height_ft played_for weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year career_end position draft_team league height_in birth_date article_title draft career_start
6 rochester americans providence bruins manchester monarchs worcester icecats 225 left edmonton , ab , can 1996 2005 left wing buffalo sabres ahl 4 18 january 1978 darren van oene
 33rd overall 1998
darren van oene

darren van oene -lrb- born january 18 , 1978 in edmonton , alberta -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey winger .
he was drafted in the second round , 33rd overall , by the buffalo sabres in the 1996 nhl entry draft .
he has never played in the national hockey league , however ; he spent his entire career in the minor leagues .
drafted from the western hockey league 's brandon wheat kings , van oene debuted with buffalo 's american hockey league affiliate , the rochester americans , in the 1998 -- 1999 season .
he played with the americans for four seasons before the boston bruins signed him as a free agent and assigned him to their ahl team , the providence bruins .
after playing two seasons and part of a third with providence , van oene finished the 2004 -- 05 season by moving between the ahl 's manchester monarchs and worcester icecats , and also spent time in the united hockey league with the elmira jackals .
