Darryl Bootland

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Darryl Bootland.jpg

| caption = Bootland with the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2005

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
New York Islanders
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Vienna Capitals

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 204

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Schomberg, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 252nd overall

| draft_year = 2000

| draft_team = Colorado Avalanche

| career_start = 2002

| career_end = 2018

}}

Darryl Bootland (born November 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and New York Islanders.

Playing career

Bootland was drafted 252nd overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche from the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League. After his final year in the OHL, Bootland signed with the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent to a three-year contract on August 29, 2002.

Bootland made his NHL debut with the Red Wings in the 2003–04 season, recording two points (1–1–2) and 74 PIM in 22 games. Bootland spent the next three years with the Red Wings affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL before getting recalled by the Red Wings on March 5, 2007, playing in six games.

On July 6, 2007, Bootland signed with the New York Islanders. He appeared in four games with the Islanders before he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Matt Keith on January 9, 2008.

On October 7, 2008, Bootland signed a 25 Game Professional Tryout Agreement with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. On December 15, 2008, Bootland signed with Salzburg EC in Austria.{{cite web |url=http://www.moosehockey.com/moosenews/407/353 |title=Bootland takes off |publisher=Manitoba Moose |date=2008-12-15 |accessdate=2009-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230141649/http://www.moosehockey.com/moosenews/407/353 |archivedate=2009-12-30 }}

On September 2, 2009, Bootland signed with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL. Darryl was signed to the K-Wings by his brother Nick, who was (and remains to this day) the K-Wings' director of hockey operations and head coach.{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/kwings/index.ssf/2009/10/kalamazoo_wings_coach_nick_boo_1.html|title=Kalamazoo Wings coach Nick Bootland brings brother aboard as player | newspaper =Kalamazoo Gazette | date = 2009-10-01 | accessdate = 2010-05-10}} While starting the 2009–10 season with the K-Wings, Bootland then signed for a second try-out stint with the Moose.{{cite web |url=http://www.moosehockey.com/moosenews/407/1275 |title=Moose sign Darryl Bootland to PTO |publisher=Manitoba Moose |date=2009-11-04 |accessdate=2010-05-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108172122/http://www.moosehockey.com/moosenews/407/1275 |archivedate=2010-01-08 }} Upon his return to Kalamazoo Bootland left again for Austria, signing with the Vienna Capitals on February 1, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.vienna-capitals.at/pages/posts/capitals-verpflichten-darryl-bootland-und-francis-lemieux1251.php |title=Capitals commit to Darryl Bootland and Francis Lemieux |publisher=Vienna Capitals |date=2010-02-01 |accessdate=2010-05-10 |language=German }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The following season, Darryl continued his journeyman career, by returning to the Islanders minor-league affiliates in accepting a try-out to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers training camp. On October 1, 2010, he was assigned and signed with the Islanders CHL affiliate, the Odessa Jackalopes for the 2010–11 season.{{cite web | url = http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4965 | title = Former NHL player Darryl Bootland assigned to Jackalopes | publisher = Central Hockey League | date = 2010-10-01 | accessdate = 2010-10-15 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213175414/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4965 | archivedate = 2010-12-13 }}

After returning to the Kalamazoo Wings for the 2011–12 season, Bootland produced his best numbers since 2006, scoring 53 points in 67 contests. A free agent, Bootland opted for a second stint in the CHL, signing a one-year contract with the Allen Americans on July 25, 2012.{{cite web| url = http://www.allenamericans.com/articles/news.asp?articleid=1179 | title = Americans add former NHL'er Bootland | publisher = Allen Americans | date = 2012-07-25 | accessdate =2012-07-25}}

After two consecutive Ray Miron Cup championship winning seasons with the Americans, Bootland returned to the ECHL as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with the Colorado Eagles on August 12, 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4854706 | title = Eagles add NHL experience | publisher = Colorado Eagles | date = 2014-08-12 | accessdate = 2014-08-12}}

Bootland added a veteran presence and set the physical tone with the Eagles for three seasons, culminating in capturing their first Kelly Cup in the 2016–17 season.

As a free agent with ambition to prolong his career, Bootland secured a one-year deal with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL on September 21, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://orlandosolarbearshockey.com/news/solar-bears-sign-2017-kelly-cup-champion-darryl-bootland/ | title = Solar Bears sign 2017 Kelly Cup champion Darryl Bootland | publisher = Orlando Solar Bears | date = 2017-09-21 | accessdate = 2017-09-21}} In the 2017–18 season, Bootland was hampered through injury and lack of playing time and after just 21 games with Orlando he was released from his contract on March 13, 2018.

Personal

Darryl married Sarah Mauldin on June 23, 2010. They raise three kids together, Trace Riley Gunter January 20, 2006 from a previous relationship, Havyn Bennett Bootland, March 3, 2013 and Loxley Belle Bootland, January 17, 2017.

Career statistics

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1997–98

| Orangeville Crushers

| MWJHL

| 44

| 22

| 26

| 48

| 177

| —

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| 1998–99

| Barrie Colts

| OHL

| 38

| 18

| 11

| 29

| 89

| —

1998–99

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 28

| 12

| 6

| 18

| 80

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 65

| 24

| 30

| 54

| 166

| —

2000–01

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 56

| 32

| 33

| 65

| 136

| 11

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 20

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 61

| 41

| 56

| 97

| 137

| 15

| 8

| 10

| 18

| 50

2002–03

| Toledo Storm

| ECHL

| 54

| 17

| 19

| 36

| 322

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 16

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 41

| 15

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 46

2003–04

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 54

| 12

| 2

| 14

| 175

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 2003–04

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 22

| 1

| 2

| 74

| —

2004–05

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 78

| 14

| 20

| 34

| 336

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 77

| 27

| 29

| 56

| 390

| 16

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 50

2006–07

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 68

| 18

| 13

| 31

| 222

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 32

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 6

| 0

| 9

| —

2007–08

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Bridgeport Sound Tigers

| AHL

| 28

| 2

| 8

| 10

| 93

| —

2007–08

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 35

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 132

| 16

| 1

| 2

| 21

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| 2008–09

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 14

| 5

| 4

| 9

| 42

| —

2008–09

| EC Red Bull Salzburg

| AUT

| 28

| 8

| 14

| 22

| 151

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Kalamazoo Wings

| ECHL

| 25

| 10

| 9

| 19

| 90

| —

2009–10

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 12

| 1

| 2

| 49

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Vienna Capitals

| AUT

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 6

| 12

| 5

| 0

| 5

| 22

2010–11

| Odessa Jackalopes

| CHL

| 56

| 13

| 10

| 23

| 161

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Kalamazoo Wings

| ECHL

| 67

| 25

| 28

| 53

| 170

| 14

| 4

| 8

| 16

2012–13

| Allen Americans

| CHL

| 55

| 22

| 29

| 51

| 135

| 18

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 60

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| Allen Americans

| CHL

| 45

| 18

| 16

| 34

| 145

| 17

| 7

| 4

| 11

| 21

2014–15

| Colorado Eagles

| ECHL

| 41

| 17

| 10

| 27

| 252

| 6

| 2

| 4

| 15

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| 2015–16

| Colorado Eagles

| ECHL

| 66

| 15

| 27

| 42

| 259

| 6

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 26

2016–17

| Colorado Eagles

| ECHL

| 55

| 10

| 12

| 22

| 229

| 18

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 30

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| 2017–18

| Orlando Solar Bears

| ECHL

| 21

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 95

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 382

! 82

! 86

! 168

! 1480

! 57

! 10

! 11

! 21

! 151

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 32

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 85

! —

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | OHL

Plus/Minus Award

| 2002

CHL Plus/Minus Award

| 2002

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| colspan="3" | CHL

Ray Miron Cup (Allen Americans)

| 2013, 2014

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | ECHL

Kelly Cup (Colorado Eagles)

| 2017

| {{cite web| url = http://www.reporterherald.com/ci_31040080/sweeping-success-colorado-eagles-win-kelly-cup | title = Sweeping Success: Colorado Eagles win Kelly Cup | publisher = ReporterHerald.com | date = 2017-06-05 | accessdate = 2017-06-05}}