Darren Croft
Encyclopedia
Darren Croft is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Ice
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
.
in 2002. He continued to play for the Blackhawks until the end of the 2006 Victorian Senior A season. In 2007 Croft took a year long break from ice hockey but returned in 2008, signing with the Melbourne Jets of the Victorian Premier A league. He played 13 games for the Jets and recorded eight points for the season. The following season Croft moved to the Melbourne Rangers of the same league. Croft remained with the Rangers for the 2009 and 2010 season competing in a total of 39 games for the club. In 2011 Croft signed on with the Melbourne Ice
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
as a rookie. During his debut season with the Ice Croft played in 14 regular season games, and recorded two assists.
In 2002 Croft received a call-up to the Australian national team to compete in the 2002 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Cape Town
, South Africa
. Australian finished the tournament in fourth while Croft managed only one assist in his five games.
International
Melbourne Ice
The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash...
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
.
Playing career
Croft first played for the Melbourne Blackhawks of the Victorian Ice Hockey AssociationVictorian Ice Hockey Association
The Victorian Ice Hockey Association, currently trading as Ice Hockey Victoria is the governing body of ice hockey in Victoria, Australia. The Victorian Ice Hockey Association is a branch of Ice Hockey Australia.-Background:...
in 2002. He continued to play for the Blackhawks until the end of the 2006 Victorian Senior A season. In 2007 Croft took a year long break from ice hockey but returned in 2008, signing with the Melbourne Jets of the Victorian Premier A league. He played 13 games for the Jets and recorded eight points for the season. The following season Croft moved to the Melbourne Rangers of the same league. Croft remained with the Rangers for the 2009 and 2010 season competing in a total of 39 games for the club. In 2011 Croft signed on with the Melbourne Ice
Melbourne Ice
The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash...
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
as a rookie. During his debut season with the Ice Croft played in 14 regular season games, and recorded two assists.
In 2002 Croft received a call-up to the Australian national team to compete in the 2002 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Australian finished the tournament in fourth while Croft managed only one assist in his five games.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005 | Melbourne Blackhawks | Senior A | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Melbourne Blackhawks | Senior A | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | Melbourne Jets | Premier A | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | Melbourne Rangers | Premier A | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | Melbourne Rangers | Premier A | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 2011 AIHL season The 2011 AIHL season is the 12th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 14 April 2011 until 28 August 2011, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 3 and 4 September. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Ried trophy after finishing first in the regular season standings with 65 points... |
Melbourne Ice | AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors.... |
14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
International
| Year | Team | Competition | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Australia | 2002 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |