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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Mathieu Darche
| image = Mathieu Darche 2007.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Darche with the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|26}}
| birth_place = [[Saint-Laurent, Quebec]], Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 217
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| played_for = [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]<br>[[Nashville Predators]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]]<br>[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 2012
}}

'''Mathieu Darche''' (born November 26, 1976) is a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] executive and former player who is the general manager for the [[New York Islanders]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He played for several [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) and NHL clubs from 2000 to 2012. Mathieu is the younger brother of football player [[J. P. Darche]]. 

==Hockey career==

===Amateur===
Darche played hockey at [[Choate Rosemary Hall]] and graduated in 1996. He has a commerce degree in marketing and international business from [[McGill University]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://boxscorenews.com/habs-darche-to-drop-puck-at-redmenottawa-game-on-friday-p14302-68.htm | title = Habs' Darche to drop puck at game on friday | publisher = Boxscorenews.com | date = 2011-02-11 | accessdate = 2011-02-11 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085956/http://boxscorenews.com/habs-darche-to-drop-puck-at-redmenottawa-game-on-friday-p14302-68.htm | archivedate = 2011-07-08 }}</ref> While attending university, Darche played four seasons of [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] (CIS) hockey, where in his last year, he was named the CIS Outstanding student-athlete and was awarded the [[Dr. Randy Gregg Award]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2007/award_winners.cfm | title = Hockey Award winners | publisher = [[Canadian Interuniversity Sports]] | date = 2007-06-05 | accessdate = 2011-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120504174556/http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2007/award_winners.cfm | archive-date = 2012-05-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Professional===
During the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], Darche spent a full season with the [[Hershey Bears]] of the AHL.

He played for the [[Füchse Duisburg]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (DEL) in 2005–06 and also split four seasons between the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] and [[American Hockey League|AHL]] with the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]], [[Nashville Predators]], and their affiliates. In [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]], he played a few games with the [[San Jose Sharks]] of the NHL but spent most of the season playing for the team's AHL affiliate, the [[Worcester Sharks]]. In [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]], Darche played with the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].

After starting the [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]] season playing for its AHL affiliate, the [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]] he was recalled and played his first game as a Canadien on January 20, 2010, versus the [[St. Louis Blues]] and scored his first goal for the team on January 22 versus the [[New Jersey Devils]], which was a [[game-winning goal]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468463&view=notes | title = Mathieu Darche Biography | publisher = [[Montreal Canadiens]] | date = 2010-10-01 | accessdate = 2010-10-01}}</ref> After attending the [[New Jersey Devils]] training camp in January 2013, he was asked to stay with the team but ultimately chose to retire.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=416371 | title = Canadiens' Darche makes retirement official | publisher = [[The Sports Network]] | date = 2013-02-19 | accessdate = 2013-02-19}}</ref>

===Managerial===
Darche served as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing in Canada for Delmar International Inc. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/hockey-inside-out/stu-cowan-former-canadien-mathieu-darche-loving-his-new-job-in-tampa | title = Stu Cowan: Former Canadien Mathieu Darche loving his new job in Tampa | publisher = Montreal Gazette | date = 2020-03-08 }}</ref> before becoming the Director of Hockey Operations for the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 6, 2019. He would win two Stanley Cups in the role in 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/bolts-announce-three-promotions-new-hire-to-hockey-operations-department/c-307237838 | title = Bolts announce three promotions, new hire to hockey operations department | publisher = [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] | date = 2019-05-06 }}</ref>

Darche was hired as the general manager of the [[New York Islanders]] on May 23, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darche Named General Manager and Executive Vice President |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/darche-named-general-manager-and-executive-vice-president |website=NHL.com |access-date=May 23, 2025 |date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"  bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | [[Playoffs]]
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1996–97||[[McGill University]]||[[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIAU]]||15||0||1||1||21||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1997–98||McGill University||CIAU||26||21||13||34||20||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| 1998–99||McGill University||CIAU||23||12||21||33||38||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1999–00||McGill University||CIAU||26||27||35||62||22||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2000–01 AHL season|2000–01]]||[[Syracuse Crunch]]||[[American Hockey League|AHL]]||66||16||24||40||21||5||0||1||1||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]||[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||9||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]||Columbus Blue Jackets||NHL||14||1||1||2||6||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2001–02 AHL season|2001–02]]||Syracuse Crunch||AHL||63||22||23||45||26||10||2||5||7||2
|-
| [[2002–03 AHL season|2002–03]]||Syracuse Crunch||AHL||76||32||32||64||38||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]||Columbus Blue Jackets||NHL||1||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]]||[[Milwaukee Admirals]]||AHL||76||28||31||59||41||22||6||8||14||8
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]||[[Nashville Predators]]||NHL||2||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2004–05 AHL season|2004–05]]||[[Hershey Bears]]||AHL||79||29||25||54||49||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2005–06 DEL season|2005–06]]||[[Füchse Duisburg]]||[[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]||52||12||13||25||88||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]]||[[Worcester Sharks]]||AHL||76||35||45||80||72||5||2||2||4||2
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]||[[San Jose Sharks]]||NHL||2||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]||[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]||NHL||73||7||15||22||20||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]]||[[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]]||AHL||4||3||7||10||2||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2008–09 AHL season|2008–09]]||[[Portland Pirates]]||AHL||80||31||35||66||37||5||0||0||0||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2009–10 AHL season|2009–10]]||[[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]||AHL||32||16||9||25||4||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||NHL||29||5||5||10||4||11||0||1||1||2
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[2010-11 NHL season|2010–11]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||59||12||14||26||10||7||1||1||2||0
|-
| [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||61||5||7||12||18||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|-
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 552
! 212
! 231
! 443
! 290
! 47
! 10
! 16
! 26
! 20
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 250
! 30
! 42
! 72
! 58
! 18
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 2
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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