Facts: - played for: phoenix coyotes pittsburgh penguins - weight lb: 240 - career end: 2006 - position: defence - height in: 6 - draft year: 1996 - shoots: left - height ft: 6 - birth date: 31 december 1977 - career start: 1997 - draft: 11th overall - draft team: phoenix coyotes - birth place: regina , sk , can Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dan focht .
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dan focht -lrb- born december 31 , 1977 in regina , saskatchewan -rrb- is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman .he was drafted by the phoenix coyotes in the first round , 11th overall , in the 1996 nhl entry draft .after playing three seasons in the western hockey league , focht joined the coyotes ' american hockey league affiliate , the springfield falcons , for the 1997 -- 98 season .he did not make his nhl debut with the coyotes , however , until the 2001 -- 02 season , during which he appeared in eight games .after playing in ten more games for the coyotes in the 2002 -- 03 season , he was traded to the pittsburgh penguins in a multi-player deal which saw jan hrdina go to phoenix .focht appeared in 64 games in one-plus season with the penguins .most recently , focht spent the 2005 -- 06 season with the rochester americans of the ahl .