Darren Joseph Eliot

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Hamilton, Ontario, November 26, 1961.
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HEIGHT: 6'1".
WEIGHT: 175 lbs.
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Selected by Los Angeles Kings in sixth round (eighth Kings pick, 115th overall) during National Hockey League entry draft, 1980.
Signed as free agent by Detroit Red Wings, June 30, 1987.
Signed as free agent by Buffalo Sabres, February 27, 1989.

ACCOLADES:

Named to East Coast Athletic Conference All-Star First Team, 1982-83.
Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (East) All-American First Team, 1982-83.

INJURIES:

Left game with injured right leg, November 27, 1984.

PENALTY SHOTS:

DID YOU KNOW?

On December 19, 1984, Darren was the goaltender in net when Wayne Gretzky scored his 1000th career National Hockey League point. Gretzky shot a puck that beat Eliot and bounced off the post, where teammate Mike Krushelnyski followed through for the goal. Gretzky wasn't finished, scoring two goals and four assists on the evening.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
77-78 Oshawa Parkway TV OMHA      18   1080                55   3.06                    0
78-79 Oshawa Legionnaires OHA-B   26   1580                93   3.53                    0
79-80 Cornell University ECAC     26   1362  14   8   0    94   4.14                    0   0   0     0
80-81 Cornell University ECAC     18    912   8   7   0    52   3.42                    1   0   0     0
81-82 Cornell University ECAC      7    338   1   3   0    25   4.44                    0   0   0     0
82-83 Cornell University ECAC     26   1606  13  10   3   100   3.74                    1   0   0     0
83-84 Canada NATIONAL TEAM        31   1676               111   3.97                    0   0   0     0
      Canada OLYMPICS              2     40   0   0   0     2   3.00                    0
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL     7    365   4   1   0    30   4.93     218   .862     0   0   0     0
84-85 Los Angeles Kings NHL       33   1882  12  11   6   137   4.37     944   .855     0   0   0     0
85-86 Los Angeles Kings NHL       27   1481   5  17   3   121   4.90     801   .849     0   0   1     4
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL     3    180   1   2   0    19   6.33     112   .830     0   0   0     2
86-87 Los Angeles Kings NHL       24   1404   8  13   2   103   4.40     692   .851     1   0   1    18
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL     4    239   2   2   0    15   3.77     123   .878     0   0   1     2
87-88 Detroit Red Wings NHL        3     97   0   0   1     9   5.57      56   .839     0   0   0     2
      Adirondack Red Wings AHL    43   2445  23  11   7   136   3.34    1109   .903     0   0   3     8
88-89 Rochester Americans AHL     23    969   8   6   2    59   3.65     456   .871     0   0   1     4
      Buffalo Sabres NHL           2     67   0   0   0     7   6.27      43   .837     0   0   0     0
FIVE (5) NHL SEASONS              89   4931  25  41  12   377   4.59    2536  0.851     1   0   2    24

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
79-80 Cornell University ECAC      5    300   3   2   20   4.00                    0
80-81 Cornell University ECAC      3    119   1   1    7   2.33                    0
85-86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL     1     60   0   1    4   4.00                    0   0   0     0
86-87 Los Angeles Kings NHL        1     40   0   0    7  10.50      29   .759     0   0   0     0
87-88 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    10    614   4   6   45   4.40                    0   0   0     6
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             1     40   0   0    7  10.50      29  0.759     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey League entry draft, 1980.
10/13/84: L (61m10s, 29/35) 5-6 OT defeat vs. Vancouver (Caprice).
10/18/84: T (65m, 34/37) 3-3 OT tie at Montreal (Soetaert).
10/21/84: L (60m, 36/41) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Skorodenski).
10/26/84: L (60m, 22/30) 2-8 defeat at Edmonton (Fuhr).
11/11/84: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory at NY Rangers (Hanlon).
11/13/84: W (62m57s, 23/27) 5-4 OT victory at Quebec (Bouchard).
11/17/84: W (60m, 27/30) 5-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Herron).
11/21/84: W (60m, 26/27) 8-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Low, Resch).
11/27/84: - (30m44s, 10/12) 3-5 defeat vs. Winnipeg (Hayward) [Replaced by Janecyk].
12/08/84: L (60m, 19/28) 7-9 defeat at Montreal (Penney, Soetaert).
12/18/84: W (60m, 41/44) 6-3 victory at Calgary (Edwards, Lemelin).
12/19/84: L (60m, 29/36) 3-7 defeat at Edmonton (Moog).
12/23/84: T (65m, 22/26) 4-4 OT tie at Winnipeg (Hayward).
12/27/84: T (65m, 34/40) 6-6 OT tie vs. Boston (Daskalakis, Keans).
01/03/85: - (20m, 6/9) 3-8 defeat vs. Minnesota (Melanson) [Replaced Janecyk].
01/05/85: W (60m, 29/32) 5-3 victory at Detroit (Stefan).
01/09/85: T (65m, 34/38) 4-4 OT tie at Calgary (Lemelin).
01/13/85: L (60m, 16/22) 5-6 defeat vs. Winnipeg (Hayward).
01/19/85: W (63m28s, 29/34) 6-5 OT victory vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
01/23/85: W (60m, 19/22) 6-3 victory vs. Philadelphia (Lindbergh).
01/25/85: L (60m, 30/36) 3-6 defeat at St. Louis (Wamsley).
02/05/85: W (60m, 18/23) 7-5 victory vs. NY Rangers (Hanlon).
02/07/85: T (65m, 30/34) 4-4 OT tie at Philadelphia (Lindbergh).
02/10/85: W (60m, 23/26) 4-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Romano).
02/14/85: T (65m, 18/21) 3-3 OT tie vs. Boston (Keans).
02/19/85: L (60m, 19/26) 6-7 defeat at Quebec (Sevigny, Gosselin).
03/03/85: - (40m, 18/21) 0-7 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin) [Replaced Janecyk].
03/08/85: L (60m, 42/46) 3-4 defeat at Vancouver (Caprice).
03/10/85: - (8m53s, 2/2) 4-4 OT tie vs. Buffalo (Barrasso, Sauve) [Replaced Janecyk].
03/16/85: W (60m, 21/24) 8-3 victory vs. Detroit (Stefan).
03/20/85: L (60m, 13/21) 6-8 defeat at Detroit (Stefan).
03/29/85: L (60m, 25/28) 0-3 defeat at Calgary (Edwards).
04/05/85: W (60m, 32/35) 4-3 victory at Vancouver (Brodeur).
10/12/85: L (60m48s, 25/30) 4-5 OT defeat vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
10/13/85: L (60m, 25/34) 2-9 defeat vs. Calgary (Lemelin).
10/20/85: L (40m, 22/25) 5-8 defeat vs. Edmonton (Fuhr) [Replaced Janecyk].
10/22/85: L (60m, 21/26) 2-5 defeat vs. Boston (Keans).
10/25/85: L (60m, 20/25) 0-5 defeat at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
10/29/85: W (60m, 23/25) 3-2 victory at NY Islanders (Smith).
10/31/85: L (60m, 22/29) 4-7 defeat at Boston (Peeters).
11/02/85: - (4m13s, 1/1) 8-1 victory at Hartford (Weeks) [Replaced Janecyk].
11/13/85: L (60m, 27/34) 2-7 defeat vs. Detroit (Stefan).
11/21/85: W (63m59s, 26/30) 5-4 OT victory at Detroit (Stefan).
11/23/85: L (60m, 30/34) 2-4 defeat at Minnesota (Casey).
11/24/85: T (65m, 40/44) 4-4 OT tie at Chicago (Sauve).
11/27/85: L (9m25s, 7/10) 0-9 defeat vs. Hartford (Liut) [Replaced by Healy].
11/30/85: T (65m, 22/26) 4-4 OT tie vs. Chicago (Bannerman).
12/05/85: T (65m, 40/46) 6-6 OT tie at Edmonton (Moog).
12/07/85: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Winnipeg (Bouchard).
12/08/85: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory at Winnipeg (Bouchard).
12/10/85: L (60m, 35/41) 5-6 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin).
12/14/85: L (60m, 27/32) 4-5 defeat vs. Washington (Jensen).
12/20/85: L (60m, 32/41) 4-9 defeat at Edmonton (Moog).
01/02/86: - (28m33s, 17/19) 4-7 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Jensen) [Replaced Janecyk].
01/25/86: L (60m, 20/25) 2-5 defeat at Edmonton (Moog).
01/27/86: L (56m39s, 19/23) 3-6 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin) [Replaced Janecyk].
02/01/86: W (60m, 23/29) 9-6 victory at Winnipeg (Behrend).
02/06/86: L (60m, 30/37) 2-7 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin).
02/08/86: L (60m, 35/39) 3-4 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
02/12/86: L (59m, 21/25) 2-5 defeat vs. Quebec (Malarchuk).
10/09/86: L (60m, 16/20) 3-4 defeat vs. St. Louis (Wamsley).
10/15/86: W (64m41s, 21/24) 4-3 OT victory at Detroit (Hanlon).
10/22/86: L (64m34s, 22/27) 4-5 OT defeat at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
10/28/86: L (60m, 25/31) 2-6 defeat at Quebec (Gosselin).
11/02/86: T (65m, 36/41) 5-5 OT tie at Edmonton (Moog, Fuhr).
11/03/86: L (60m, 28/32) 2-4 defeat at Calgary (Vernon).
11/06/86: L (59m, 32/37) 4-6 defeat vs. Montreal (Roy).
11/25/86: L (24m29s, 11/18) 5-11 defeat at Vancouver (Brodeur) [Replaced Melanson, replaced by Melanson].
11/29/86: W (60m, 20/26) 9-6 victory vs. New Jersey (Chevier, Terreri).
12/02/86: W (60m, 18/22) 5-4 victory vs. Detroit (Stefan).
12/04/86: W (60m, 30/33) 4-3 victory vs. Toronto (Bester).
12/06/86: W (60m, 19/21) 7-2 victory vs. Chicago (Bannerman).
12/09/86: W (60m, 37/39) 7-2 victory at NY Islanders (Smith).
12/13/86: L (59m, 23/27) 3-6 defeat vs. Calgary (Vernon).
12/14/86: L (60m, 24/28) 2-4 defeat vs. Edmonton (Fuhr).
12/17/86: W (60m, 26/26) 3-0 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Romano).
12/20/86: T (65m, 26/34) 8-8 OT tie at Edmonton (Fuhr).
12/23/86: L (60m, 22/28) 4-6 defeat at Vancouver (Brodeur).
01/10/87: L (60m, 16/24) 5-8 defeat vs. Buffalo (Barrasso, Cloutier).
01/28/87: W (60m, 26/28) 6-2 victory vs. New Jersey (Chevier).
02/01/87: L (60m, 22/25) 2-3 defeat at Quebec (Gosselin).
02/04/87: L (60m, 24/29) 4-5 defeat at Toronto (Wregget).
04/01/87: - (40m, 23/27) 3-8 defeat vs. Vancouver (Caprice) [Replaced Melanson].
04/05/87: L (60m, 30/35) 2-5 defeat at Vancouver (Brodeur).
04/09/87: - (40m, 22/29) 3-13 defeat at Edmonton (Moog) [Replaced Melanson].
Signed as free agent by Detroit Red Wings.
10/17/87: - (25m28s, 17/19) 4-7 defeat at Toronto (Wregget) [Replaced Stefan].
01/18/88: - (7m17s, 4/7) 4-3 victory vs. Toronto (Bester, Wregget) [Replaced Hanlon, replaced by Hanlon].
01/23/88: T (65m, 26/30) 4-4 OT tie vs. Calgary (Vernon).
Signed as free agent by Buffalo Sabres.
03/04/89: - (27m03s, 15/17) 2-6 defeat at Quebec (Gosselin) [Replaced Cloutier].
03/05/89: - (40m, 21/26) 2-8 defeat vs. Quebec (Tugnutt) [Replaced Cloutier].

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