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Daren MachesneyMachesney has good outing in recent Spengler Cup Wearing the number one jersey of the Hershey Bears, Daren Machesney started with the AHL club in the 2006-07 season, playing 10 games at goaltender. In this first season of pro hockey, the six-foot Machesney was splitting his time between the Bears and the South Caroline Stingrays of the ECHL, and was prepared to warm the bench with the Bears and do his duty when called upon. “It’s a total learning experience,” Machesney said during a Calder Cup final against the Hamilton Bulldogs in June of 2007. “If you’re a competitor, you always want to play, always want to be out there but by the same token, you have to pay your dues and know that your time will come. And when that time comes, you have to be ready.” The 185-pound goalie, born in December of 1986, played with the Brampton Battalion of the OHL and was chosen as a fifth round pick of the Washington Capitals in the 2005 NHL entry draft. For the 2007-08 season with the Bears, Machesney played 38 games in net, winning 22 of those contests. For the current season, he has won 10 of 16 contests he has played in. Machesney was also chosen to represent Canada in the recent Spengler Cup, the international hockey tournament played in Switzerland in December of 2008. Canada placed second behind Moscow Dynamo in the five-team series, and Machesney was a big part of his team’s success, going 3-0-1 in the tournament. The Spengler Cup gave Machesney a rare opportunity to wear a uniform with his native land on it. "The tournament was really cool," Machesney said in
an interview in the Hershey Patriot-News. "To be able to play
in that many important games, I think I matured a lot," he
said. "Obviously, things could have gone better in the final.
It definitely has that kind of pressure, with the whole country
[being interested]. You're only going to benefit.”
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