Darren Van Oene
# Darren Van Oene

Darren Van Oene (born January 18, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Picked 33rd overall from the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, he never played in the National Hockey League, spending his entire career in the minor leagues.

Van Oene debuted with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1998–1999 season. He played with the Americans for four seasons before the Boston Bruins signed him as a free agent on July 29, 2002 and assigned him to their AHL team, the Providence Bruins. After playing two seasons and part of a third with Providence, Van Oene finished the 2004–05 season by moving between the AHL's Manchester Monarchs and Worcester IceCats, and also spent time in the United Hockey League with the Elmira Jackals.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1993–94 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 108 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| 1995–96 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 47 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 126 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 78 |
| 1996–97 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 56 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 139 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 1997–98 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 51 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 161 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 51 |
| 1998–99 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 73 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 143 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 1999–00 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 80 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 153 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| 2000–01 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 64 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 147 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001–02 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002–03 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 78 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2003–04 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 72 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Elmira Jackals | UHL | 44 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHL totals | AHL totals | AHL totals | 441 | 69 | 89 | 158 | 759 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 61 |
