Darcy Zajac

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| prospect_league = AHL

| played_for = New Jersey Devils
Albany Devils
SønderjyskE Ishockey
Coventry Blaze

| position = Forward

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|23}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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| weight_lb = 201

| shoots = Right

| draft = Undrafted

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Darcy Zajac (born September 23, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Lorenskog Is of the Get-Ligen (Norway). He previously played for the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League.

Career

Prior to turning professional, Zajac attended the University of North Dakota where he played NCAA Division 1 hockey for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.{{cite web | url = http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=3682400 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120731135759/http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=3682400 | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 31, 2012 | title = Zajac's overtime goal lifts Fighting Sioux to 4–3 victory | website = North Dakota Fighting Sioux | date = February 13, 2010 | accessdate = July 7, 2013 }}

Zajac joined the Albany Devils in 2010. He signed a two-year, two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils in 2013.{{cite web| url = http://americanhockeyblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/devils-sign-zajac-on-two-year-two-way-deal/ | title = Devils sign Zajac on two-year, two-way deal |website=AmericanHockeyBlog | date=July 7, 2013| accessdate=July 7, 2013}} After his contract with the Devils' organization expired in 2015, he joined the Danish club SønderjyskE.

For the 2016-17 season, Zajac joined the UK's Coventry Blaze. However Zajac left to go play in Lorenskog Norway in October 2016.http://eliteleague.co.uk/blaze-sign-forward-taylor-carnevale/?platform=hootsuite{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Personal life

Darcy is the second of four Zajac brothers. His older brother, Travis, is a forward with the New York Islanders and his younger brother Kelly plays in the ECHL. The youngest brother, Nolan, played with the NCAA Denver Pioneers. Their father, Tom, also played for the University of Denver.{{cite news | url = https://www.foxnews.com/sports/family-ties-run-deep-at-devils-camp/ | title = Family Ties Run Deep At Devils Camp |work=Fox News | date=July 13, 2011| access-date=July 15, 2011}}