Darren Rumble
| Darren Rumble | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Rumble with the Springfield Falcons in 2004 | |||
| Born |
January 23, 1969 Barrie, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Philadelphia Flyers Ottawa Senators St. Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
| NHL draft |
20th overall, 1987 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 1989–2005 | ||
Darren William Rumble (born January 23, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player, presently the Interim Coach of the Ontario Hockey League Owen Sound Attack. Rumble played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League, but played most of his career with various minor league teams. In 2003–04 season Rumble spent majority of the season in the NHL, played only 5 games for Tampa Bay. Rumble spent most of the season as a healthy reserve. Tampa Bay Lightning still had his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup even though he did not officially qualify. The following year he played a handful of games for the Lightnings' AHL Affiliate Springfield Falcons before retiring and becoming assistant coach of the team. Rumble later became head coach of the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), holding the position until January 2010. In 2013, he was assistant coach for the Icelandic National hockey team in the IIHF Hockey World Championship Div.II in Croatia.
Playing career
As a youth, Rumble played in the 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Barrie.[1]
Rumble was selected 20th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Rumble turned professional with the Hershey Bears in 1989–90. He played three seasons with the Bears, managing three games with the Flyers. He was selected in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He played two seasons with Ottawa, before returning to the AHL with the Prince Edward Island Senators. In 1995, he became the property of the Flyers for the second time, and mostly played for their affiliates the Hershey Bears and the Philadelphia Phantoms. He did manage 15 games in the NHL.[citation needed]
In 1997, he left North America to play one season for the Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After that season, Rumble would spend the following seven seasons with various AHL and IHL teams, with occasional callups to NHL clubs St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning, including five games with the Lightning in the 2003–04 season for which the club won the Stanley Cup. His final playing season was with Springfield in 2004–05, becoming their assistant coach as a mid-season replacement. Over his career, Rumble played 193 career NHL games, scoring 10 goals and 26 assists for 36 points.[citation needed]
Coaching career
In 2007, he joined the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL as an assistant coach. In July 2008, the Tampa Bay Lightning named Rumble Head Coach of their AHL affiliate the Norfolk Admirals replacing Steve Stirling. On January 12, 2010, he was fired by the Lightning. He subsequently became an assistant coach for the Seattle Thunderbirds. In July 2013, he was named head coach of the Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL).[2]. On October 18, 2023, he was named the Interim Head Coach of the Owen Sound Attack, where he had been serving since July as an assistant coach, before the replacement of previous coach Greg Walters on October 16. [3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Barrie Colts | CJHL | 46 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 64 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1987–88 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 55 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 46 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1989–90 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 57 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 73 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 79 | 12 | 54 | 66 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | New Haven Senators | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 69 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | PEI Senators | AHL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 70 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | PEI Senators | AHL | 70 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 58 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 72 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||
| 1996–97 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | San Antonio Dragons | IHL | 46 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 53 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 29 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 39 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 53 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 60 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 33 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 614 | 77 | 317 | 394 | 612 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 51 | ||||
| NHL totals | 193 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 216 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| IHL totals | 138 | 17 | 58 | 75 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards
- 1997 - Eddie Shore Award - AHL top defenceman
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ "Rumble new head coach – Moncton Wildcats".
- ^ http://chl.ca/ohl-attack/article/darren-rumble-named-interim-head-coach/.
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Adler Mannheim players
- Barrie Colts players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL) players
- Hershey Bears players
- Kitchener Rangers players
- Moncton Wildcats coaches
- National Hockey League first-round draft picks
- New Haven Senators players
- Ottawa Senators players
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- Philadelphia Phantoms players
- Prince Edward Island Senators players
- St. Louis Blues players
- San Antonio Dragons players
- Ice hockey people from Barrie
- Springfield Falcons players
- Stanley Cup champions
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players
- Worcester IceCats players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Canadian ice hockey coaches