The New York Islanders right now named Mathieu Darche the Normal Supervisor and Govt Vice President. Darche will handle all features of the workforce’s hockey operations.
“Mathieu is the proper selection to steer our hockey operations,” Islanders Working Companion, John Collins stated. “He shall be given each useful resource out there to place the Islanders first-in-class on the ice, with our enterprise initiatives, and in the neighborhood. Mathieu has served as a key member of the Tampa Bay Lightning and has a various background in top-level enterprise fashions. He’s a confirmed winner and is dedicated, as is our possession group, to constructing a gaggle that shall be extremely aggressive subsequent season and past.”
“With the Islanders proudly owning the primary general choose within the upcoming NHL Draft and getting ready to welcome the Olympic sendoff at UBS Enviornment subsequent season, there’s a lot to which our franchise, our gamers, and our passionate followers can look ahead,” Collins added. “Mathieu’s arrival provides to that momentum.”
“I’m actually honored by the chance to be the New York Islanders Normal Supervisor and Govt Vice President,” Darche stated. “I’d wish to thank Scott Malkin, Jon Ledecky, John Collins, and your entire possession group for entrusting me with the hockey operations of this nice franchise.”
Darche joins the Islanders after serving because the Lightning’s Assistant Normal Supervisor the previous three seasons. The St. Laurent, QC native gained two Stanley Cup Championships with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021. He began his profession with Tampa Bay firstly of the 2019-20 season as Director of Hockey Operations, with the workforce qualifying for the playoffs in every season he was a member of the Lightning.
Throughout his taking part in profession, Darche, a ahead, performed in 250 regular-season NHL video games and 18 playoff video games for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, Lightning, and Montreal Canadiens. Darche served as one of many participant representatives in the course of the 2012-13 NHL lockout that assisted in negotiating the collective bargaining settlement. He performed in 552 American Hockey League common season video games and gained the Calder Cup with the Milwaukee Admirals in 2004.
Darche attended McGill College the place he earned his Commerce Diploma in Advertising and Worldwide Enterprise. He was inducted into McGill’s Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2015. Darche served as Vice-President of Gross sales and Advertising in Canada for Delmar Worldwide, a Canadian customs brokerage agency.
Darche and his spouse Stephanie have two boys, Samuel and Benjamin.
