Daren Puppa

Daren Puppa
Born	March 23, 1965 (1965-03-23) (age 46) Kirkland Lake, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Right
Played for	Buffalo Sabres Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL Draft	74th overall, 1983 Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	1985–2000
Website	DarenPuppa.com

Daren James Puppa (born March 23, 1965) was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada and is a former professional ice hockey goaltender in the NHL. During his career he for the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning and briefly the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He started his career splitting time between the Sabres and the AHL's Rochester Americans, before becoming the Sabres' main goalie until 1992–93. That season he was traded to the Maple Leafs, but played only 8 games for them before being claimed by the Lightning in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. In 1995–96, Puppa's stellar goaltending was a major factor in the Lightning earning their first playoff berth in team history. The team took the heavily-favoured Philadelphia Flyers to six games before losing in the first round.

However, the next season Puppa developed chronic back trouble, and only played six games for the entire season. He only played 44 more games over the next four years, and he was forced to retire midway through the 1999–2000 season.

Puppa was the runner up to Patrick Roy for the 1989–1990 Vezina Trophy, awarded to the best NHL goaltender each year.

External links

• Daren Puppa's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Daren Puppa's biography at Legends of Hockey

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Name	Puppa, Daren
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Date of birth	March 23, 1965
Place of birth	Kirkland Lake, ON, CAN
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