Darren Helm Darren Helm ( born January 21 , 1987 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . Playing career . Junior career . Helm started his junior playing career with the Selkirk Fishermen of the Keystone Junior Hockey League ( KJHL ) . He led the league in scoring for the 2003 - 04 season with 73 points in 34 games , en route to helping the Fishermen to a league championship . He also appeared in 6 games for the Selkirk Steelers of the Junior A Manitoba Junior Hockey League ( MJHL ) that season . The following season , in 2004 – 05 , Helm went on to play for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League , beginning a three - year major junior career . Following a 24 - point WHL rookie season , which was complemented by two goals and six assists in thirteen playoff games , Helm was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the fifth round ( 132 overall ) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft . His second season in the WHL was much more productive as he led his team in scoring with 79 points in 70 games . He also helped the Tigers win the regular season title with a 47 - 16 - 9 record for 103 points . While the Tigers swept in the first two rounds of the playoffs that season , they lost the semifinals to the Moose Jaw Warriors . On September 27 , 2006 , Helm signed a three year entry - level contract with the Red Wings . Nevertheless , he returned to the Tigers for a third and final WHL season in 2006 – 07 to help lead the team to an Ed Chynoweth Cup as league champions , defeating the Vancouver Giants in a seven - game final round . Earning a berth in the 2007 Memorial Cup , Helm and the Tigers then finished as runner - up to the Giants , who hosted the tournament . Detroit Red Wings . In 2007 – 08 , Helm started his professional playing career and was assigned by the Red Wings to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Grand Rapids Griffins . Near the end of the season , he was called up to Detroit and played his first NHL game on March 13 , 2008 . Helm remained with the Red Wings for their 2008 playoff run , centering the fourth line , and scored his first NHL goal on May 10 , 2008 , during game two of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars . He contributed 2 goals and 2 assists in 18 playoff games , helping the Red Wings to the franchise ' s 11th Stanley Cup . Despite being able to stick with the NHL club for the last part of his professional rookie season , Helm returned to the AHL in 2008 – 09 . After appearing in 16 regular season games for the Red Wings , however , he was called up once again for the first game of the 2009 playoffs . During game seven of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Anaheim Ducks , Helm scored a crucial goal on a breakaway to give the Wings a 2 - 0 lead . The Wings won the game and advanced to the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks , where he scored the series - winning goal in overtime of game five . With the goal , Helm became the first player in NHL history to score five playoff goals before scoring a regular season goal . He has since increased his total to six playoff goals before scoring a regular season goal , extending his record . For the 2009 – 10 NHL season , Helm was placed as the regular fourth line centre . His speed and determination has led Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock to name Helm as “ probably our best player from start to finish . ” He had a notable game on New Year ' s Eve of 2009 , when he scored two short - handed goals in a single outing against the Colorado Avalanche . Following the season , the Red Wings signed Helm to a two - year contract extension worth $ 1 . 825 million . The contract has an annual cap hit of $ 912 , 500 . During the 2010 – 11 NHL season Helm stepped into a more consistent scoring role , setting career highs in all statistics . Currently during the 2011 playoffs coach Mike Babcock has named Helm " an elite player , probably not a fourth - line player " International play . Helm participated in the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Team Canada ; playing on the second and third lines , he won a gold medal . In popular culture . The Detroit Red Wings blog " Nightmare on Helm Street " is named after him . Helm has a large cult following in Brazil , a country where the Detroit Red Wings are very popular among hockey fans . Brazilian fans usually refer to Helm as " God " . This nickname was coined by notable Brazilian Red Wings fan Guilherme Calciolari , also known as Herm , a member of Red Wings Brasil blog that was taken to Joe Louis Arena to watch a Red Wings game through a fund raised by Detroit fans .