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)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
NHL Winter Classic
2017
TV Movie
St. Louis Blues Alumni Game (Himself)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
38
2014
Documentary
Himself
Salt Lake City 2002: XIX Olympic Winter Games
2002
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Gretzky: The Great One and the Next Ones
1997
Video
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The NHL's Masked Men: The Last Line of Defense
1998
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
38 (2014) as Himself
Gretzky: The Great One and the Next Ones (1997) as Himself
NHL Winter Classic (2017) as St. Louis Blues Alumni Game (Himself)
Salt Lake City 2002: XIX Olympic Winter Games (2002) as Himself
$50 Million
