Darroll Powe

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Darroll Powe.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Powe with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2014

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 212

| played_for = Philadelphia Flyers
Minnesota Wild
New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2015

}}

Darroll Bradley Powe (born June 22, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild, and New York Rangers.

Playing career

Powe attended Princeton University and, while earning his degree in sociology,{{cite web | url = http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20101025_Powe_clicks_for_Flyers_on_Richards_line.html | title = 2006-07 Princeton Tigers roster | website = collegehockeystats.net | accessdate = 2009-04-29}} played on its hockey team for four years. He was an alternate captain in his junior year, and captain in his senior year.{{cite web | url = http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/rosters/prnm | title = Powe clicks for Flyers on Richards line | website = philly.com | accessdate = 2010-10-25}}

The Philadelphia Flyers signed the undrafted Powe as a free agent on May 9, 2008,{{cite web|title=Flyers Sign Forwards Klotz and Powe|url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=436110|publisher=Philadelphia Flyers|date=May 9, 2008|accessdate=November 22, 2014}} after Powe had played on the Flyers American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, in 2006–07 and 2007–08. Powe made his NHL debut on October 24, 2008, against the New Jersey Devils.{{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473932&service=page&tab=gbg |title=Darroll Powe Official Player Page - 2008–2009 Game Log |publisher=Philadelphia Flyers |accessdate=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305043908/http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail |archivedate=2009-03-05 }} After being sent back down to the Phantoms, Powe returned to the Flyers lineup for good in December and played the remainder of the 2008–09 season with the Flyers. On December 9, 2008, he scored his first career NHL goal against Yann Danis of the New York Islanders.{{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=402&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page |title=Recap: NY Islanders @ Philadelphia - 12/09/2008 |publisher=Philadelphia Flyers |accessdate=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217205401/http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=402&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20082009&service=page |archivedate=2009-02-17 }} A restricted free agent following the 2009–10 season, Powe signed a one-year contract on July 22, 2010.{{cite news | url = http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534803 | title = Powe signs one year contract | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = 2009-07-22 | accessdate = 2009-07-30}}

Powe is generally regarded to be a role player and has excellent penalty killing skills. Another of his strengths is his forechecking prowess.

On June 27, 2011, the Flyers traded Powe to the Minnesota Wild for a third-round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web|title=Flyers trade again; send Powe to Wild for third-round pick|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370175|work=The Sports Network|accessdate=27 June 2011}} After the trade, on July 5, 2011, Powe signed a contract with the Wild worth $3.2 million during three years.{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wild-sign-powe-taffe-to-contracts/ | work=Fox News | title=Wild sign Powe, Taffe to contracts | date=July 5, 2011}}

On February 4, 2013, Powe was traded by the Wild, along with forward Nick Palmieri, to the New York Rangers in exchange for veteran forward Mike Rupp.{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=415226 | title = Rangers send Rupp to Wild for Powe, Palmieri | publisher = The Sports Network | date = 2013-01-04 | accessdate = 2013-01-04}}

On August 13, 2014, Powe signed a one-year contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and served as an alternate captain that season.{{cite web|url=http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/former-flyer-darroll-powe-signs-phantoms |title=Former Flyer Darroll Powe signs with Phantoms |publisher=CSNPhilly.com |date=August 13, 2014 |accessdate=August 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814121223/http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/former-flyer-darroll-powe-signs-phantoms |archivedate=August 14, 2014 }} He retired following the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6542705-concussions-bring-nhl-player-back-home-to-kanata/ |title=Concussions bring NHL player back home to Kanata |work=Ottawa Community News |first=Adam |last=Kveton |date=May 6, 2016 |accessdate=August 2, 2016}}