Barry Tallackson

Barry T. Tallackson (born April 14, 1983) is an American former ice hockey forward. He played 20 games in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils between 2005 and 2009, mainly playing for their American Hockey League affiliate. Tallackson later spent 7 seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, and last played for the Oji Eagles of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH).

Playing career Born in Grand Forks, Tallackson was raised in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and graduated from Johnson High School. Prior to being drafted into the NHL in 2002, Tallackson played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and won a national championship.

Tallackson was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round, 53rd overall, on June 22, 2002. In December 2008 the Devil's waived their rights to the forward, just weeks after he underwent surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. He played with the Devil's farm team Lowell Devils where he scored 11 goals and 10 assists prior to being signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues on July 22, 2009.

Tallackson soon was released by St. Louis and later signed with Augsburger Panthers in Germany on July 17, 2010.

On May 2, 2011, after one season with Augsburg, Tallackson signed with reigning champions, Eisbären Berlin, on a one-year contract.

Tallackson's season with the Eisbären saw him finish second in points and goals on the DEL championship winning Eisbären team. Tallackson won MVP of the final series of the playoffs, and saw his contract extended with the Eisbären for another season.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 US NTDP U18 NAHL 53 14 6 20 90 3 1 0 1 8 2000–01 US NTDP Juniors USHL 23 7 7 14 32 — — — — — 2001–02 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 13 10 23 44 — — — — — 2002–03 University of Minnesota WCHA 32 9 14 23 18 — — — — — 2003–04 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 10 15 25 46 — — — — — 2004–05 University of Minnesota WCHA 35 11 8 19 52 — — — — — 2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 60 14 23 37 62 — — — — — 2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 58 10 24 34 33 — — — — — 2006–07 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Lowell Devils AHL 63 22 23 45 54 — — — — — 2007–08 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Lowell Devils AHL 56 11 10 21 29 — — — — — 2009–10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 74 19 8 27 34 — — — — — 2010–11 Augsburger Panther DEL 51 29 26 55 46 — — — — — 2011–12 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 22 18 40 46 13 7 10 17 14 2012–13 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 12 27 39 75 13 3 4 7 37 2013–14 Eisbären Berlin DEL 50 18 22 40 46 3 0 0 0 2 2014–15 Eisbären Berlin DEL 51 11 19 30 85 3 0 1 1 0 2015–16 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 16 22 38 36 7 0 0 0 2 2016–17 Eisbären Berlin DEL 51 2 8 10 32 4 1 0 1 2 2017–18 Oji Eagles ALH 28 5 12 17 24 12 3 1 4 2 AHL totals 315 77 89 166 212 — — — — — NHL totals 20 1 1 2 2 — — — — — DEL totals 359 110 142 252 366 43 11 15 26 57

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2000 United States U17 4th 6 0 1 1 2001 United States WJC18 6th 6 2 3 5 2 2003 United States WJC 4th 7 3 0 3 2 Junior totals 19 5 4 9 4