Derek King

Derek King (born February 11, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former professional left wing who is the interim head coach for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1986–87 until 1999–00.
==Playing career==
King was drafted 13th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. 
On March 18, 1997, he was traded from the Islanders to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for a 5th-round pick (Adam Edinger) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. 
King signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 4, 1997. He scored the last Maple Leafs goal in Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999.
On October 20, 1999, King was traded to to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations and Tyler Harlton. He signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators on August 10, 2000.
On July 13, 2001, he signed as a free agent with the München Barons in Germany where he played in 60 games.
On July 24, 2002, King signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings where he spent two seasons in the AHL with the Grand Rapid Griffins and retired from professional hockey in 2004. He played 830 career NHL games, scoring 261 goals and 351 assists for 612 points. He was a three-time 30-goal scorer, including one 40-goal season.
==Coaching career==
On August 21, 2009, King was named the assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies. In 2014, he was promoted to associate coach.
On July 28, 2015, he was named the assistant coach of the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. However, he left the Attack on October 28, 2015.
On July 7, 2016, King was named an assistant coach with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, the minor league affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks. 
On November 6, 2018, he was named the interim head coach of the IceHogs when head coach Jeremy Colliton was promoted to the Blackhawks. He was named the permanent head coach of the IceHogs at the end of the 2018–19 season.
On November 6, 2021, King was named the interim head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League to replace the dismissed Colliton, who led the team to a 1–9–2 start to the 2021–22 season.
On November 7, 2021, he earned his first win as an NHL head coach as the Blackhawks defeated the Nashville Predators by a score of 2-1 in overtime in his head coaching debut.
==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
1982–83 	Hamilton Mountain A's 	OPJHL 	 	8 	1 	2 	3 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1983–84 	Hamilton Mountain A's 	OPJHL 	 	37 	10 	14 	24 	142 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1984–85 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL 	 	63 	35 	38 	73 	106 	 	16 	3 	13 	16 	11
1985–86 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL 	 	25 	12 	17 	29 	33 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	Oshawa Generals 	OHL 	 	19 	8 	13 	21 	15 	 	6 	3 	2 	5 	13
1986–87 	Oshawa Generals 	OHL 	 	57 	53 	53 	106 	74 	 	17 	14 	10 	24 	40
1986–87 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	Springfield Indians 	AHL 	 	10 	7 	6 	13 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	55 	12 	24 	36 	30 	 	5 	0 	2 	2 	2
1988–89 	Springfield Indians 	AHL 	 	4 	4 	0 	4 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	60 	14 	29 	43 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Springfield Indians 	AHL 	 	21 	11 	12 	23 	33 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	46 	13 	27 	40 	20 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
1990–91 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	66 	19 	26 	45 	44 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	80 	40 	38 	78 	46 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	77 	38 	38 	76 	47 	 	18 	3 	11 	14 	14
1993–94 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	78 	30 	40 	70 	59 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
1994–95 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	43 	10 	16 	26 	41 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	61 	12 	20 	32 	23 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	70 	23 	30 	53 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	12 	3 	3 	6 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	77 	21 	25 	46 	43 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	81 	24 	28 	52 	20 	 	16 	1 	3 	4 	4
1999–2000 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 	 	19 	2 	7 	9 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	52 	19 	30 	49 	25 	 	17 	7 	8 	15 	8
2000–01 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	76 	32 	51 	83 	19 	 	10 	5 	5 	10 	4
2001–02 	München Barons 	DEL 	 	60 	19 	26 	45 	22 	 	9 	2 	4 	6 	4
2002–03 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	AHL 	 	59 	13 	28 	41 	20 	 	15 	4 	10 	14 	6
2003–04 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	AHL 	 	77 	9 	21 	30 	19 	 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	830 	261 	351 	612 	417 	 	47 	4 	17 	21 	24
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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