playoff run , Sydor won his second Stanley Cup championship as the Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames in seven games . Sydor remained with the Lightning for one more season and was then traded back to the Dallas Stars on July 2 , 2006 for a 2008 fourth round draft pick in a salary - dumping move . Returning to Dallas in 2006 – 07 , he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1 , 2007 . Due to a late - season acquisition for defenceman Mattias Norstrom , Sydor became the odd man out on the Stars ' blueline and did not receive an offer from the club . He instead signed a two - year , $ 5 million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins . In his second season with the Penguins , he was traded back to Dallas for his third stint with the club on November 16 , 2008 , in exchange for Phillippe Boucher . On September 3 , 2009 , Sydor was invited to the St . Louis Blues training camp for the 2009 - 10 season . On September 25 , Sydor signed a one - year contract with the Blues , serving primarily as a seventh defenceman . He announced his retirement from the NHL as a player on July 13 , 2010 . Coaching Career . Sydor spent the 2010 - 11 season as an assistant coach of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League under head coach Mike Yeo . Under their leadership , the Aeros won the Western Conference title . On June 30 , 2011 , Sydor was announced as one of the new assistant coaches of the National Hockey League ' s Minnesota Wild , again serving under new head coach Mike Yeo . Personal life . Sydor and his wife Sharlene have four sons : Parker , Braden , Dylan and Cooper . At the end of 2006 , Sydor was naturalized with his wife as US citizens at a Dallas elementary school . They now live near St . Paul , MN . International play . Sydor has played for Team Canada at the following competitions : International statistics