Darcy Wakaluk
Canadian ice hockey player
Darcy Wakaluk (born March 14, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League from 1988 to 1997.
Wakaluk played for the WHL's Kelowna Wings and Spokane Chiefs. After being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres, Wakaluk then spent part of 5 seasons with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, winning the Calder Cup Championship in his first year (1986–87) and reaching the Finals once again in 1989-90.
On December 6, 1987, Wakaluk became the first American Hockey League goaltender to score a goal when he shot the puck the length of the ice into an empty net in a game with Rochester against Utica. Two days later, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers would accomplish the same feat becoming the first NHL goalie to score a goal by shooting the puck, also shooting into an empty net (Billy Smith had been credited with a goal a few years earlier, but it had been an instance of an opposing player accidentally shooting the puck into his own empty net). Darcy would go on to be inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame in 2012.
He was selected 144th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 7th round of the 1984 NHL entry draft and started playing for them in the 1988–89 season, where he appeared in six games. He played another 16 games (and 2 playoff contests) with Buffalo in 1990-91 until being traded to the Minnesota North Stars for Buffalo's 1991 8th round pick and future considerations on May 26, 1991.
He played for the North Stars for two seasons, and subsequently the Dallas Stars, after the North stars had relocated to Texas, where, after taking over starting duties from Andy Moog at the beginning the 1994 playoffs, he swept the St. Louis Blues in Round One, winning the last game ever played at St.
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