Darryl Sydor

Darryl Marion Sydor (born May 13, 1972) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey defenceman. He 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, in 2000 as a member of the Dallas Stars and in 2008 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. As a junior, Sydor won a Memorial Cup with the Kamloops Blazers and also represented Canada at the World Junior Championships.[1]

Sydor with the Penguins, March 2008.
Darryl Sydor
Born (1972-05-13) May 13, 1972
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
Columbus Blue Jackets
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
St. Louis Blues
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 7th overall, 1990
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1991–2010

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 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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 Norström, Sydor became the odd man out on the Stars' blueline and did not receive an offer from the club.[5] He instead signed a two-year, $5 million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.[5] 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.[6]

On September 3, 2009, Sydor was invited to the St. Louis Blues training camp for the 2009–10 season.[7] On September 25, Sydor signed a one-year contract with the Blues, serving primarily as a seventh defenceman.[8] He announced his retirement from the NHL as a player on July 13, 2010.[9]

Coaching career

Sydor spent the 2010–11 season as an assistant coach of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL) 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 NHL's Minnesota Wild,[10] again serving under Yeo. When Yeo became the head coach of the St. Louis Blues, Sydor again followed, working with the Blues' AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves in 2016–17 and as a Blues' assistant coach in 2017–18.[11] He left the Blues in 2018 to spend more time with family.[12] On January 12, 2019, Sydor was hired as the assistant coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League.

Awards

Personal life

Sydor and his wife Sharlene have four sons: Parker, Braden, Dylan and Cooper.[13] At the end of 2006, Sydor was naturalized with his wife as US citizens at a Dallas elementary school.[14]

On August 21, 2015, Sydor was charged with drunken driving after police arrested him while he was driving his 12-year-old son to a hockey tournament. According to the criminal complaint filed in Anoka County District Court, Sydor's blood alcohol level tested at 0.30, more than three times the legal limit.[15]

Sydor voluntarily entered the NHL/NHL Players' Association Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health Program and admitted himself into an inpatient centre in Malibu, California, on August 22 to seek treatment for alcoholism, earning the respect of fellow Blazers' majority owner Tom Gaglardi.[16]

Sydor is a part owner of the Kamloops Blazers.[17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Edmonton Mets AJHL 3810112154 —————
1988–89 Kamloops Blazers WHL 6512142686 1514519
1989–90 Kamloops Blazers WHL 67296695129 17291128
1989–90 Kamloops Blazers MC ————— 34042
1990–91 Kamloops Blazers WHL 66277810588 123222510
1991–92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 299394833 173151818
1991–92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1815622 —————
1991–92 Kamloops Blazers MC ————— 50226
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 806232963 24381116
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 848273594 —————
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 484192336 —————
1995–96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 581111234 —————
1995–96 Dallas Stars NHL 2626841 —————
1996–97 Dallas Stars NHL 828404851 70220
1997–98 Dallas Stars NHL 7911354651 1705514
1998–99 Dallas Stars NHL 7414344850 23391216
1999–2000 Dallas Stars NHL 748263432 231676
2000–01 Dallas Stars NHL 8210374734 101340
2001–02 Dallas Stars NHL 784293350 —————
2002–03 Dallas Stars NHL 815313640 120666
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 492131526 —————
2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 311676 230669
2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 804192330 50110
2006–07 Dallas Stars NHL 745162136 71124
2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 741121326 40002
2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81122 —————
2008–09 Dallas Stars NHL 652111316 —————
2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL 4708815 —————
NHL totals 129198409507755 1559475673

International
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
2002 Canada WC 1 0 0 0 0
Senior totals 17 0 2 2 4
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See also
  • List of NHL players with 1000 games played

References
  1. https://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=3804
  2. "Numminen to Stars in three-way trade". CBC. 2003-07-22. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  3. "Lightning give up Svitov". ESPN. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  4. "Cap-strapped Lightning deal Sydor to Stars". ESPN. 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
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  6. "Stars trade defenceman for Darryl Sydor". Rogers Sportsnet. 2008-11-16. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  7. "St. Louis Blues invite Darryl Sydor to training camp". Stltoday.com. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  8. "BLUES BRING IN DEFENCEMAN SYDOR". TSN.ca. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  9. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/StLouis/2010/07/13/14700861.html
  10. "Yeo picks his assistants". 2011-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  11. "Blues Name Sydor Assistant Coach". NHL.com. May 24, 2017.
  12. "Blues name Mike Van Ryn as assistant coach". St. Louis Blues. May 30, 2018.
  13. http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534308
  14. "Oilers 2, Stars 0". USA Today. 2006-04-18.
  15. "Wild assistant Darryl Sydor arrested for DUI". Sportsnet. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. http://infotel.ca/newsitem/nhl-assistant-coach-kamloops-blazer-owner-in-jail-on-drunk-driving-charges/it22327
Preceded by
Martin Gélinas		 Los Angeles Kings first round draft pick
1990		 Succeeded by
Jamie Storr
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