Darren Van Impe

Darren Cyril Van Impe (born May 18, 1973) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets between 1995 and 2003.

Playing career Van Impe was drafted 170th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1993 NHL entry draft and started his National Hockey League career with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1995. He also played for the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets. In total, Van Impe played 411 regular season games, scoring 25 goals and 90 assists for 115 points, collecting 397 penalty minutes. He also played 33 playoff games, scoring 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points and collecting 28 penalty minutes. He scored his first NHL goal on Easter Sunday 4/7/1996 at San Jose in a 5-3 Anaheim win. He left the NHL after the 2003 season and moved to Germany to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He first played for the Hamburg Freezers between 2003 and 2006 before moving to the DEG Metro Stars before retiring in 2008.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 Prince Albert Raiders U18 AAA SMAAAHL 32 16 31 47 100 — — — — — 1989–90 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 70 15 45 60 57 3 1 1 2 2 1991–92 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 69 9 37 46 129 8 1 5 6 10 1992–93 Red Deer Rebels WHL 54 23 47 70 118 4 2 5 7 16 1993–94 Red Deer Rebels WHL 58 20 64 84 125 4 2 4 6 6 1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 76 6 17 23 74 5 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 16 1 2 3 14 — — — — — 1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 63 11 47 58 79 — — — — — 1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 74 4 19 23 90 9 0 2 2 16 1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 19 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Boston Bruins NHL 50 2 8 10 36 6 2 1 3 0 1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 60 5 15 20 66 11 1 2 3 4 1999–00 Boston Bruins NHL 79 5 23 28 73 — — — — — 2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 31 3 10 13 41 — — — — — 2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 17 1 0 1 12 — — — — — 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 36 1 6 7 31 — — — — — 2001–02 New York Islanders NHL 14 1 2 3 16 7 0 4 4 8 2002–03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 14 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 6 1 4 5 8 — — — — — 2003–04 Hamburg Freezers DEL 51 9 22 31 115 10 3 5 8 25 2004–05 Hamburg Freezers DEL 49 7 29 36 82 5 1 1 2 8 2005–06 Hamburg Freezers DEL 39 7 22 29 117 6 0 3 3 14 2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL 45 8 18 26 94 9 2 5 7 24 2007–08 DEG Metro Stars DEL 45 5 16 21 78 12 0 7 7 12 2008–09 Fairview Kings NPHL — — — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Bentley Generals ChHL 5 0 1 1 2 6 1 3 4 10 2012–13 Bentley Generals ChHL 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 DEL totals 226 36 107 143 486 42 6 21 27 93 NHL totals 411 25 90 115 397 33 3 9 12 28

Awards WHL East First All-Star Team – 1993 & 1994