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[http://ihockeytrainer.com/about-us iHockeyTrainer.com: About Us. He is also a columnist for The Hockey News, often providing insight from a player's perspectiveTheHockeyNews.com: Daniel Tkaczuk's Blog
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		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
1994–95 	Mississauga Reps 	GTHL 		53 	65 	66 	131 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Barrie Colts 	OHL 		61 	22 	39 	61 	38 		7 	1 	2 	3 	8
1996–97 	Barrie Colts 	OHL 		62 	45 	48 	93 	49 		9 	7 	2 	9 	2
1997–98 	Barrie Colts 	OHL 		57 	35 	40 	75 	38 		6 	2 	3 	5 	8
1998–99 	Barrie Colts 	OHL 		58 	43 	62 	105 	58 		12 	7 	8 	15 	10
1999–00 	Saint John Flames 	AHL 		80 	25 	41 	66 	56 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
2000–01 	Saint John Flames 	AHL 		50 	15 	21 	36 	48 		14 	10 	9 	19 	10
2001–02 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 		19 	4 	7 	11 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Worcester IceCats 	AHL 		75 	10 	27 	37 	37 		3 	1 	1 	2 	2
2002–03 	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL 		69 	9 	18 	27 	44 		9 	3 	7 	10 	16
2003–04 	Lukko 	SML 		36 	7 	11 	18 	16 		4 	0 	0 	0 	18
2004–05 	HC Milano 	ITL 		34 	23 	36 	59 	28 		13 	6 	10 	16 	18
2005–06 	HC Millano 	ITL 		30 	13 	31 	44 	55 		4 	4 	2 	6 	8
2006–07 	ERC Ingolstadt 	DEL 		48 	9 	23 	32 	36 		6 	1 	4 	5 	16
2007–08 	EV Duisburg 	DEL 		44 	17 	16 	33 	54 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	EV Duisburg 	DEL 		37 	3 	8 	11 	34 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Charlotte Checkers 	ECHL 		46 	11 	34 	45 	18 		4 	4 	1 	5 	2
2009–10 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		3 	0 	0 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		7 	0 	2 	2 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Hartford Wolf Pack 	AHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	EC Trend Dornbirn 	ANL 		26 	16 	17 	33 	65 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		19 	4 	7 	11 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995 	Canada 	Int18 	5 	1	1	2 	4
1998 	Canada 	WJC 	7 	2	1	3 	4
1999 	Canada 	WJC 	7 	6	4	10 	10
Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	19	9	6	15 	18
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Born in 1979
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