Darryl Sydor

Darryl Marion Sydor (born May 13, 1972) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He has won two Stanley Cups 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.http://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=3804 He is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League.http://wild.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=62258
==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.http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/StLouis/2010/07/13/14700861.html
==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.
==Awards==
*Won President's Cup (WHL champions; Kamloops Blazers) in 1990 and 1992.
*Won Memorial Cup (CHL champions; Kamloops Blazers) in 1992.
*Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1998 and 1999.
*Won Stanley Cup in 1999 (Dallas Stars) and 2004 (Tampa Bay Lightning).
==Personal life==
Sydor and his wife Sharlene have four sons: Parker, Braden, Dylan and Cooper.http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534308 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.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1988–89 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 	 	65 	12 	14 	26 	86 	 	15 	1 	4 	5 	19
1989–90 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 	 	67 	29 	66 	95 	129 	 	17 	2 	9 	11 	28
1990–91 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 	 	66 	27 	78 	105 	88 	 	12 	3 	22 	25 	10
1991–92 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 	 	29 	9 	39 	48 	33 	 	17 	3 	15 	18 	18
1991–92 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	18 	1 	5 	6 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	80 	6 	23 	29 	63 	 	24 	3 	8 	11 	16
1993–94 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	84 	8 	27 	35 	94 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	48 	4 	19 	23 	36 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	58 	1 	11 	12 	34 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	26 	2 	6 	8 	41 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	82 	8 	40 	48 	51 	 	7 	0 	2 	2 	0
1997–98 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	79 	11 	35 	46 	51 	 	17 	0 	5 	5 	14
1998–99 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	74 	14 	34 	48 	50 	 	23 	3 	9 	12 	16
1999–00 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	74 	8 	26 	34 	32 	 	23 	1 	6 	7 	6
2000–01 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	82 	10 	37 	47 	34 	 	10 	1 	3 	4 	0
2001–02 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	78 	4 	29 	33 	50 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	81 	5 	31 	36 	40 	 	12 	0 	6 	6 	6
2003–04 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 	 	49 	2 	13 	15 	26 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	NHL 	 	31 	1 	6 	7 	6 	 	23 	0 	6 	6 	9
2005–06 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	NHL 	 	80 	4 	19 	23 	30 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0
2006–07 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	74 	5 	16 	21 	36 	 	7 	1 	1 	2 	4
2007–08 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	74 	1 	12 	13 	26 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
2008–09 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	8 	1 	1 	2 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	65 	2 	11 	13 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 	 	47 	0 	8 	8 	15 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	1,291 	98 	409 	507 	755 	 	155 	9 	47 	56 	73
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==International play==
Sydor has played for Team Canada at the following competitions:
*1992 World Junior Championships
*1994 World Championships
*1996 World Championships
International statistics
Year 	Team 	Event 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992 	Canada 	WJC 	7 	3	1	4 	4
1994 	Canada 	WC 	8 	0	1	1 	4
1996 	Canada 	WC 	8 	0	1	1 	0
Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	16	0	2	2 	4
==See also==
*List of NHL players with 1000 games played
==References==
==External links==
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Category:American ice hockey players
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