Keith Matthew Tkachuk (/k??t??k/; born March 28, 1972) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played for four teams and three franchises in his 19-year career. He is one of only four American-born players to score 500 goals, and is the sixth American player to score 1,000 points and is considered to be one of the greatest US-born players in NHL history.
(June 26) The Atlanta Thrashers return the rights to Tkachuk to the St. Louis Blues, reacquiring the conditional first-round pick it gave up to acquire Tkachuk from St. Louis on 25 February. [2007]
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Daughter Taryn born the day after Tkachuk fractured his left foot by blocking a shot with it. He'll be out 4-6 weeks. (31 October 2002)
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Selected by the Winnipeg Jets - now the Phoenix Coyotes - in round 1 (19th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft while playing collegiate hockey for Boston University.
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2002 Olympic Winter Games silver medalist.
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Of Ukrainian ancestry.
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Three-time U.S. Olympian (1992, 1998, 2002)
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Member of the 1991 and 1992 US National Junior Teams.
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Member of Team USA, champions of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
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(March 13, 2001) Traded to the St. Louis Blues by the Phoenix Coyotes for Michael Handzus, Ladislav Nagy, Jeff Taffe and a first-round draft pick in 2001 or 2002.
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Became the first US born player to lead the NHL in goals (52; 1996-1997 season.)
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Sons Matthew Brendan (born December 11, 1997) and Braeden (born September 1999)