Darren Haydar

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg/12 st 2 lb)
NHL Team (P) Cur. team F. teams	Atlanta Thrashers Chicago Wolves (AHL) Nashville Predators
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 28), Toronto, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	248th overall, 1999 Nashville Predators
Pro career	2003 – present

Darren Haydar (born October 22, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who plays in the Atlanta Thrashers organization in the National Hockey League, and is the current Captain of their American Hockey League affiliate the Chicago Wolves. Prior to turning professional Haydar played two years with the Milton Merchants of the Junior A Ontario Provincial Hockey League, where he established league records for goals (71) and points (140) in a season. He then spent four years (1998–2002) for the University of New Hampshire, scoring 219 points with 102 goals. In 2002 he was named a 1st Team All American and was Hockey East Player of the Year. He was drafted 248th overall by Nashville Predators in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He spent almost all of his Predators career at their farm team the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, only playing twice for the Predators, both in the 2002–03 NHL season. He was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers as a free-agent on July 4, 2006. Last Year Haydar, won the Les Cunningham Award for being the AHL's most valuable player in 2006–2007 with the Chicago Wolves.

1 39–game point streak
2 First NHL Goal
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 39–game point streak

On December 23, 2006, Haydar picked up a point in his 32nd consecutive game, breaking the record for the longest AHL scoring streak.^[1] The stick used by Haydar as well as the hockey puck involved in the record-breaking point are to be preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

Haydar went on to notch a point in 39 consecutive games, tallying 79 points during the streak.

[edit] First NHL Goal

Darren scored his first NHL goal while playing for the Atlanta Thrashers on October 13, 2007. It came against Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils.