Darren Pang

Darren Pang
Born (1964-02-17) February 17, 1964
Meaford, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
National team  Canada
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1984–1989

Darren Robert "Panger" Pang (born February 17, 1964) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (1984–85 and 1987–89).[1]

He is currently a hockey media personality with the St. Louis Blues, and also does occasional work on nationally televised hockey broadcasts. He is good friends with former long-time Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman.

Playing career

Pang grew up playing hockey in Nepean, Ontario for the Nepean Raiders. As a youth, he played alongside many future NHLers, including Doug Smith, Dan Quinn and Steve Yzerman.

Pang played in many prestigious minor hockey tournaments as a youth goalie. He played for the West Ottawa Golden Knights alongside former NHLer Dan Quinn, in the Quebec Pee Wee Tournament, and for the Nepean Raiders Major Midget team that represented Ontario in the Air Canada Cup as a 15-year-old.

He was the first goalie drafted by the expansion Belleville Bulls, winning their first ever game in the OHL. He was traded to the Ottawa 67's, where he won the Memorial Cup in 1984, while garnering the Top goalie and All-Star team awards.

Standing 5'5",[2] Pang was the 2nd shortest goalie behind only Roy "Shrimp" Worters to play in the NHL, and was often humorously considered to have a "sixth hole" above his head. He was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1988, and was a finalist for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the year, won by Hall of Famer Joe Nieuwendyk. His first win was recorded on October 18, 1987 against the Winnipeg Jets.

Pang was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks on August 15, 1984. He also set a Blackhawks goaltender's record with six assists in the 1987–1988 NHL season, and had 9 points in his brief NHL career. Pang suffered a career-ending knee injury on September 21, 1990, during training camp. During his playing career, he was known to vomit before each game, as Glenn Hall had.

Broadcast career

Today, Pang is a "Inside the Glass" reporter. for the St. Louis Blues Fox Sports Midwest and a part time analyst for Sportsnet. He was recently named an "Inside the Glass" reporter for regular season and playoff action for NHL on NBC. Pang also contributes to Home Ice, XM Satellite Radio's all-hockey channel. Before joining the Blues, he was the color commentator for the Phoenix Coyotes and a part time analyst for TSN.

Pang was a top analyst for ESPN National Hockey Night[3] and NHL on ABC for 13 seasons and has broadcast over 95 Stanley Cup Finals games on National TV.

Pang has worked as an analyst for 3 Winter Olympics. In 1998, in Nagano, Japan, he was assigned as the 1st Olympic reporter that received full access "between the benches" with no glass separating Pang from the benches, on CBS. He also worked as an on ice analyst/reporter in 2002 for NBC and in 2010 he worked as a studio analyst for CTV/TSN alongside Bob McKenzie, Nick Kypreos, Daren Millard and James Duthie.

On July 9, 2009, it was announced that he would be the color commentator for the St. Louis Blues TV broadcasts, with former color man Bernie Federko, who moved between the benches, while John Kelly and Pang work together in the broadcast booth.

Career statistics

Regular season

Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1980–81 Nepean Raiders CCHL 41 — — — 2316 154 0 3.99 —
1981–82 Belleville Bulls OHL 47 15 21 1 2234 173 0 4.65 —
1982–83 Belleville Bulls OHL 12 3 8 0 570 44 0 4.63 —
1982–83 Ottawa 67's OHL 47 28 14 3 2729 166 1 3.65 —
1983–84 Ottawa 67's OHL 43 29 10 1 2318 117 2 3.03 —
1984–85 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 1 0 60 4 0 4.00 .818
1984–85 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 53 19 29 3 3129 226 0 4.33 —
1985–86 Saginaw Generals IHL 44 21 21 0 2638 148 2 3.37 —
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 7 4 2 0 389 21 0 3.24 .885
1986–87 Saginaw Generals IHL 44 25 16 0 2500 151 0 3.62 —
1987–88 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 45 17 23 1 2547 163 0 3.84 .891
1988–89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 35 10 11 6 1644 120 0 4.38 .869
1988–89 Saginaw Hawks IHL 2 1 0 0 89 6 0 4.04 —
1989–90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 7 4 1 2 401 17 1 2.54 —
IHL totals 150 70 67 5 8757 548 3 3.75 —
NHL totals 81 27 35 7 4251 287 0 4.05 .882

Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1982–83 Ottawa 67's OHL 9 5 4 510 33 0 3.88 —
1983–84 Ottawa 67's OHL 13 — — 726 41 1 3.31 —
1983–84 Ottawa 67's M-Cup 5 3 1 226 13 0 3.45 —
1985–86 Saginaw Generals IHL 8 3 5 492 32 0 3.90 —
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 3 1 2 200 11 0 3.30 —
1987–88 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 1 3 239 18 0 4.52 .862
1988–89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 10 0 0 0.00 1.000
1989–90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 4 3 1 253 12 0 2.85 —
IHL totals 12 6 6 745 44 0 3.54 —
NHL totals 6 1 3 249 18 0 4.35 .866

References

  1. ↑ Sipple, George (August 24, 2013). "Ex-goalie Darren Pang praises Jimmy Howard's progres". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ↑ McDill, Kent (November 29, 1987). "Don't Sell Him Short: A 5-5 Goalie, Darren Pang, Manages to Stand Tall in Net for the Blackhawks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Marchand, Andrew (May 7, 2004). "5 Questions for Darren Pang". New York Post. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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