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Darren Archibald

Darren Archibald
Darren Archibald Comets.jpg
Archibald with the Utica Comets in 2013
Born (1990-02-09) February 9, 1990 (age 27)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams
Utica Comets
Vancouver Canucks
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Darren Archibald (born February 9, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Utica Comets in the AHL. He has formerly played with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Archibald played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Barrie Colts and Niagara IceDogs. Undrafted out of junior he signed with the Canucks as a free agent and played at multiple levels within the organization.

In his first year of junior hockey Archibald was cut from an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) try-out and played a season in junior A. He played for the Stouffville Spirit in the Ontario Junior Hockey League recording 21 goals and 47 points in 48 games. The following season he made the Barrie Colts in the OHL. He recorded 25 goals and 49 points in 68 games. He added 7 point in 5 playoff games as Barrie lost in the first round to Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. After going undrafted prior to the start of the 2009–10 OHL season Archibald was invited to the National Hockey League's (NHL) Columbus Blue Jackets development training camp as a free agent. Upon returning to Barrie Archibald scored 26 goals and 59 points in 57 games. In the playoffs Barrie defeated the Sudbury Wolves, Brampton Battalion, and the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors advancing to the OHL championship, where they were swept by the Windsor Spitfires. In the playoffs Archibald added 5 goals and 10 points in 15 games.


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