Darren Pang

Darren Pang
Born	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 color commentator for the St. Louis Blues TV broadcasts 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.

External links

• Darren Pang's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database