Marchand, Todd

Career start

Marchand began his career in university teams. In particular, he played for the team at Clarkson University at the National University Sports Association (NCAA) from 1991 to 1993. In 1993, he was drafted by the NHL club New York Rangers in the seventh round under a common 164th number. In the 1993-94 season, he played mainly for the Rangers and Edmonton Oilers farm clubs, respectively, Binghamton Rangers and "Cape Breton Oilers" speaking in the AHL . Marchand also played in a single game for the Rangers. He was exchanged at Edmonton for Craig McTavish (during the last two seasons at Edmonton, Marchand was one of the few NHL hockey players who had the chance to play under the guidance of a coach for whom he was exchanged when he was the last player).

Edmonton Oilers

Marchand spent nine full seasons with Edmonton (1994-2003), serving as assistant captain for the past few seasons. He was known as one of the fastest hockey players in the NHL and used his speed mainly for defensive actions. He managed to score a winning goal in overtime of the seventh match of the first round of the 1997 playoff against the Dallas Stars . He received a pass from Doug Waite , walked around the stumbled quarterback and hit Andy Mug's goal. March 1997 in the playoffs scored 3 goals in the minority, which was the best indicator in the playoffs of that year and the first case in eight years when one of the players managed to score 3 goals in the minority in the playoffs. The last player at that time who managed to do this was Wayne Presley in the 1989 playoffs.

Columbus Blue Jackets

In the summer of 2003, Marchand signed a contract with Columbus Blue Jackets as an unrestricted free agent. For Columbus, he spent the 2003-04 season with former Oilers partners Tyler Wright and Luke Richardson .

After the season ended, Marchand decided to abandon the clause of his contract on the impossibility of an exchange, which allowed Columbus to give it to Anaheim Ducks within the exchange transaction of Sergei Fedorov . After receiving Fedorov, “Columbus” put Marshan on a draft of refusals to make way for a salary ceiling (Marshan cost Columbus $ 2.5 million a year). Anaheim, in turn, took Marshan from the draft rejection on November 21, 2005.

Anaheim Ducks

Marchand began playing for Anaheim in the second half of the 2005–06 season. Anaheim was able to reach the finals of the Western Conference, where Marchand and Co. lost to the Edmonton Oilers.

After changing the name in the 2006-07 season, Anaheim set the NHL record for the number of consecutive wins since the start of the regular season. Marchand was injured in the middle of the season, as a result of which he missed more than 20 matches. Marchand recovered from his injury and returned to his Western Conference finals against the Detroit Red Wings , playing one of the decisive roles when playing in the minority. Marchand and Anaheim won the Stanley Cup in 2007, winning the Ottawa Senators finals.

In the first round of the playoffs of 2008, Marchand scored twice, which did not save Anaheim - the team took off in the first round, losing to Dallas.

In the regular season 2008-09, Marchand scored 5 goals, “Anaheim” hit the eighth playoffs in his conference. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Dax were able to upset the first seeder - San Jose Sharks . In the third overtime of the second game of the second round against Detroit, Marshan managed to score a winning goal. “Detroit” in the end with difficulty defeated the “Ducks” in seven matches.

Marchand announced his retirement on June 29, 2011 after 17 seasons in the NHL. He continues to work at Anaheim as one of the managers ^[1] .

US Team

Marchand was a member of the US national team at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer .

Todd Marchand and his wife Caroline have four children: daughters Lillian and Ashley and sons Timothy Todd and Bradley David; the latter was born on April 20, 2009 ^[2] .

• 2007 Stanley Cup winner at Anaheim Ducks .
• The holder of the largest number of matches played among the players selected in the 1993 draft (1195).

• List of NHL hockey players who played 1000 or more matches

• Statistics on The Internet Hockey Database
• Marchand's goal against the Dallas Stars in the 1997 playoffs