43 Darren Helm
2021-2022 Twenty-sixth Season
Adidas. Set 3. Neck tagging 56
Team COA #023
Stanley Cup Winning Season
This jersey comes from the set worn in the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It shows generally light wear, having been worn for the two home games in the opening round. However, the left sleeve does display some good damage and a decent sized board burn. This is also the first season for the Adidas "Primegreen" version of the uniform. The fight strap is signed and dated by the equipment manager, and the jersey is accompanied by the Avalanche COA. The registration/set tag is sewn into the rear jersey hem.
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Darren Helm is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, winning with the Red Wings in 2008 and the Avalanche in 2022.
He started his junior playing career with the Selkirk Fishermen of the Keystone Junior Hockey League (KJHL). He led the league in scoring for the 2003–04 season with 73 points in 34 games en route to helping the Fishermen to a league championship. He also appeared in six games for the Selkirk Steelers of the Junior A Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) that season. The following season, in 2004–05, Helm went on to play for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League, beginning a three-year major junior career. Following a 24-point WHL rookie season, Helm was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
In 2007–08, Helm started his professional playing career and was assigned by the Red Wings to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Near the end of the season, he was called up to Detroit and played his first NHL game on March 13, 2008. Helm remained with the Red Wings for their 2008 playoff run, centering the fourth line, and scored his first NHL goal on May 10, 2008, during game two of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars. He contributed 2 goals and 2 assists in 18 playoff games, helping the Red Wings to the franchise's 11th Stanley Cup.
During the 2009 playoffs, he became the first player in NHL history to score five playoff goals before scoring a regular season goal.
Helm has developed a reputation of being one of the league's top defensive players, as well as one of the fastest.
During the Red Wings 2012-13 training camp, Helm was diagnosed with a chronic back condition that forced him to miss all but one game in the 2012-13 season and much of the first half of the 2013-14 season. On March 29, 2014, Helm recorded his first career hat-trick in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Helm spent 14 years with the Red Wings, appearing in 744 regular-season games and recording 112 goals and 139 assists. His 744 regular season games with Detroit ranks 17th overall in the history of the franchise.
On July 29, 2021, the Colorado Avalanche signed Helm to a one-year contract. After recording 7 goals and 8 assists in 68 regular season games with the Avalanche, the team entered the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs with the second-best record in the league, but also a recent history of faltering in the second round of the playoffs. After sweeping the Nashville Predators, the Avalanche faced the St. Louis Blues in the second round. In Game 6 of the second round, with the game tied and seemingly heading to overtime, Helm scored a goal with 5.6 seconds left in regulation to send the Avalanche to the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2002. The Avalanche defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the conference finals to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, the third Finals appearance of Helm's career. The Avalanche went on to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games, Helm's second Cup win.
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Born: Jan 21, 1987 - St. Andrews, Man, CAN
6-0, 192 lbs.
Drafted by Detroit Red Wings round 5 #132 overall 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Signed by Colorado Jul 29, 2021.