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 seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94Brandon Wheat KingsWHL20007————— 1994–95Brandon Wheat KingsWHL59513181081811234 1995–96Brandon Wheat KingsWHL471018281261816778 1996–97Brandon Wheat KingsWHL56212748139623519 1997–98Brandon Wheat KingsWHL5123244716118681451 1998–99Rochester AmericansAHL73112031143122468 1999–00Rochester AmericansAHL802018381532113424 2000–01Rochester AmericansAHL6410122214741014 2001–02Rochester AmericansAHL5286147320004 2002–03Providence BruinsAHL78111728109400021 2003–04Providence BruinsAHL729162511120000 2004–05Elmira JackalsUHL449152438————— 2004–05Providence BruinsAHL40007————— 2004–05Manchester MonarchsAHL400010————— 2004–05Worcester IceCatsAHL140006————— AHL totals 441 69 89 158 759 45 4 7 11 61
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